Namesakes in the Workplace
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I work in a fairly large business where there are 3 Matt's, 2 Mark's and 2 Daniel's. I get to work at 8:30 and we open at 9am. So when I answer the phone calls before 9 and ask people to call back after 9am and ask for Matt (which they think is me) they get annoyed until I explain to them there are 3 Matt's that work here. I get annoyed that people don't have the smarts to know that Matt is a common name and I obviously am refering to another Matt. Anyone else have namesake issues at their work. Would be nice to know I'm not the only one who has to put up with this.
Mathew Crothers wrote:
I get annoyed that people don't have the smarts to know that Matt is a common name and I obviously am refering to another Matt.
And how would someone outside your little group be expected to know that in advance. Where I last worked there were three Richards but only one James; both fairly common names in the area where I live.
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I work in a fairly large business where there are 3 Matt's, 2 Mark's and 2 Daniel's. I get to work at 8:30 and we open at 9am. So when I answer the phone calls before 9 and ask people to call back after 9am and ask for Matt (which they think is me) they get annoyed until I explain to them there are 3 Matt's that work here. I get annoyed that people don't have the smarts to know that Matt is a common name and I obviously am refering to another Matt. Anyone else have namesake issues at their work. Would be nice to know I'm not the only one who has to put up with this.
Having a name which is quite common and also gender neutral there are quite a few here called Chris. In our team of 18 we currently have 3 Matts, 2 Pauls, and 2 Andys. As an organisation (we are not very large) we have 2 Andy Smiths (there have been some payroll mix ups in the past), 2 Paul Smiths and 1 Paula Smith. Also one team has a John Surname Snr and a John Surname Jnr (the Surname isn't the real one) in it. Would love to say they are not related, but they are father and son. It is quite a specialised and technical job they have.
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I work in a fairly large business where there are 3 Matt's, 2 Mark's and 2 Daniel's. I get to work at 8:30 and we open at 9am. So when I answer the phone calls before 9 and ask people to call back after 9am and ask for Matt (which they think is me) they get annoyed until I explain to them there are 3 Matt's that work here. I get annoyed that people don't have the smarts to know that Matt is a common name and I obviously am refering to another Matt. Anyone else have namesake issues at their work. Would be nice to know I'm not the only one who has to put up with this.
Sorry, you are being too nice. Instead, tell them to call back after 9AM and ask for Elvis. :)
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I work in a fairly large business where there are 3 Matt's, 2 Mark's and 2 Daniel's. I get to work at 8:30 and we open at 9am. So when I answer the phone calls before 9 and ask people to call back after 9am and ask for Matt (which they think is me) they get annoyed until I explain to them there are 3 Matt's that work here. I get annoyed that people don't have the smarts to know that Matt is a common name and I obviously am refering to another Matt. Anyone else have namesake issues at their work. Would be nice to know I'm not the only one who has to put up with this.
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I work in a fairly large business where there are 3 Matt's, 2 Mark's and 2 Daniel's. I get to work at 8:30 and we open at 9am. So when I answer the phone calls before 9 and ask people to call back after 9am and ask for Matt (which they think is me) they get annoyed until I explain to them there are 3 Matt's that work here. I get annoyed that people don't have the smarts to know that Matt is a common name and I obviously am refering to another Matt. Anyone else have namesake issues at their work. Would be nice to know I'm not the only one who has to put up with this.