So they changed my nametag.

[rerant]

According to many people I look like Donna from That 70s Show.
I don't see it, but whatever.

Today one of my supervisors thought he would have a bit of fun by printing out a new name for me to go on my tag.

My name is now Donna.


I guess it's better than people falling all over their words when trying to pronounce my actual name and failing miserably every time.

Edit: The smart assery of those around me is unrelenting.
Here is what a friend made me when I mentioned this event:





My red hair doesn't help my situation either.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Better than the nickname I recently acquired at my job- Newman.

because supposedly I kinda resemble Newman from Seinfeld

[donruss]

Better than the nickname I recently acquired at my job- Newman.

because supposedly I kinda resemble Newman from Seinfeld

Hello Newman! (In best Seinfeld voice that I can muster)

[Becks]

I'm still waiting for my Rebecca Susanna Graciella Vaness Maria Amelia nametag.

But I have one that says Rebecca and another that says Vanessa.

[chops]

Redhead Laura Prepon FTW.

[RayvenQ]

My name was officially changed by the guys in the kitchen I worked in to Harry, as the harry Potter films first came out then and I did happen to look like him, slightly. They used it so much that I responded to it more than I did my natural name

[BlaqueKatt]

I'm refered to as "House"-yes that house-they don't put the Dr. title in front of it anymore though*- now it's just "hey House!"

*they were calling me Dr. House for a while until I reminded them I was not a doctor-no I don't look like house just have the same personality.

and I have a friend that looks like Eric Foreman-down to the scruffy hair.

[Boozy]

According to many people I look like Donna from That 70s Show.
I don't see it, but whatever.

Funny you should say so, because people have mentioned that I look like "the sister" from That 70's Show. (I didn't watch the show, so I don't know the character's name.)

Someone ended up showing me a picture of her, and you know...I could sorta see it. Which is weird too, because in my experience the so-called lookalike never sees the resemblance. You could look like Donna to other people, but not to yourself.

[bainsidhe]

Funny you should say so, because people have mentioned that I look like "the sister" from That 70's Show. (I didn't watch the show, so I don't know the character's name.)

It's the hair, isn't it? You have big hair

[powerboy]

According to ex co-workers, friends and family. I look like John Cena, Randy Orton, Rob Van Dam, Juan Claude Van Damn, The Russian boxer on Rocky movie, Terminator. And someone else, I cannot remember off hand. When I am in shape, I truly look like them. but I am fat again right now.

[rerant]

Funny you should say so, because people have mentioned that I look like "the sister" from That 70's Show. (I didn't watch the show, so I don't know the character's name.)

Someone ended up showing me a picture of her, and you know...I could sorta see it. Which is weird too, because in my experience the so-called lookalike never sees the resemblance. You could look like Donna to other people, but not to yourself.

I seeee yooooou.

Let's start a sit-com.

[Dave1982]

Well, as long as we're on the subject of nametags and work nicknames......

Recently I gassed AdamAnt316 for forgetting his nametag (I have never forgotten mine because i leave it attached to my uniform shirt at all times. When it's time to wash one shirt, I take the tag off and put it on the next shirt before i do anything else).

I pulled out a spare nametag from the drawer up front, and the sales manager told me to make up a "new" name for him.

So instead of "Adam" I put "PRISCILLA"!!!!

The manager nearly wet his pants laughing at it.

I however, have not escaped a silly nickname. Without revealing my last name, I'll just say that phonetically it sounds roughly similar to "John." So for a while I've been called "D-John."

Well, one of the cashiers - out of the blue - called me "Honey D-John" as in "Honey Dijon."

Well, I actually found it amusing (certainly better than the large pool of derogatory things I've been called that rhyme with my last name......) so now several of the female employees call me "Honey D-John." They've been trying to get the sales manager to call me that instead of just "D-John" but he's refused, saying "it just sounds so.......WRONG coming from another guy!"

It gets better though.

Recently I was at the Fun Spot classic video game arcade in Weirs Beach NH. While there, I set a new lap time record for one of the tracks on the game "Race Drivin'" (well, at least until they reset the game again, which I think they do regularly). I was most of the way though putting my real name in when I decided to be silly and changed it to "HONEY DJOHN." So for at least that day, the Champion Screen said "The Race Drivin' Champions Original Track: HONEY DJOHN."

I took a picture of that screen and posted it in the breakroom, much to the amusement of my co-workers.

After that I kept playing the game and again qualified for a championship lap. When you do this, you race against the recorded performance of whoever last won, so I raced myself. However, instead of listing the champion as "PHANTOM PHOTON" (which I thought it always did), it actually said "HONEY DJOHN challenges you to the Race Drivin' CHAMPIONSHIP LAP."

I nearly fell out of the racing bucket when I saw that. In fact, I was laughing so much that I lost control of the car and crashed, thus disqualifying myself.

[draftermatt]

I got called Lurch a lot.

Hmm..

[blas]

I'd take it as a compliment. Laura Prepon is absolutely beautiful. Though I wish she wouldn't have dyed her hair blonde....I'm not sure if her natural hair color is that red, but it sure looks natural. Natural redheads are absolutely beautiful. And it's a shame that natural blondes and redheads are getting fewer and fewer, as are freckles and porcelain skin.

Where the heck do I start here? When I was in middle school, everyone called me Christina (as in Christina Aguilera circa Genie in a Bottle), I was Barbie all throughout high school and up until I started tanning again and dyed my hair a more natural hue..

Now I'm a "shorter, bigger breasted Mischa Barton" or a "white Beyonce"

[chops]

Natural redheads are absolutely beautiful. And it's a shame that natural blondes and redheads are getting fewer and fewer, as are freckles and porcelain skin.

Absolutely agreed. I've dated a few redheads in my time, and red hair and freckles are high on my list of desirable traits.

The only thing that stinks is that I can only guess that red hair and freckled/fair skin are just being bred out, since they tend to be a recessive trait. They'll likely never go away completely, though, that's the good news.