Last summer my new given name was Patrick...a new employee came near the end of summer and forgot my name and called me Patrick...I thought I hear her call me that but I wasn't sure so I didn't want to correct her...later in a conversation with other collegues, she called me Patrick and they all laughed (I wasn't there at the time) but then it became the joke of the week.
Recently, a CBSA officer from some far away place...replied to an email I sent with the salutation, "Hi, Rick!" even though my signature clearly states...Richard Chiang; Student Security Officer; Canada Border Services Agency; etc...Though Rick is commonly used as a short form of Richard, I prefer Richard or just Rich. I just don't like that hard "K" sound at the end of my name, it does go well with my last name. So as a joke when I forwarded the email to another co-worker (who I know) and changed my signature to Rick Chiang and told her I got a new name...She laughed so hard...it was so quiet in the office and we were like the only ones, so it was funny.
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