Have you ever let someone call you the wrong name and just not bothered correcting them?

[DishLady]

Hi Guys & Gals,

I was at my favorite nail place this afternoon when a very tacky entitled sort of woman entered and started calling for someone named Julie...

My manicurist and I looked at each other... silently questioning "Who's Julie?"

The owner brought this gal to the back of the spa and gave instructions to the best manicurist in the place. The manicurist followed every instruction she was given but the client started yelling, "Julie! Julie can you please come tell this girl she's doing it wrong? Julieeeeee?"

Mind you, the place is PACKED and everyone knows the owner's name is SARAH, not JULIE. So now we're all looking at each other, then at Sarah, who just carries on as if her name is Julie.

As each of us left we all pointedly said, "Thank you Sarah... Bye Sarah... See you next time SARAH..." so it might sink in with that one client, but she remained oblivious and Sarah just ended up smiling and winking at a few of us in gratitude.

Have you ever just let someone call you the wrong name this way?

[Beckybooboo]

It's happened to be once. A guy I worked with in highschool thought my name was Betty and after about a month, someone corrected him and he felt bad lol I told him it was no big deal, I knew who he was talking to when I heard the name "Betty".

[Anonymous]

People who know my sister call me by her name because we look alike ans I just ignore it lol

[DishLady]

Your parents probably do it all the time, right? My mom used to do that and i'd just look at her a certain (sort of amused) way till she realized her error.

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

I have a couple of relatives and acquaintances who call me my father's name for some reason.

[DishLady]

You probably look like him in their eyes so they forget.

[OlderAndWiser]

I can't remember such an incident happening to me.

[joehypo1]

Lol i worked 3 doors down from a little pub named bob's , I would go there for lunch often and the owner started calling me tom and i went with it for almost a year I wrote him a check

[HawkPerception]

My name is pretty easy to remember and use. I don't think there's been a case of someone calling me the wrong name. I've had people give me nicknames, but they aren't that far off my name either

[Staximus]

I have a twin brother and get called his name all the time. It doesn't help that we are twins and he used to work where I work

[DishLady]

Oh! I work with twins and literally the only way I can tell them apart is that one wears sneakers everywhere and the other wears oxfords everywhere. They both chuckle when I glance at the footwear before saying their name.

[talka20]

So in 5th grade a new teacher pronounced my name (uncommon) wrong and since then a lot of students kept calling ne that out of friendship bond so in that sense i was okay w that

[TheoreticallyGreat]

I get called the wrong name often though I just gently correct lol.

[DishLady]

I confess to calling a priest the wrong name accidentally bc he (very fondly) reminded me of his dearly-beloved predecessor. Little did I know that because he knew I was sad to see my old friend (his predecessor) leave he would quietly correct my error as he shook each person's hand rather than to come tell me I was wrong.

Five people into the introductions I caught myself saying the wrong name so I turned, eyes wide with raw mortification, and he laughed along with the other five people. I told them all they were quite mean for letting me slide instead of correcting, then I kissed the priests hand (a tradition in our church) and apologized.

[TheoreticallyGreat]

Hahaha it happens, but you did the right thing and tried to make up for it :) I've known so many priests I get them mixed up at times lol

[DishLady]

(It was just the darndest thing! Truth be told, the two guys had the same exact hair pattern and facial hair, and VERY similar personalities, so while I was pleased and honored to introduce him to the "top" parishioners I was royally messing up. That was about three years ago, but I still feel very sheepish when I think about it.)

[TheoreticallyGreat]

Those moments always come up at the most random times in my head 😂

[exitseven]

I have a twin brother and when we were younger people would call me by his name all the time. I never bothered to correct them.

[Iron_Man]

no I correct it I tell them, but I only have 3 letters in my name. It’s not that hard to figure out it’s more of they didn’t hear me correctly when I gave them out my name

[Grond21]

An old person insisted on shortening my name. I tried twice, but eventually gave up trying to correct them.

[worldscolide]

If it's someone I don't believe I will see again, yes.