The world of the Melanie
Remember the whole Vidya/Upsala/Noel Tait incident? (How could we forget right hehe although vids might wanna). Anyway, I end emails, label lab stuff, introduce myself as 'Mel' and everyone still calls me Melanie and it wouldn't be as much of a drama or confusion as it is except for the fact that there is another Melanie in our division who they also call Melanie so that it gets confusing who someone is talking/referring to! Also the fact that half the time I don't even answer to Melanie as I'm not used to being called it. So how can I get people to stop calling me Melanie without me saying that I want to be called Mel - remember that i've been here 2 months so its a little late to say that i prefer Mel. Should I wear clothing/hats that say 'Mel'? Or maybe get a tatoo that says Mel etched onto my forehead?
posted by Mellie @ 11:15 am
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13 Comments:
You could do the following:
1)Tell them you've changed your name from Melanie to Mel.
2)Have a bright idea 'since there are two Melanie's, why don't you just refer to me as Mel from now on?'
3)Give them evil looks when they call you Melanie.
4)Swear at them.
5)Ignore them when they call you Melanie.
Have a name tag that says "Mel". Whenever someone calls you "Melanie", point at your name tag till they say "Mel"... and you hve to reply "That'ssss better... see that wasn't soo hard was it??". If they call you "Melanie" again, say, "Now... don't make me tap my name tag!!"
Or just buy yourself a little mount that says "Dr. Mel" and insist that everyone calls you that.
You could also just take your room mate into your lab and everytime someone calls you "Melanie", she can say, "Wow! They call you Melanie - eventhough you prefer Mel"...
Any of the above suggestions should be effective. For more permanent results, use several of the above mentioned ideas in conjunction with those mentioned by Dr. Perera.
PS: Does Leo Igor call you Melanie too??? (He has allready lost a few points for his love of meat - this will be the last straw!!:P)
NOet/ uppsala incident... lets never mention that again!
Actually 'Melanie' I'm in favour of you getting a proper tattoo on your forehead . That way, in immunology circles, people will know about you even before they meet you (i.e. *nudge* she's that immunologist with the tattoo on her forehead)
Yoomi
Oh Melanie, before I forget, my friend Bronte's little brother is going through the Joel stage. I rang her house a while ago and he (Felix) answered the phone.
Me: Hi Felix, is Bronte there??
Felix: Nah!! (Pronounced like 'na' the Japanese way, very quickly)
Me: Do you know when she will be back??
Felix: Na!!
Hehe, I remembered Joel's mono-syllable grunts..........Felix is about 13, so I guess he's forgotten how to talk.
Hehe on all parts except to Yoomi and for Yoomi all I have to say is you're lucky I said this blog was appropriate for kids to venture onto or I'd write something that'd make Vids do an inward gasp so many times she'd think she was having a mental panic attack!
hehe - does that make sense?
I'm hyper!
I just did an inward gasp thinking about what you might say! *inward gasp*
Lol...oh dear Mel, time to calm down. I swear at work sometimes I get people staring at me in a strange way as if they're wondering what I'm on. Meanwhile, Yumna gets another cup of coffee :D
Yoomi
Ah, but dear Yoomi what is in that coffee?
As your new sister-in-law, I have learnt in past experience never to call you Melanie. If so, I was given the 'evil' look as well as been ignored. After many 'evil' stares I've learnt that this method is usually the most effective. Also, why do people asume its Melanie? Sice you introduce yourself as Mel?Why can't it be Melinda or Melissa?Luv yer
HULLO!!! Did I really give you evil stares?? The truth is I like my full name and communicated via email with my supervisor as Melanie (seems more professional) but I think that Mel is more friendly and informal and for them to continue with Melanie makes it seem like I'm still new and they don't know me well enough to think I'm confortable with them calling me Mel! I don't want to abruptly say I prefer Mel so the Melanie calling goes on.
It wasn't a nasty evil stare, if there is such a thing, it was delivered with love. It was a 'Don't call me Melanie' look, but 'I'll forgive you' look. Your too nice to give evils to me.I know how you feel,I hate when people call me Nicky, instead of Nicole. I get Nic or Nica, but I HATE Nicky
What about 'Sissy Coley'??
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