Plenty of Todds and Kylies for gen x

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Used to work in a fairly high end ski hotel. In February we would get dozens of little kids all going for ski lessons. I used to label their skis so they wouldn’t get mixed up, but I always had to also ask the surname so I could write “Olivia T, Olivia M, Emily P, Olivia B, Emily H, Emily S” then start on the boys “Tom D, Tom A, Oliver G, Tom J, Oliver H…”

    Also when someone asked me to get their luggage from the car - “It’s a black Audi”

    You don’t fucking say. Which of the ten black Audis is it, Oli?

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      9 months ago

      Don’t get me started on the number of Toms, Olivers, and Olivias at my daughter’s school.

      When these kids start working in offices, is going to usher back in the day of calling all co-workers by their surname “Hey Jonson, I have that report for you from Smith. Thanks Brown.”

      I think they used to do that back in the 70s and 80s because everyones firsnames were all James, and Peter.