A comment to my previous entry got me thinking. When I worked for a world wide corporation several years ago there were two of us with the same name on the same team. As with many large corporations we had several managers...depending on the manager I would be called Rob (instead of Robin) or by my last name. I hated that! Why did she get to use 'our' name? I really hated it when the manger that called me by my last name was on. The way he would say it...I always felt like I was on a football team or something....drove me crazy!
At that job my "office" was the beloved cubicle. *sigh* Anyone out there reading this stuck in cubicle hell? Have nightmares about it? Well, here is a movie that you have to watch... Office Space This movie is sooo funny. If you have ever experienced cubicle hell or know someone who has you need to watch this movie!!
Let me know what you think :-)
Showing posts with label nicknames. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nicknames. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Cubicle Hell
A comment to my previous entry got me thinking. When I worked for a world wide corporation several years ago there were two of us with the same name on the same team. As with many large corporations we had several managers...depending on the manager I would be called Rob (instead of Robin) or by my last name. I hated that! Why did she get to use 'our' name? I really hated it when the manger that called me by my last name was on. The way he would say it...I always felt like I was on a football team or something....drove me crazy!
At that job my "office" was the beloved cubicle. *sigh* Anyone out there reading this stuck in cubicle hell? Have nightmares about it? Well, here is a movie that you have to watch... Office Space This movie is sooo funny. If you have ever experienced cubicle hell or know someone who has you need to watch this movie!!
Let me know what you think :-)
At that job my "office" was the beloved cubicle. *sigh* Anyone out there reading this stuck in cubicle hell? Have nightmares about it? Well, here is a movie that you have to watch... Office Space This movie is sooo funny. If you have ever experienced cubicle hell or know someone who has you need to watch this movie!!
Let me know what you think :-)
Monday, August 25, 2008
Nicknames
I was thinking earlier today and I can't remember the last time somebody actually called me by my name. I mean my given name. I wonder if we are all like that to an extent.
Growing up our parents call us nicknames...pumpkin, sport, tiger, champ, etc. If not a nickname like that they may call you by a shortened version of your given name...Robert - Rob, Jonathan - Jon, Michael - Mike, etc. Heck, I even have nicknames for my dogs Jake and Pete ;-) Jake is "liebechen" and Pete is "frog" (a story for another day!)
Within the Internet world most (well, many!) of us have an Internet name...mine is Wiley. When I signed up at a lampwork forum for the first time I wanted a new 'alias'; something new and a little more original than my initials. I'm a big fan of Wile E Coyote so...Wiley sounded good!
So, now I am known as Wiley in the lampwork/jewelry world and just like any where else one ends up with a nickname. My favorite is Dragon and of course there are variations on that...Dragoness, Dragonette, etc.
At home, I have lots of nicknames too! My favorite is Smithers! Yet another story for another day. But isn't it funny? No matter where you go, you end up with a nickname.
What's yours?
Growing up our parents call us nicknames...pumpkin, sport, tiger, champ, etc. If not a nickname like that they may call you by a shortened version of your given name...Robert - Rob, Jonathan - Jon, Michael - Mike, etc. Heck, I even have nicknames for my dogs Jake and Pete ;-) Jake is "liebechen" and Pete is "frog" (a story for another day!)
Within the Internet world most (well, many!) of us have an Internet name...mine is Wiley. When I signed up at a lampwork forum for the first time I wanted a new 'alias'; something new and a little more original than my initials. I'm a big fan of Wile E Coyote so...Wiley sounded good!
So, now I am known as Wiley in the lampwork/jewelry world and just like any where else one ends up with a nickname. My favorite is Dragon and of course there are variations on that...Dragoness, Dragonette, etc.
At home, I have lots of nicknames too! My favorite is Smithers! Yet another story for another day. But isn't it funny? No matter where you go, you end up with a nickname.
What's yours?
Nicknames
I was thinking earlier today and I can't remember the last time somebody actually called me by my name. I mean my given name. I wonder if we are all like that to an extent.
Growing up our parents call us nicknames...pumpkin, sport, tiger, champ, etc. If not a nickname like that they may call you by a shortened version of your given name...Robert - Rob, Jonathan - Jon, Michael - Mike, etc. Heck, I even have nicknames for my dogs Jake and Pete ;-) Jake is "liebechen" and Pete is "frog" (a story for another day!)
Within the Internet world most (well, many!) of us have an Internet name...mine is Wiley. When I signed up at a lampwork forum for the first time I wanted a new 'alias'; something new and a little more original than my initials. I'm a big fan of Wile E Coyote so...Wiley sounded good!
So, now I am known as Wiley in the lampwork/jewelry world and just like any where else one ends up with a nickname. My favorite is Dragon and of course there are variations on that...Dragoness, Dragonette, etc.
At home, I have lots of nicknames too! My favorite is Smithers! Yet another story for another day. But isn't it funny? No matter where you go, you end up with a nickname.
What's yours?
Growing up our parents call us nicknames...pumpkin, sport, tiger, champ, etc. If not a nickname like that they may call you by a shortened version of your given name...Robert - Rob, Jonathan - Jon, Michael - Mike, etc. Heck, I even have nicknames for my dogs Jake and Pete ;-) Jake is "liebechen" and Pete is "frog" (a story for another day!)
Within the Internet world most (well, many!) of us have an Internet name...mine is Wiley. When I signed up at a lampwork forum for the first time I wanted a new 'alias'; something new and a little more original than my initials. I'm a big fan of Wile E Coyote so...Wiley sounded good!
So, now I am known as Wiley in the lampwork/jewelry world and just like any where else one ends up with a nickname. My favorite is Dragon and of course there are variations on that...Dragoness, Dragonette, etc.
At home, I have lots of nicknames too! My favorite is Smithers! Yet another story for another day. But isn't it funny? No matter where you go, you end up with a nickname.
What's yours?
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