Years ago, the company I worked for hired a new guy for my department. His name was Nick but we told him he couldn’t use his name since we already had a Nick in the department. We told him that he’d have to go by his middle name instead. His middle name? Ryan. Oops. We referred to him by his last name instead…
I've worked in several kitchens each with multiple Ryans and Brians where we just ended up referring to each by their last names or nicknames.
Years ago, the company I worked for hired a new guy for my department. His name was Nick but we told him he couldn’t use his name since we already had a Nick in the department. We told him that he’d have to go by his middle name instead. His middle name? Ryan. Oops. We referred to him by his last name instead…
I go by Randy in this situation. Still has all the letters for Ryan and I get to give them the D. Lol.
A new coworker called me Randy today; we do have a Randy on staff but it’s obviously not me.