Nicknames are weird. Especially the ones that seem to stick long past all context being lost. In my life I've been expected to respond to:

Mel
Rachel
Sporty Spice
Terri
Junior
Blue

Those last few are from work. And nothing confuses a customer more than wearing a name tag that says alex and responding to the name Terri. One coworker actually thought that was my real name, but i went by alex. Terri Alexandra Thiel...like Brian Luke Pomranke. this girl seriously came up to me and said, "yea I wouldn't go by terri either." But then again this is the only person I've ever met who in one day had drama involving her boyfriend, her husband and her childrens dad. yea. she's great though, I love working with her.

Junior, because our new store Captain is named alex also. Blue, as in, "you're my boy Blue! 'all my life, nothing lasts forever..." Thank You old school. Spring Break 2000! Off Road adventure!

Anyway. Nicknames are weird.