Hi, my name is... Colormist
I need to get one of those badges. You know the kind? Stickers that you stick to your breast that proclaim your name. Those'd be nice. Then, after 2.5 years, people might actually know who I am. It's not like I don't interact with these people and it's not like I haven't interacted with these people for 2.5 years.
My coworkers are beginning to remind me of those old grandmothers that always call you by your sibling/parent's name? Cute, feeble, confused...
One coworker (very old-grandmother-ish) said to me as I was walking down the hall, "Heyyy!! We missed you!!"
I, trying to hold up one of those faces that was smiling at the beginning of the statement but has now slipped into crazily bewilderment, keep walking on down the hall. Previous to this encounter I had taken one day off to entertain guests. However, on this exact same day my coworker had just returned for a 2+ week honeymoon vacation.
Perhaps it was the poor lighting in the hall--this lady couldn't have missed me in my one-day vacation. Or at least, I hope she didn't. That's sounding a little obsessive. I didn't realized I had such an impact on my coworkers, being gone for a day and all.
Then yesterday, I'm talking to Bushead--who I talk to and work with on a regular basis (and have been since I started). She's instructing a messenger how to help me with some large boxes.
"Just take these down to the marketing office," Bushead guestures to me, "you know, Clark's office?"
Messenger looks super confused--at least HE knows that I am not Clark.
I amend, "Just take this box down to my office, I'll get the rest." It was bad enough when they confused us via email, now they can't tell us apart face-to-face.
Clark and I are around similar heights and similar builds. She's has latin american bloodlines, mine are more caucasian & native american (I practically glow at night). We both have brown hair, but they're of different lengths. I can think of no other remote similarities.
I don't think I can be polite about it much longer. I'm most likely going to go off on the next person that confuses me for Clark. Either that or dye my hair red and chop it all off.
My coworkers are beginning to remind me of those old grandmothers that always call you by your sibling/parent's name? Cute, feeble, confused...
One coworker (very old-grandmother-ish) said to me as I was walking down the hall, "Heyyy!! We missed you!!"
I, trying to hold up one of those faces that was smiling at the beginning of the statement but has now slipped into crazily bewilderment, keep walking on down the hall. Previous to this encounter I had taken one day off to entertain guests. However, on this exact same day my coworker had just returned for a 2+ week honeymoon vacation.
Perhaps it was the poor lighting in the hall--this lady couldn't have missed me in my one-day vacation. Or at least, I hope she didn't. That's sounding a little obsessive. I didn't realized I had such an impact on my coworkers, being gone for a day and all.
Then yesterday, I'm talking to Bushead--who I talk to and work with on a regular basis (and have been since I started). She's instructing a messenger how to help me with some large boxes.
"Just take these down to the marketing office," Bushead guestures to me, "you know, Clark's office?"
Messenger looks super confused--at least HE knows that I am not Clark.
I amend, "Just take this box down to my office, I'll get the rest." It was bad enough when they confused us via email, now they can't tell us apart face-to-face.
Clark and I are around similar heights and similar builds. She's has latin american bloodlines, mine are more caucasian & native american (I practically glow at night). We both have brown hair, but they're of different lengths. I can think of no other remote similarities.
I don't think I can be polite about it much longer. I'm most likely going to go off on the next person that confuses me for Clark. Either that or dye my hair red and chop it all off.
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