Worst Nicknames EverEveryone wants a cool nickname like "Ace", "Boss", or "Iron". Kids being kids, that's not what we get - the kid with polio gets called Johnny Spazm, your Ginger Fuhrer was called Rob Man-you-smell and your question master was "Tommy" Trinder despite him being dead for years.
Tell us the worst you've heard and the stories behind them.
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chthonic, Thu 18 May 2006, 15:45)
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A friend of mine got a new job.On his first day, one of his co-workers (Jim, or something) was showing him around the office. When they got to one cubicle, Jim whispered to him:
"Okay, I'm going to introduce you to Steve. Now, whatever you do, DO NOT call him Michael."
"Why not?"
"Just don't. Really. Trust me."
Steve turned out to be a pretty decent guy, but it was all my friend could do was not call him Michael. Michael, Michael, Michael. He nearly slipped several times and called him Michael. This went on for something like two years.
My friend and Steve got to be good friends. Finally my friend couldn't take it anymore. He just out and asked him why he shouldn't ever call him Michael.
"I don't know. Who told you that?"
"Jim did, on my first day."
"Oh, that's just Jim. He messes with new guys like that."
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setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Fri 19 May 2006, 14:19,
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