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My husband used to use the Safeway Club Card of his ex-girlfriend.  One day he was called Mr. Johnston one too many times, so he asked the cashier to please throw the card away.  And then he started using mine, and became Mr. Me until we married.  And now his sense of masculinity has returned, fully intact.  He’s earned it.

My God, I work at a hotel and am FORCED to say the guest’s name;  it is agony, and I think rude to people by name who you HAVEN’T MET.  Can we please end this company trend of ‘personalizing’ something that really isn’t that personal?

The same thing happened to me and my hubby on our honeymoon. Since he is pretty inept at making decisions, reservations, etc. I took it upon myself to book everything. Well, of course it was under my maiden name… So every time someone at the hotel thanked him, they called him Mr. J. I got a real kick out of it, him not so much!

Sometimes personalization really gets to customers nerves. Personalized service should be properly put in context.

The irony it that he totally booked everything under his own name. And they still call him Mr. Roberts. I have no idea why, unless it’s from me making a spa reservation in my name. Oh, wait, he signs ALL THE TABS. Sorry, baby. You’ll always be The Man to me, no matter what they call you. : )

Um… Maybe in their culture, men take the last name of women?

It would be fun to make up a new last name every time they called him Roberts.

It would be fun to make up a new last name every time they called him Roberts.