Calling people by their full names in professional environs

Are we talking Lawfirm or McDonalds?

So down the pub he's known as Damo or something and he asked one of the lads to call him Damien because everyone else at work does? Seems fair.

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

I’ve a colleague who took to calling me by a diminutive and in their accent it made it sound like a Fair City character so that had to stop immediately. There’s another different shortened version that I’m quite happy to be called in work though, I even told a patient to call me by it to differentiate from her daughter who had the same name as me.

What boils my piss though is either in real life or here on boards when people take it upon themselves to address you simply by the first letter of your name in a cloyingly matey way. It’s hideously over-familiar and I wish people wouldn’t do it. Then again it’s a fairly immediate way of someone demonstrating that they’re a bit of a knob so perhaps it’s best to know that at the earliest opportunity.

You make a good point there C.

Buddy and Pal.

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Good morning.

How do you all feel about this? A friend of mine once asked a good friend of his, whom he one prior to working with him, to call him by his full name in work. Is this acceptable?

Should I start asking work colleagues/friends to call me Brockleton in professional environs?

You don’t use “nicknames” in a professional setting, unless, maybe, you’re doing it in a “jovial” fashion with someone you have a good, working, relationship with.

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

True, i only call Derek "Rasher" at lunch time.

Why is he called “Rasher”?

The last time I heard that term, when not talking about the food, was in relation to a woman “jilling” in a very fast fashion.

“Rashering the kipper off herself, she was”, was the phrase I believe. Doesn’t sound very pleasant.

BDI wrote: »

You come off looking worse because you can’t handle not having control. You think there is some sort of onemanupship based on what people shorten your name to or because everyone else is an idiot.

Actually it is you who comes off worse. You address the person how they wish to be addressed.

My real name is 4 letters but 2 syllables so one person decided to make it one letter, not the first letter of my name and one syllable. He thought this was great because and said it saved him time. I politely asked he didn't after 2 days. He kept doing it saying he got used to it and would "try" to stop.
After another 2 days I just started ignoring him until he used my name. If he referred to me in a meeting with it I would ask who was he talking about. Other people started giving out to him as it was very clear I didn't like it and had asked him to stop publicly. The boss eventually gave him a written warning without me saying a word as it was obviously intentional belittling. He had to write me an apology.

Use whatever name(s) or pronouns they tell ya to use. That doesn't mean you have to believe that they're actually Anthony or him/his. But you do need to be polite about it.