New colleague commenting on name

[Ifyouseeitsayit1983]

Felt a bit upset and annoyed today. Started a new job yesterday. Another person started at the same time. We were completing online training this afternoon and she saw my surname on the screen. She said 'how do you pronounce that?!?' with a derogatory tone. I told her. Now my name is not awful pronounced correctly but if pronounced incorrectly could be mistaken for a rude word for a man's private parts! After I told her the correct pronunciation she said 'oh I bet loads of people pronounce it the wrong way ha ha' and laughed. Now bear in mind I'd never met this woman before yesterday morning and she has already given off an air of superiority to the others in the team 'oh I could never drink instant' for example so not warming to her. I just laughed it off (name thing) but felt really down after. Don't want to put up with aholes like this in the workplace! Would u just ignore and try to stay away or say anything to line manager??

That's Mumsnet for you. Some people take pleasure out of hurting others, and they have free rein to indulge themselves on here.

The irony of you username 😂. She saw it, she said it! You need to calm down!

In Scotland we’d pronounce that properly. In England I notice people pronounce Loch as ‘Lock’ with a hard ck sound.

ThatsNotMyTeen , I wish she'd stop teasing us and tell us her name . Talk about curiosity being whetted !???

@BashfulClam , would you though? The German ch sound is not the same as the Scottish ch.

We’d no pronounce it as a hard ‘ck’ sound. That the main difference we wouldn’t say ‘Cock’

@BashfulClam , but you posted In Scotland we’d pronounce that properly. but what you meant was that you wouldn't say Cock.

I’m sorry you don’t have a sense of humour OP.

Straight out of the playbook. Bullies always say this.

Omg I was going to say that bouquet not bucket lol. I am 44 and I grew up watching that with parents. Shoukd have just said I know but since you are the millionth person to say that through out my life it’s not so funny it’s boring

Honestly i wouldn't bring it up to a manager yet. If she continues to purposely mispronounce your name and takes the piss doing so after being corrected numerous times then absolutely put in a complaint. For now i would tell her that you don't appreciate her taking the piss. If that doesn't stop her from being a wanker about it that would be the time to complain about her childish behaviour in the workplace

Continues? She didn't mispronounce the name in the first place. If your colleague is called Koch and you ask how to say the name, how is it childish and taking the piss?

I feel like she just says things without thinking, she clearly wasn't mocking. It'd be different if she'd said "what an awful name" or "gosh I'd hate to be called that" but she was probably assuming you'd laugh and that you'd heard a million jokes about it, perhaps its a bit insensitive but my friend is a Willey and its a great ice breaker to make a joke out of it. Everyone is edgy on their first day, try not to be too sensitive about it. At least she asked how to pronounce it, rather than inappropriately guessing! What would you even say to your manager "she made a passing comment and I didn't like it" - they'll think you're going to be sensitive about lots of stuff. Maybe she will turn out to be a pain, and everyone else will see it and moan about it too, you can then throw your story into the mix. Also, I'd everyone is quite jokey in the workplace maybe it's the wrong setting for you...