My name is weird. And not the "cool" weird. But the boring weird. (Sorry, parents--it's true.) And I'm usually fine with it, even when asked to repeat it, or even spell it. Okay...? But sometimes it's a little annoying. Like just now. I just got off the phone with someone who needed my office email address:
"It's mary (dot) smith (at)..."
"Ha-ha, but that's not your real name, right?"
Hilarious.
"Huh-huh. Yeah, I'm in the Witness Protection Program."
And then we go on about something else for a few mintues.
"Okay, so...what was your name?"
"(pause) It's Mary Smith."
I can actually hear her confused, rapid blinking.
"Oh! Oh...uh...right. Got it. So..."
People suck.
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