I've been having a problem.
There is this absolutely lovely woman at work with whom I've become good friends. We're not close enough where I feel comfortable correcting this mistake but we are close enough where I feel embarrassed to let it continue.
She calles Jed, 'JEB'.
It REALLY bothers me but I don't have the heart to tell her she's been calling him by the wrong name for 7 months. I've tried working him into to our conversations so that I can call him by name and stress the D in Jed but it doesn't seem to do much. His name tag shows but to no avail.
None of this seems to bother Jed.
I would hate to embarrass her, especially at this point where I should have corrected her back in September. But everytime I hear it I just think of some hillbilly wearing overalls and nothing else, living in the plains of Missouri, chewing on some thing of wheat, with a big gap-toothed smile, likely a relative from my mother's side.
I'm stuck. What should I do?
PS...Thailand in 5 days!!!
Posted by karen at March 5, 2005 05:37 PMYou could say something like, "did you say Jeb?" and if she says "yes" then correct her, you can pretend this is the first time you have noticed it :) Or just ignore it, not everyone named Jeb is a "hillbilly", just think the Governor of Florida is Jeb Bush......brother of the President
Posted by: Auntie Don at March 11, 2005 05:40 PMAnother note, just think how many times in my life my name has been mispronounced...I have learned to live with it, and actually never corrected alot of people, including those who refer to me as "Darnetta"
Posted by: Aunti Don at March 11, 2005 05:42 PM