I sympathise with everything
Except the name badge thing. If they're not there to allow people to call you by the name printed on the badge, what are they there for?

Mind you I'm too repressed and British to dare call someone I don't know by their first name merely because their name is printed on a bit of plastic attached to their clothing.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 14:46, 3 replies)

They'd be better off with nicknames on badges.
It'd be a better ice-breaker
( Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 6 Apr 2011, 15:02, closed)

I want 'Trouble' on mine.
Wouldn't get it though, no sense of humour these people!
( Bats, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 18:57, closed)

If you work there, you have to wear a badge. There's no choice.
It's a first name or nickname you can have, but it must be shown. I always get confused when people say my name. I start wondering if I know them and made them sad that I didn't say their name back or recognise them... Hehe.
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 15:30, closed)

That's one bonus.
If they can't pronounce my name, they don't know me :D
( Bats, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 18:56, closed)

It's to create a false sense of intimacy for customers
and so managers don't look like they've forgotten your name when you're the 33rd person that day to ask about shifts/holiday etc.
( Bats, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 18:56, closed)