To be pissed at my name being laughed at constantly

[NotAmazonAlexa]

So I'll let you guess my name.....

Today I had a hospital procedure and every member of staff laughed at my name. I was asked if it really was my name and what the weather forecast is for tomorrow.

On the form I had to fill out first it asked what you would like to be called so I put my nickname to hopefully avoid this but that didn't work. I didn't say anything as I didn't want to make it awkward and wanted the procedure over with as soon as possible.

Not the first time this has happened, at a different hospital last month one nurse couldn't stop laughing and asking me questions..

I'm in my late 40's, used to love my name but it's becoming a nightmare.

Fuck you Amazon

Ocean Ramsey seems to manage just fine.
Patience is a very traditional name from the 1600s no less, not that it should matter, ridiculing names is not OK regardless.

OMG!!!!
Yes that would be much worse. But he actually died 3 years after IIWW finished, so it was not that bad for him his whole life.

You have a lovely name OP. Just eye roll them.

I always think of the Billy Joel song actually...

It's the same problem as all the Harry Potters and James Bonds out there.

There are worse names to have but people are rude and infantile.

I was actually thinking being called April married to a man called shower would be pretty tough. I'm an admin on a FB page and sometimes I think a name has got to be fake but it isn't - some names are truly astounding.

@SeaBreezeDewberryMusk some of the nicest people I have known have been called: Comfort, Loveness and Gifty. Totally usual names in their culture and all people rendering fantastic public service to people in the UK.

I thought John Kettley now can’t get the song out of my head.

I hear you sista!

The point is not about his name Gay. If you would have read the article you would find out his surname was Hitler. So he was Gay Hitler.

I thought Karen and my name is Karen. My 10 yr old grandson thinks it’s a load of rubbish about Karens and I’m the nicest person he knows. That’ll do for me 🤷‍♀️

Well the river Thames through Oxford is known as the Isis, who was an Egyptian (?) god, hence why the second oubc crew is Isis, racing Goldie for Cambridge

Just tell us your name!!!

Oh you must think you are so funny.

It’s very rude and unprofessional of anyone to laugh at your name (which is lovely and not a bit comical, btw).

My name is apparently side-splittingly funny to people who don’t get out much. I once had someone ringing me regarding a start date for our home extension. She thought it was perfectly acceptable to start off by saying that eee, the whole office had been laughing at my name. I told her the job would now be going to a rival firm and that they could all have a good laugh about that, before putting the phone down. It was a small local company that could definitely have done with the business. Some people really are stupid.

I rejected a house last time I was house hunting as it was in Isis Drive.

OP, very unprofessional of hospital staff. I’d be writing a complaint to the department manager or whatever they’re called.

My 10 year old DD is called Alexa and I don’t regret her name at all, I still think it’s lovely. Amazon’s Alexa became a thing when she was 2ish think. my DD hasn’t had many comments, just the occasional questions about whether our speaker gets confused.
sorry this happened to you OP, sounds very unprofessional.

Surprised locals haven’t asked for that name to be changed

Jesus this made me pee laughing hahahaha

Ocean is hardly wildly out there... its not greatly different to Oisin just slightly different pronunciation (shin/shen vs sheen).

How strange. Alexa is actually a lovely name. We have Alexa’s in our home so use the name every day. If I met someone called Alexa I wouldn’t even think to laugh. That’s just so bizarre. I really feel for you OP. I feel for women called karen too.

If people were laughing/mocking your name openly then you should write a letter of complaint.

Pure ignorance. Your name is beautiful. My friend is called Alexis. Drop the ‘a’ for morons like this - though you totally shouldn’t have to. I’d definitely not want to be called Karen these days though. Do you think men ever have to put up with this nonsense?!

My late father had a "ridiculous" name. The first nake + surname was the issue, each one alone was completely acceptable, just when put together the pig-ignorant would find it SO funny and the wannabe dregs would snigger. Then be offended that he wanted to be called Mr xyz. Fuckwits and bullies

OP you need to practise your poker face. Once they have had the full effect of your blank stare say ‘I don’t get it’ and keep the blank face. if the person ‘joking’ explains it, just continue to not smile and say ‘oh….. OK…. I don’t get it’ and shrug it off

At least your name wasn't Benny in the 1980's while you were at school

Goddess. I had to pick this one😁🤓