Work names

[christopher575]

A lot of people at work call me Topher, which I don't really care for but allow since they aren't calling me Chris, which I don't like at all any more. Some people from other countries call me by my last name, which I attribute half the time to their local custom, and the other half to them not being sure which is which, because the order of our names and our e-mail address formats aren't consistent throughout the company. But I almost always sign emails with my initials (CB) which has lead to my favorite work name, courtesy of my counterparts in Japan:

CB-San

Comments

[cmorley.livejournal.com]

Konnichiwa!

Nihongo ga wakarimasu ka?

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

C-Bragg, like J-Lo. Yeah.

[sgtred.livejournal.com]

Christopherocious?

[elvendude.livejournal.com]

Hi! *adds* pixink pointed me your way.

I've several times considered going by my middle name, Lee, as the number of Chris' around is remarkable. I've never really felt attached to Christopher and I rather dislike Topher (sounds kind of like a fungus to me). So, it's either Chris or something I don't have much connection to. Of those two choices, Lee seems easier for both me and everyone around me.

I really don't have, personally, anything against Chris other than how common it is.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

No comprende.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

MY MIDDLE NAME IS LEE TOO!!!!!

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that be C-Bra?

[elvendude.livejournal.com]

Lol, that's excellent. Were you named for a movie star? :)

My mother actually just liked the name. It had nothing to do with anything else.

[pixink.livejournal.com]

Henceforth, I shall refer to you simply as "Dood".

How's it hangin', Dood?

[pixink.livejournal.com]

Most Christophers I know, and I do know some, have "Lee" as their middle name. It's amazing!

[pixink.livejournal.com]

Is it too late to start calling you Lee? :p

[elvendude.livejournal.com]

Of course not!

You can call me whatever you want. *nod*

[pixink.livejournal.com]

Dick! Head!

[elvendude.livejournal.com]

Oh, come one. You already call me that all the time.

[filarabit.livejournal.com]

I feel bad a lot of the time because I always call you Chris, and I know you prefer Christopher but you have been Chris in my mind for so long that I have a hard time remembering before it comes out of my mouth. So I apologize for the recurring abuse. I really want to call everyone by whatever name they prefer. You know how bad it pisses me off if anyone calls me Chuck. I don't want to be the one doing that to you either.

[filarabit.livejournal.com]

Hell, speaking of work names, at Motorola they called me "Wolfman" or "C.H.U.D." and most of the people at the casino call me "The Chad". Thanks Tom Green.

[pixink.livejournal.com]

Spleen! Face!

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I've always cut you some slack since you've known me for so long. It's hard to change a name that far into it. Like my Aunt Sue who decided she was Emma when I was in my teens.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Too bad there aren't any MST3K fans, you could be Chad, the Waffle Waiter.

[elvendude.livejournal.com]

lol, tastes like bile!

[pixink.livejournal.com]

Pig! Guts!

[cmorley.livejournal.com]

Oh good, because that's about all I know. If you tried having a conversation with me in Japanese I'd just stare blankly. But, fortunately, my ruse is not blown now.

[cmorley.livejournal.com]

"You know how bad it pisses me off if anyone calls me Chuck."

And use the "what's up, Chuck?" a couple hundred times a day.

I used to like that one, too, because I could describe vomit and people would get a funny look on their face. Sigh. It just got old though.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Christopherlicious? Christopheremones?

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

Lee is my uncle's middle name. I was supposed to be Michael James but someone else in the family beat them too it. Not sure how they arrived at Christopher.

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

As long as it's not "Dewd" that's fine.