To some of you, it’s probably no big deal – but today I’m wearing a “shirt & tie”. Ordinarily my work attire consists of jeans (shorts in summer) and a t-shirt, so getting fancied up is somewhat of a rare thing for me. Seemingly it was a surprise for my colleagues as well, with no less than eight comments about my gear before lunch. Well, here’s some news for y’all:
- I am not going for a job interview
- No-one I know has died recently, so I’m not going to a funeral
- I’m not going for my drivers licence (why would I wear a tie for that, anyway?)
So what’s with the fancy pants? Since the boss is away today, I had to sub in for a presentation that we were hosting for a whole bunch of industry service provider heavy-weights. Though I felt I could do an adequate presentation wearing my designer jeans, apparently this wasn’t acceptable.
But anyway, I guess that dressing up is just par for the course – and the most important thing is that it’s appreciated. For example, when the guy giving the talk (name purposely witheld) introduced me, he said: “And now I’ll hand over to Gerrod Thompson to give the technical presentation.”. Errol laughed. I shook my head. Still, I did my piece and then quietly returned to my seat, hoping no-one would ask any questions. At the conclusion of the presentation, I then got, “…and thanks to Gerald for the presentation of the website“. Errol laughed, again. I shook my head, again.
Gerald? Thompson? The least old-mate could have done was to get my name right. Then again, maybe it’s time to change my domain name.
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That’s harsh Derek. Really harsh. Keep your chin up though, big fella! The people who really matter know your name… right folks?<br><br>Yours, Kirsty
See! Even the presenter didn’t recognise you in your spiffy attire.
I’m really sorry that people get your name wrong. I understand your pain Jarrod.<br><br>It sucks that when you registered your website that they even got it wrong and spelt it with a ‘G’. What is with that?<br><br>Don’t worry – as Christie said "The people who care won’t get it wrong.".<br><br>B – for Bob.<br>
ahoy there gerald the gaberdinenious.<br><br>u look like you fixin to git hitched.