A woman revealed that her company’s HR department avoids using her name in emails due to her unfortunate initials.
Selecting the perfect name for a baby is one of the most challenging decisions parents face.
However, even if you believe you’ve found the perfect name, there are a few important checks to consider first.
One crucial factor to keep in mind is the baby’s initials.
One woman shared that her unfortunate initials are so problematic that the HR department avoids using her name in emails altogether.
A woman named Samantha has gone viral on TikTok after sharing the story of her unfortunate initials.
You might be thinking that the name Samantha doesn’t seem so bad.
But it’s when her initials come into play that things start to look a bit questionable.
Samantha didn’t realize just how problematic her initials were until she started working in a professional environment.
When she received her first workplace email, she discovered that her initials formed a rather rude acronym.
“I always end up having to explain how my name fits into the company email structure,” she laughs.
Samantha even admits that her initials have made her ‘dread’ switching jobs, as it inevitably leads to an awkward conversation.
Hilariously, after sharing her story, others with similar issues began to open up about their own awkward workplace emails.
Chris Littmann (email: Clittmann), Samantha Wallo (Swallo), Patrick Ecker (Pecker), B. Allsman (Ballsman), Tiffany Estes (Testes), and Rach Kelley (Rkelley) all expressed their sympathy.
One person says: “Ours was the first five letters of the last name plus the first initial. There was one guy who was going to be McA***, so they gave him a special one.”
Another person adds, “We had an S lutz at one company.”
Someone else comments, “Mine is literally Hater, so I get it.”
However, it seems that Samantha’s issue might be the worst of all.
“My name is Samantha Hart,” she explains.
“And most companies use the email format of first initial, last name, so my email would end up being ‘shart.’”
She even reveals that HR has contacted her twice because of this naming issue.
She says, “They told me that my name doesn’t quite fit the email structure and asked if I’d mind if they used a different format for my email.”
“To which I replied, ‘Yeah, I don’t want an email that says shart. Fix it. Give me something else.’”
She claims she now proactively addresses the issue when starting a new job to minimize the awkward conversation.
