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While that's true, there are situations where it can backfire. For example, I've had people send packages to me using the name everyone calls me, but when I go
by Hasnep 3y ago
While that's true, there are situations where it can backfire. For example, I've had people send packages to me using the name everyone calls me, but when I go to pick it up at the post office, it doesn't match the name on my ID.
- HorizonXP 3y agoMy legal first name is Xitij. Everyone knows me as Ritesh. It does not appear on any of my identification. I've dealt with this for 38 years.
- Hasnep 3y agoI agree it's not really a problem, if it was I would ask people to call me by my legal name or change my legal name to my preferred name.
- OJFord 3y agoHow do you resolve the post office issue then, just out of curiosity? Show them a chat on your phone where people are calling you the written name or something? And the address should match still so actually why do they care anyway?
- HorizonXP 3y agoIt is very rare that anyone truly cares. I’ve only had this be a real issue with flights when someone uses my preferred name even though I tell them not to, and it inconveniences me while I try to fix it. Most people get it when I tell them, “no one calls me Xitij, it’s impossible to pronounce.”
- Hasnep 3y agoMy legal name is close enough to my preferred name and my surname is pretty unique in the UK, so they believed my explanation. I'm not sure what I would've done if they hadn't...