Friday 25 June 2010

At least my name is not Mugly

Last night I staffed a work event, it was very, very busy with guests from many partner and external companies arriving and mingling.

While there a colleague who I'm not too familiar with came over to introduce a guest to me and my boss.

"Dr Johnson, this is our Marketing Director, J, and our PR Manager......"

She looked at me slightly quizzically.

I jumped in.

With a broad smile, I extended my hand for a handshake,

"I'm Livy"

The guest shook my hand warmly,

"You're living. Well I should hope so."

And she moved on, no doubt puzzled over the insane woman who, when asked her name, just replied with the fact she was alive.

3 comments:

Slice of Pie said...

When people ask my name on the phone I tend to say "I'm Laura" countless people have responded "oh thanks Ann-Laura, goodbye"!

Becca said...

Oh wow... That's amazing. I have this vision of the office simpleton saying "I'm living!" in a Ralph Wiggam kind of way...

ladyfriend said...

Ah Livy, my sympathies :-) Think youself lucky you're not called Fleur and frequently mistakenly (HOW??) get called...wait for it...yes there are people out there who think SLUR is a name. Argghhh.