I have a hyphenated first name. I’d like to be addressed by my full name if you don’t know my nickname. So many people decide that ”nah, I’m picking one of the two names”. I tend to reply by hacking off a few letters from their name.
That or I like to consider repeating my name like "Hi Colleague, this is Maija replying to the email you wrote to Maija, which is me, Maija, [etc] sincerely, Maija [Maija Signature]. Haven't tried it yet though.
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Maybe they didn't notice the way she speeled her own name in her initial email to them, but THAT was years ago.
These days i get occasional emails where somebody has mis-speeled my name, James, and these days i suspect some company has decided to replace human workers with AI, and i just delete.
i learned a lot of great wisdom from this certain lady used to work at my full-time job. Her name was Lecia, pronounced just like Lisa. Being a white collar professional she handled lots of email, and one day she showed me people we do business with emailing her "Hi Lisa!"
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”How are you, Charl?”
”Hi, Alexand!”
I’m petty. But it works.
Maybe they didn't notice the way she speeled her own name in her initial email to them, but THAT was years ago.
These days i get occasional emails where somebody has mis-speeled my name, James, and these days i suspect some company has decided to replace human workers with AI, and i just delete.
:(
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