▲ 266 ▼ We should be able to legally have a different name just for work for better work/life separation (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments At least a first name if family name is too much administrative hassle.
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) I essentially do something similar. My friends and family all call me "Ted". At work, people call me "Theodore". One person at work asked me if I ever go by Ted and I had to tell them it's an easy way to know in which context someone knows me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) At school we had an anonymous grievances box. So that the kids could safely air their grievances. It was rarely used. But one day a note read "I don't want to be called Willy anymore." And amazingly it worked. Even the biggest bullies and class trolls called him William from that day on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago Your trolls were lightweight. Trolls in my schools would have doubled, or tripled down on Willy - knowing that it bothered him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) At school we had an anonymous grievances box. So that the kids could safely air their grievances. It was rarely used. But one day a note read "I don't want to be called Willy anymore." And amazingly it worked. Even the biggest bullies and class trolls called him William from that day on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago Your trolls were lightweight. Trolls in my schools would have doubled, or tripled down on Willy - knowing that it bothered him. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago Your trolls were lightweight. Trolls in my schools would have doubled, or tripled down on Willy - knowing that it bothered him. permalink fedilink source parent