I can try and explain this one - I do this a lot when writing down meeting notes / sending emails. The problem is that when a company has 3 Steves, 5 Freds, and

I can try and explain this one - I do this a lot when writing down meeting notes / sending emails. The problem is that when a company has 3 Steves, 5 Freds, and you need to refer to someone, you need an unambiguous way to do so. So I try to write down people's email handles when taking notes or saying "you should talk to @sdlkfj" about this issue. On calls I will try to use their first name, unless there are multiple people with the same first name there as well. Then I just refer to people by the NATO phonetic alphabet of their last name. I do ask for their permission before I do so though, I'm not trying to be a jerk :)