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I have two cousins named Lars. One on each side of the family. One Lars' mother is from Sweden and the other is from Texas. Just thought I'd share.

I use a made up name at work. Both my first and last names are unusual and I'm a freak-magnet so it would be way to easy for them to find me if I gave my real names (we're required to give first and last names). I use a made-up first name because I didn't want to spend an hour discussing it with my customers. Stupid me, I picked a first name from literature, thinking that people read, and I still have to spend an hour discussing my first name.

Another gripe of mine. Having an unusual name, I've heard it mangled in every way possible and have become immune to it. I basically respond to anything that is close. When I was a child I would get annoyed, but sometimes customers yell at me if I mispronounce their name. Haven't they, like me, been getting it all their life?
Anyway, there's a nice way to inquire about someone's name if you must do it, and the woman in the OP didn't do that. She was rude about it.
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