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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you people are seriously petty and have too much time on your hands if you have energy to worry about such silly things.

I have an unusual name. Our email addresses are first initial_last name. My first name is routinely misspelled by coworkers. It is rare, but is phonetically spelled and pronounced and shouldn't be a problem for people.

Yet, it is. Fortunately, I have better things to do than obsess about how "disrespectful" my coworkers are allegedly being. I assume the best of intentions until proven otherwise.

So, I never correct a misspelling of my name. I sign my name on outgoing emails and hope they eventually get it. If they don't, no big deal. If I am mis-introduced in person, I will quickly correct while shaking the new person's hand and say no more.

I have no interest in embarrassing coworkers just because my name is unusual to them.[/quote]

everyone's name is unusual to somebody in this world.  for example, "john" may be unusual for a non-predominantly christian or european society.  it's all relative. what is common is basic respect for spelling and pronouncing a person's name correctly.   you can be given a few initial passes, but after that, you have a problem.  zero tolerance for this stupidity.[/quote]

So says you and your one opinion. You can call it stupidity all you like. It doesn't make you right. It does make you petty.[/quote]

yes, i guess better to be petty vs. lacking the class to respect a basic thing such as a given name.[/quote]

You need to work on that reading comprehension. The reason you are petty is that you assume a lot of things about my coworkers and claim it is "stupidity" of a "lack of class" to "respect" what you think is some kind of "basic thing". That's a lot of petty judgments (especially when you don't even know my name) that I don't have time for when someone misspells my name. I assume good intentions from the people I work with. You assume a ton of negativity and judge people harshly. That's why you're petty and that has nothing to do with people who make mistakes.

So you believe it's better to be petty vs. assuming the best of people.

That's ok, but let's be clear and compare apples to apples, not oranges to grapes.

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you seem very invested in this topic, and i am glad you live a life of positive purpose.  FWIW, you're pretty much assuming things about me as well. (negative, at that).  Just so we are comparing apples to oranges, as you say.  i think it is fine for you to have your opinion, and for me to have mine.  all the best.

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Fair point, PP, and I can easily concede that I both brought three too many fruits into the conversation, and that we can certainly have differing opinions and both live a life of positive purpose while disagreeing about names. Also, you're right that apparently I have stronger opinions than I expected on this topic and you have given me something additional to think about.

Thanks for you post and all the best to you as well.[/quote]

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