I have always had the pleasure of being known by my middle name irl
and have sworn I would NEVER do this to any kids I might have.

At school, there was more than one teacher who, at the beginning of each year, would call out the register, of course it would be my first name and surname on there.

Teacher: Maggot Dirtbox
Me: present. Actually, its Ridden Dirtbox
Teacher: I have Maggot here on my register
Me: Yes thats my first name, but I'm known as Ridden
Teacher: Well it says Maggot here
Me: . . .

I was quite self-conscious at school; particularly hating on this part of the year as this would be repeated in every. single. class.
And I wasn't quite cheeky enough to come out with something like "look, you moron, I might be 'only 12' but I know what my fucking name is, and has been for the last 12 years, regardless of what is written on your 'bit of paper' ".
Now I realise that this could have been the behaviour of a naughty kid winding up the teachers, but in reality, if you saw me, you would know this was not the case straightaway.

And yes, there were some fucking moron teachers that insisted on calling me Maggot for the entire year.

Powertripping arseholes.

Yes I'm still pissed off
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 11:17, 1 reply)

Should'a gone to a posh school
All that would have receded, because everyone at school would have just called you Dirtbox.

On a related note, I'm always a bit miffed when adults go by a middle name. My current company seems riddled with it; my boss does it (mind you, his first name is Bernard), one other guy goes by his third given name, while his brother (who also used to work here) hated all his names and went by his surname alone.

Haven't they heard of deed poll?
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 15:47, closed)

i can't stand my middle name
but i'd never dream of changing it. it was my grandmother's name, she died just before i was born, which is why i'm the only one in the family with a middle name
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 20:47, closed)

Yeah, its not like I CHOSE that awkwardness
I used to threaten deed poll for years cos I hated my first name with a passion.
Years of people chanting this at me, my first name took on some sort of perjorative status so I either associated it with arseholes, insults or being naughty.

These days I don't mind so much, I've not exactly grown into it, and its not worth changing. I kinda 'grew a pair' after school and have no problem with telling people how the name thing works with no embarrassment. Granted its no longer happening in front of a room full of teenage plebs waiting for ammo.
I think the singling out was the issue, not the name, that was just a catalyst.

Shoulda gone to a posh school, yeah, I'll pull that one out on my parents when I'm berating the things I didn't get as a kid cos they were skint. Tbh, the school thing probably gave me a slightly thicker skin, and elevated camouflage powers
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Fri 30 Apr 2010, 23:44, closed)

Your first name
could only be Gaylord.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Tue 4 May 2010, 16:51, closed)