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?

Comments

[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*

[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.

[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.

[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. :)

[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.

[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.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

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

*innocence is shattered*

[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.

[yueni]

ahaha. Maybe that'll beat it into her thick skull.

I don't get why people like to give nicknames. It bothers me, and my name is two. freaking. syllables long. Joelle. It's not that hard, but no, I get Jo-jo (wtf NO, I am not wedges of deep fried potatoes), Joey (and not a baby kangaroo, dammit) and other variants thereof. *annoyed*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

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

Urgh. Don't remind me. Next up is me verbally bitchslapping anybody who calls me J.Lo, because I'm getting it waaaaaaay too much. (Meaning, more than once.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's like my mom. Her name's Joann and my cousin's been calling her Josie for years. Although I like Josie as a name. I'm half-tempted to name my first daughter Josie just to drive them both nuts. :)

[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.

[yueni]

Good grief, really? I don't think I'd be able to let anything like that go on for years. *snickers* You're going to get two Josie's running everytime somebody hollers.

[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.)

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, we already have three Richies and two Bobbys running around, so two Josies would be amusing. ;)

[yueni]

*dies* Evilness must run in the family.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my mother's not fond of "Vicki" at all, though after all these years, she's resigned herself to "Vic." It's what she calls my father, after all.

[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.")

[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*

[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.)

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?