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Don''t Call Her Liz. Ever.

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This lady is nutso. Just thought I''d share!
Be sure to read the whole e-mail exchange. Hilarious!

Crazy Liz
 
Date: 6/19/2009 6:16:13 PM
Author:luckystar112
This lady is nutso. Just thought I'd share!
Be sure to read the whole e-mail exchange. Hilarious!

Crazy Liz
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Oh my gosh, that is the funniest
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that lady is insane
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I would seriously hate to be the person dealing with her!
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She is gonna be SO fired. And good luck finding another job in DC. Guess she''ll have a lot more time to row crew with all those other Elizabeths.
 
She can now offically be diagnosised with a severe case of bat s*** crazy.
 
Date: 6/19/2009 6:30:51 PM
Author: decodelighted
She is gonna be SO fired. And good luck finding another job in DC. Guess she''ll have a lot more time to row crew with all those other Elizabeths.
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I love it.

Notice the date and times of the emails too...
He emails her to set up a meeting on 5/22 and she doesn''t write back. Only when he writes her again five days later and calls her "Liz" does he get a response, and it has nothing to do with the meeting. Um, it''s your JOB lady. lol
I was impressed with how well that guy kept his cool though.
 
Bwahahaha let''s all email her and call her Liz. Or Betty. Lizzy maybe.

My mom has a cousin named Curtis, and one time she said "Hi Curt" and his mom fuh-reaked ooout. "That''s NOT his name! It''s CURTIS!!!" This was like, 25 years ago, and mom still calls him "Itscurtis". Hahaha
 
She sounds like a very happy, fulfilled individual.
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hahaha I''m still laughing.."Next week on an all new episode of Snapped.."
 
Oh that''s too funny. I''m an "Elizabeth" but I go by Liz. The only reason my folks didn''t want to name me Elizabeth is because they were worried that my nickname would become Liz. But they thought "nah, there are a hundred other nicknames for Elizabeth."

Well, sure enough, by second grade, I was "Liz" or "Lizzy." And I have been ever since.

Nice reaction though. She could go by one of my other nicknames: Elizabitch.
 
Date: 6/19/2009 7:02:56 PM
Author: Travel Goddess
Oh that''s too funny. I''m an ''Elizabeth'' but I go by Liz. The only reason my folks didn''t want to name me Elizabeth is because they were worried that my nickname would become Liz. But they thought ''nah, there are a hundred other nicknames for Elizabeth.''

Well, sure enough, by second grade, I was ''Liz'' or ''Lizzy.'' And I have been ever since.

Nice reaction though. She could go by one of my other nicknames: Elizabitch.
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Ok. that is just awesome. Lucky.
 
1. Yes. She is flipping crazy. No matter how offended she was, there was no need to carry on about it in 19 emails! Her behavior was totally unprofessional.

2. While I swear I didn''t write it, and I swear I have never and will never react like that woman did, I get pissed when people call me Liz. My whole life perfect strangers have tried to call me Liz. I always introduce myself as Elizabeth and people will reply "Oh, Nice to meet you Liz. How do you know so and so?" I''m not bothered when people assume I''ve taken my husband''s last name, but I am bothered when strangers take it upon themselves to call me something other than how I''ve introduced myself. My parents never wanted me called Liz, so I guess it was instilled in me. Plus, I really like my full name.

The part that is hard for me is trying to find a polite was to correct someone. How should I? I feel like saying "Please call me Elizabeth." is kind of curt. Even if it isn''t, people have reacted oddly when I''ve said that. I find I often apologetically corrected people, but why should I feel guilty or rude? What is the most polite way for me to handle this?
 
No gals, her name is, and should forever be, TIZZY LIZZY.
 
LIZ TAKE YOUR MEDS!
 
FRUIT.LOOP.
 
Date: 6/19/2009 9:47:05 PM
Author: Munchkin

The part that is hard for me is trying to find a polite was to correct someone. How should I? I feel like saying ''Please call me Elizabeth.'' is kind of curt. Even if it isn''t, people have reacted oddly when I''ve said that. I find I often apologetically corrected people, but why should I feel guilty or rude? What is the most polite way for me to handle this?
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I could see how it might sound a little stern if you say "Please call me Elizabeth". Maybe just a small tweek in wording?
"Oh, I''d prefer it if you called me Elizabeth" with a smile?
 
Date: 6/19/2009 9:52:34 PM
Author: TravelingGal
No gals, her name is, and should forever be, TIZZY LIZZY.
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lol! Love it. "In a tizzy Lizzy".
Or
"Obviously not busy Lizzy"
 
Huh. And I go by Liz. Interesting...
 
I really don''t think that second set of emails is all that bad, on the whole.
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But the "don''t call me Liz" set... that''s what every comedy writer hopes to turn out, if only once in their lifetime!
 
