Huh. After decades of working with the public, I wish I’d thought of this years ago. If I encounter someone in public and they say hey Bob! I’d instantly know it was someone I met through work, so I should probably stay mildly professional.
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1D10@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I have always told work people that I prefer to be called a different shorting of my name then the one I do prefer. Like if I was Robert I would tell work I prefer Bob instead of Rob.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For a long time I went by my full name at work but family and friends were always by nickname. Now I work with someone who was a friend and was used to calling me my nickname and would introduce me to others by it, so it started to bleed.
However at work, I still refer to myself by my full name with people I don’t like or trust as much. If anyone ever figures out my system they’ll realize how I feel about people in the office very quickly hahaha.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
So you’d go by Bob instead of Rob but only at your job?
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Maybe Bob is a slob at his job, but Rob has a knob on his hob at home.
jxk@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
And for his hobby he goes by Bobby
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In his yurt he prefers Bert
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
He works for Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog.