The new girl at work won't stop calling me Jenny. *sigh*

[apocalypsos]

I swear I'm going to start handing out a card when I meet new people. And this is what will be written on it:

"Hi, my name is JENNIFER. Not Jenn, if you can help it, although I won't pitch a fit over it, and most certainly not Jenny. In fact, if you could just take these blue pills, you'll just forget the name 'Jenny' ever existed. And for the record, I am not now nor have I ever been a 'Jenny.' I was once a small blond girl with pigtails but not anymore, I'm not a female donkey, at no time has my phone number ever been 867-5309, and I will not yell, 'Run, Forrest, run!' on request."

I really shouldn't have to keep repeating this to new people. I introduce myself as Jennifer, so why is it so freaking difficult?

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[dawning-star.livejournal.com]

My name is Alisa (Ah-Lee-Sa). Aside from family and my significant other, no one pronounces my name correctly. I feel your pain.

[yueni]

Why don't you just don't answer to Jenny until she taps you on the shoulder and go "Jenny? I'm not Jenny?" *blinks in innocent confusion*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Because every time she says "Jenny", everybody in the place says, "Her name's not Jenny!" like a chorus. I've got them trained well. :)

[auguris]

I hate that. :/ People ALWAYS pronounce my name wrong. Even after I correct them.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Argh. I hate that. I hate when people call me Vicki. Or worse even, Tori. It's Victoria. That's how I introduce myself, and it's what I expect to be called, especially at work. (Vic if we're friends.) That's it.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Jenn, I don't mind, although I'd rather Jennifer. But Jenny just ... *gags* My mother and I both have fits if anyone calls me Jenny.

[wer-bin-ich.livejournal.com]

My mom deals with the same stuff. Her name is Kim. Just Kim. Not Kimmy, Kimberly or any other version of it.

What is your co-worker's name? Maybe you could call her something similar to what she is doing to you.

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

I have that problem. Only in reverse. My name is Jenny. Just Jenny. It's a proper Welsh name and I was named after my great grandmother. People to this day, when they don't know me very well and want to be condescending refer to me as Jennifer as if they're reprimanding me by calling me by what they think is my full name.
I swear to God, the summer Forrest Gump came out my name was not said normally the entire time.

[jennimarie.livejournal.com]

I swear to God, the summer Forrest Gump came out my name was not said normally the entire time.

I know! I still get it all the time too.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

...but...but I thought your name was trollprincess...

*innocence is shattered*

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Every now and then someone tries to call me Annie.

OH HELL NAW.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

My name does not end with a Y. Yet my uncle keeps calling me that. I don't bother correcting him, I get free food from them a lot and I am easy.

You could call me 'Cuddlebunny' if it meant free meals.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

From all of us Jennifer's out there (not 'Jenny' TYVM ;)...thank you!

It's kind of like "Hey your name's Melissa but I'm going to call you poochie-kins. What? What's that poochie-kins? I'm sorry I can't hear you because of the stupid in my ears!". (Jennifer is one of those kind of names I think has a year end date to it's nicknames. "Jenny" is over and done with at a certain age, Jen is for my friends and it's Jennifer at work.)

[xerne.livejournal.com]

Er, random weird question brought on by your name being Jennifer and your username.

Do you ever go by "Indiana Jen"?

My girlfriend sometimes does (and she also hates Jenny) so I was just curious.

[virgulesmith.livejournal.com]

A person's name is their name. Perhaps they don't mind nicknames, but you need to know them well enough to get permission.

Of course, I never really liked when I got called "Biff" or "Buffy". Mainly because Biff was a boys name, and Buffy was someone else, someone with perfect bobbed hair in a headband and a pink and green Ralph Lauren or Lacoste dress. But given my horseback riding, ex-Pebble Beach living self got these lovely tags when I got to Houston. And yes, they were ditched ASAP.

Call me Miss B, call me B, call me Blythey if you must, Blee-Tay-Thang or if you must, my dad calls me BA (as in Baracus). But don't call me Biff.

I definitely think it can be the spirit in which the name is intended.

[faith21.livejournal.com]

Even with your coworkers being trained to correct her, she still hasn't stopped?

No one ever calls me 'Jenny', I've got them all trained too well. My friends have even learned to spell Jenn with two "n"s, the way I like it.
'Jenny' *shivers* luckily I've never had the Forrest Gump problem. What is wrong with people? They insist upon making up names for you. At least most of my professors ask all the students if they have a nickname they'd prefer. (Of course, when they ask: "Jenn?" or "Jenny?" I have to respond with a resounding "No! uhh.. I mean, Jenn is fine. Or Jennifer. Whichever.")