Aww, I'm a Liz. I like it a whole lot better than Beth!

ETA: No offense to any Beths out there--I just meant it fits me better.
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Date: 6/19/2009 9:47:05 PM
Author: Munchkin

The part that is hard for me is trying to find a polite was to correct someone. How should I? I feel like saying 'Please call me Elizabeth.' is kind of curt. Even if it isn't, people have reacted oddly when I've said that. I find I often apologetically corrected people, but why should I feel guilty or rude? What is the most polite way for me to handle this?
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It's wrong of them to assume they can call you Liz, but often they're just trying to be friendly, or they don't realise because every other Elizabeth they know abbreviates. To be honest, I don't think there's a polite way to correct someone (at least someone you don't know well) without sounding rude. You know, like when you call someone by their first name and they say haughtily, "It's Mrs x to you" (I know that's not what you mean, but still). I would just grit my teeth and bear it, and hopefully they'll get the message when they hear other people referring to you as Elizabeth, see you signing your name as Elizabeth, etc.

I used to have the same problem with my name, until I just gave in and embraced the short version
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People I care about know what to use.
 
Date: 6/19/2009 9:47:05 PM
Author: Munchkin

2. While I swear I didn't write it, and I swear I have never and will never react like that woman did, I get pissed when people call me Liz. My whole life perfect strangers have tried to call me Liz. I always introduce myself as Elizabeth and people will reply 'Oh, Nice to meet you Liz. How do you know so and so?' I'm not bothered when people assume I've taken my husband's last name, but I am bothered when strangers take it upon themselves to call me something other than how I've introduced myself. My parents never wanted me called Liz, so I guess it was instilled in me. Plus, I really like my full name.


The part that is hard for me is trying to find a polite was to correct someone. How should I? I feel like saying 'Please call me Elizabeth.' is kind of curt. Even if it isn't, people have reacted oddly when I've said that. I find I often apologetically corrected people, but why should I feel guilty or rude? What is the most polite way for me to handle this?
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Just smile and say "I prefer Elizabeth." That way you're not correcting them, you're just stating your preference. Once you do it a few times, even the densest offender will get the hint.

And please don't take offense at the first offenders! My name is not one that's easily shortened, so I don't have quite the same sensitivity towards nicknames that you might... in other words, I might need to be "corrected" once or twice. My name is easily misspelled, though. Hard to understand how people do that in emails when there's usually a message or address to refer to for the correct spelling, but... I digress. I usually let it go the first few times if it isn't a situation where the missspelling could cause problems down the road. Unless it's someone I'm annoyed with for some reason.... then I'll point it out to them first chance I get!
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And that is our tax dollars at work.
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Date: 6/20/2009 12:35:20 AM
Author: ladypirate
Aww, I''m a Liz. I like it a whole lot better than Beth!


ETA: No offense to any Beths out there--I just meant it fits me better.
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It''s okay, I''m a Sarah and I like that better than Beth.
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(I work in customer service, and I can''t being to tell you the number of times I''ve said, "Thank you for calling __________, this is Sarah. How may I help you?" and they say, "Oh, hi, Beth. Look, can you do....." )
 
Perhaps she needs . . . a laxative. Or something.
 
Put me firmly in the camp of "Elizabeths who don''t like to be called Liz", BUT I would never flip out like that.

I usually go by Beth, not even the full Elizabeth, so I didn''t get it when the secretaries at work started calling me Liz after I had already worked there for a year! My strategy? I don''t respond at all when people call me Liz. Instead, I act like I don''t hear them or that they are addressing someone else. Then when they try again, I respond with something like, "Oh, I''m sorry! I didn''t realize you were talking to me! I never go by Liz!" All with a smile, of course. They usually catch on.
 
TOTAL NUT JOB. I wonder if she will at least get reprimanded for her unprofessionalism.

I''m a Suzanne...but often get called Susan. I simply reply back and say "It''s Suzanne." If they don''t get it, I usually just leave it at that. Too much time and energy wasted trying to correct people.

Can''t believe this lady - "LIZ" - wasted sooooooo much time and energy with all of these stupid emails! Imagine how much this "issue" must''ve just eaten up her day (and her mind!).
 
She sounds she would be fun to work with...
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My name is Lily. My FI brother, out of the blue, addressed me by Lil. He never done this before. My FI doesn''t like it and corrected him but he went on with Lil anyway. It did bother me but not so much so I let it pass. But today, since I know now how to correct him politely, I will do so in the future if he called me Lil again.

This Liz lady, why would you think she do that? I won''t go on and on about it. Once is enough.

I think its pretty cool for the other guy to keep his cool, though.
 
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