June 15, 2006

Sooper-Sekret Message To The Wall Street Journal

First, yes I know that my dead-tree subscription is running out. However, I hardly ever actually read the paper anymore and I can get all the editorials, which is pretty much all that I read anyway, on-line.

Second, even if you could convince me that this is unrealistic, your sales reps are never going to get anywhere with me by calling me "Bob". For one thing, I don't go by that nickname. For another, such uninvited familiarity is presumptuous and off-putting.

Posted by Robert at June 15, 2006 01:23 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Hear, hear on that "Bob" nonsense. My name is Robert, though I will consent to Rob. Not Bob, or Bobbie or Robbie.

Posted by: rbj at June 15, 2006 02:03 PM

Quite right sir...Presumptious vulgarians, damn their eyes, what?

Posted by: Basil Seal at June 15, 2006 02:08 PM

Oh, sometimes those people can be reasonably polite. For a while I was an associate editor at a magazine you've never heard of, and our office was added to someone's mailing list. Week after week we were pestered by subscription mailings that began, civilly enough, "Dear Mr. Magazine..."

Posted by: utron at June 15, 2006 02:12 PM

Try being called by your twin brother's name your entire life...

Posted by: KMR at June 15, 2006 06:18 PM