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

My friends have even learned to spell Jenn with two "n"s, the way I like it.

You, too? Dude, it took me so long to make people understand I liked Jenn spelled with two 'N's. (Of course, it was easier in high school, when there were sixty people in our graduating class and six Jennifers, Jens or Jennies. The more we could differentiate ourselves, the better.)

[kimera.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I am constantly having to correct people when it comes to my name. It is Jacqueline. If you are going to call me by my nickname, it is spelled Jacky, NOT Jackie. Even my relatives can't seem to get this straight. Including my aunt and uncle who recently had a new baby and have been madly correcting everyone who misspells HIS name. *shakes fist*

Allow me to tell you how it could be worse?

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

My cousin's name is Forrest and his new wife is Jenny, but I think it's "Jennie."

How many times do you think they've heard that one?

Re: Allow me to tell you how it could be worse?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

My uncle's name is Eddie, and he married a woman named Brenda. We tried to get the DJ at their wedding to play "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", but considering the song ends with them breaking up, I don't think the DJ thought it would be a good omen. :)

[ladysorka]

Cristin. Not Cris, Cristy, Crissy, or any other strange derivative.

In other words, right there with you.

[florahart]

Heh. My sister and my brother's wife are both Jennifer, Jen if you have to, and don't fucking call me Jenny.

Mine is less prone to nickname, but about 98% prone to mispronunciation (it ain't hard, but apparently four normally-sounded letters is far too hard for many people), so I dunno which is worse.

[jtersesk.livejournal.com]

What is it with people deciding to call you by a nickname when you haven't said they could? I'm a Jessica. The only people who call me Jess are my old friends from school and my mom's sister's family. That's it. To everyone else (including my husband!), I'm Jessica. So then why do clients call me up and say "Hey Jess, it's so-and-so"? You're my client, not my old friend. Don't give me a nickname!

And very much painful pointy death to anyone who presumes to call me Jessie. Just...don't even go there.

And then there's my co-worker, who calls me "Jes" in e-mails. That, I just don't get...

[cyprinella]

I wish to god that I had taken a page from a friend of mine's book and started going by my middle name in College. Easiest time to change over because no one knows you. Instead, I'm stuck with an incredibly common first name like yours, and people are constantly leaving off the H and ti drives me batty. This would be another reason why I tend to go by my internet name more and more.

[randomblade.livejournal.com]

what about 'niff'? Do you mind being called 'niff'? Or "niffer"?

[prettyveela.livejournal.com]

*dies@niffler* All I can think about is FictionAlley nifflers XD

[astaria51.livejournal.com]

I'm Faye, which you would think you couldn't get wrong, right?

Heh.
Faith (which, albeit, after Buffy:TVS was a little more attractive, though psychotic), Fern (WTF? this was by a librarian, and I think she'd read Charlotte's Web one too many times), and any variant of "Fay", "Fey" "Fae" etc...and don't get me started on people who think it's funny to call me Fay Wray or say "hey faye, how are you today?" and think they made it up.

[prettyveela.livejournal.com]

What about Jenster? :P

The reason why they shorten it is because were a lazy country. It's the same reason no one calls Debbie Gibson by Deborah Gibson, even though she wants us to.

[arks.livejournal.com]

Eliza. Not Liza, Liz, Elisa, Elysa, Liss... the list goes on. ><

My SCHOOL thinks I'm Elisa. That's what's really sad.

[elecktrik.livejournal.com]

i feel your pain.

except i am a jen.
if you call me jennifer, well, okay. but if you call me jenny, i will do my best to skin you alive.

i'm tempted to switch my name to jenna though, because everytime i answer the phone, people say "OH HI JAN" & i get a little more homicidal each day.

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

1. You neglected to mention that you're not from the block, either.

2. I once had a homeroom teacher try and call me "Larry." After the uncomfortable silence that followed, I politely requested that he refer to me as "Lawrence," and nothing but. (Only about five people are allowed to refer to me as "Larry," and even then, they don't.)

Incidentally, this man smoked chalk.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Given name: Roxanne.
I have a coworker who yells, "HER NAME IS INDIGO!" every time someone refers to me as the given name.

So yeah, I'm right there with you.

And I finally came up with the perfect comeback to people who tell me I have no right to be tired of people calling me something I hate for their own amusement.

"The whole world pronounces 'Uranus' as 'YOU'RE an Us' now, because the joke is played. Over. So five minutes ago. Stopped being funny. I can damn well stop finding 'You don't have to put on the red light' funny too."