The Most Bizzarre "Name" Ever

[RentalRacer]

Oldie, but I just remembered it. Sorry for the format, but I don't remember enough of the dialouge to put it in that format.

I had a customer a few years ago who came in to pick up a car. She had used her husbands name to book it.

The problem was that she had chosen to change her legal name to a symbol, kinda like Prince. The symbol she chose was very similar to the mathmatical symbol for Pie.

We have to enter a first and last name in our system, there is no way around it.
The problem is there is no way to type that symbol, as it does not exist on our keyboard.

Whatever State she was from (want to say CA, which would make sense) had managed to get that as her name on her license.

She refused to give me what her name used to be, telling me that I needed to use her legal "name". We argued back and forth for a few minutes on that, then to just get her out of her I entered her name in as "Symbol Symbol". Which might have gotten me into a little bit of trouble, but I was past the point of caring.

And here folks is the kicker. She gave me a CC with her former first and last name. Which, you guessed it, I refused to take, since the name on her DL did not match. She got extremely upset, and went on the typical SC rant. I told her if she could give me a CC with the symbol on it, she could use that in conjunction with the DL she gave me. The other option would be to give me a valid DL with the name that matches the CC on it and I could use it. She of course wanted me to put her first and last name in the system, but I apologized and told her that since she had no Id proving it was in fact her, and in fact had told me "symbol" was her legal name, I would not be permitted to do so.

Now I had at one point offered to use her former name, that was me being nice. Since she was such a beeyatch about the whole "you must use my symbol as my name" thing I took that "nice guy" offer back.

Needless to say, she left with no car. Apparently CC companies won't put a symbol for a name on their CC's either.

I really don't know why anyone would want to do this. I would imagine it would complicate everyday things in life.

It would have been funny if she had referred to her self as " The person formerly known as ________ ________"

[CRXPanda]

Some people have nothing else better to do than create situations that promote SC behavior.

I guess they're bored...or it's another of those "disorders" they just haven't spent gobs of money on and named yet.

[protege]

I guess they're bored...or it's another of those "disorders" they just haven't spent gobs of money on and named yet.

Actually, there is a name for it. We call it a "rectal-cranial inversion." It's a fancy way of saying "she has her head up her ass"

[BookstoreEscapee]

Was she Asian by chance? I've seen people sign their names in Chinese/Japanese/whateverese characters, and it's signed the same way on their CC (though printed in the English alphabet on the front). Of course, when you need their name they just give it to you...nevermind.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

You know, if you create a situation for yourself that causes these kinds of problems, you have a choice: Rectify the situation so that it no longer causes you a problem, or suck it up.

But then, making sense is not allowed here. This woman probably totally gets off on being indignant, so the situation she has created for herself works for her.

My last name and my husband's last name are legally different. I never legally changed my name to his. Now I have a kid. I will more than likely bite the bullet and have my named changed. Why? Because I am a grown up that likes a hassle free life, and having everyone in my family with the same last name is a route to less hassle. So I will rectify the situation like a grown up, not whine and have a tantrum when someone is confused that my daughter and I have different names.

But then, I'm not an attention whore who gets off on strife and hassle. I'm weird that way.

[zeoquean]

Although I haven't had anything as extreme as that, with the customer having a symbol as a name, I have had this one guy come in whose name was "Earth Sun" or something. He used his credit card with that name on it, and I asked to see ID, as I couldn't believe that was his name, and the ID matched. So obviously it was fine...just kind of a weird name to me.

[ShortTemperHatesStupidity]

Ow ow ow! My brain!!

Why the hell would you want to change your name to a fucking symbol in the first place? That would seem to make everyday transactions and interactions near impossible.

[allniter]

She gave me a CC with her former first and last name. Which, you guessed it, I refused to take, since the name on her DL did not match. She got extremely upset, and went on the typical SC rant. I told her if she could give me a CC with the symbol on it, she could use that in conjunction with the DL she gave me. The other option would be to give me a valid DL with the name that matches the CC on it and I could use it. She of course wanted me to put her first and last name in the system, but I apologized and told her that since she had no Id proving it was in fact her, and in fact had told me "symbol" was her legal name, I would not be permitted to do so.

Dude, you are my Hero for the Week. I don't care if the world's saved from nuclear annihilation, you beat em to the Nobel Peace Prize with this one haha

[B&NGoddess]

i read something recently that had the worlds worst name: some people in houston named their kid "urhines kendall icy special k," with urhines pronounced "yourhighness".

at least he can go by "kendall"

[Barefootgirl]

When you read stories about ridiculous names like that, you realise the French system of children's names having to be approved by the registrar isn't that stupid after all. There's no-one in France called Icy Special K....

[RentalRacer]

Was she Asian by chance?

Nope, just some crazy-kabbalah-hippie-earth child type.

Not to send this thread totally off-course but some other names I have come across that stand out.
Velvet Johnson-Just today!!
James Bond
Bruce Wayne
Steven Faggot-I thought it was a fake reservation with a name like that.
Harry Koch-not so bad when you say it right, but I bet people....ok people like me...mistakenly pronouce it like cock...so he would be Harry ______

And, the winner is.....

The women who had her name legally changed to Jesus Christ. Which is fairly common from what I understand.

[Sofar]

This is the ultimate in anti-social behevior. Choosing a name that cannot be voiced or spelt with any of the letters of the Roman alphabet. Technically it's not even a name. Why do people exhibit this anti-social behavior? How do you make friends if you can't be introduced, lacking a pronouncable name? It bothers me enough when people have names with counter-intuitive spellings, when you have a name like that the first thing you do when you meet someone is correct them. Anti-social.

So she's got what technically isn't a name, she's untitled. Lacking a name, you are invited to name her. Call her Cathy.

[Imogene]

This is the ultimate in anti-social behevior. Choosing a name that cannot be voiced or spelt with any of the letters of the Roman alphabet.

So, say you had a customer come in whose name was entirely Cyrillic(Russian alphabet, I think)? Born and raised in Russia, moved to the US. Now what? Is it antisocial that way? If you ask for her name, and she pronounces it for you, you can at least phonetically spell it, right?

[po'drph]

Working in a pharmacy, I run across wierd names all the time. Some that stick out for me:
1. Pearlie Shine
2. General Washington
3. had one parent come in with rx for her little boy, boy's first name was Bam Bam, I do not remember last name but it was not Rubble
4. Had a set of twins whose first names were Orangejello and Yellowjello
5. not a patient but had a friend that worked with a guy named Richard Head and of course everyone called him Dick, he was paged at work one day and everyone died laughing when they heard " Dick Head to the front" on the intercom

[zzapp the witch]

There's a guy running around here by the name of "Wizard". Just Wizard. Driver's License, CC's, you name it. Biggest creepazoid ever met. Just seeing him accidentally in a public place makes me want to shower with steel wool. Boyfriend got one of his business cards on a lark, which is extra creepy cause it has a graphic of just this guy's head with that creepy-ass smile, and under it it says to give him a call if you want to meet for a "sauce tasting session" (he seems to think he makes really great homemade bbq sauces). The boyfriend likes to wave the card at the babysitter when she's getting squeaky-girly on us. "Want to taste my sauce little girl?" God where's the vomit smiley?