On November 16, 2022, a Reddit user took to a subreddit to open up about a situation he was facing at work with his new day-shift manager. OP, who worked at a retail shop, noted that his new boss was demanding he replace his name tag because he felt OP was lying to customers about his real name. Explaining the whole situation, the poster made it known that he goes by a very popular 11-character name.
The majority of people who bear the name go by the first five letters as a short form. However, OP confessed that since he was eight years old, he had been bearing the first six letters as a short form instead because there were multiple people in his class with the same name. His parents addressed him by his chosen short form, and so did everyone else who knew him.
However, OP mentioned that his new boss wanted him to change his nametag because he felt it wasn't his real name. But OP maintained his stance, noting that the unmentioned short form was his real name. Still, the boss insisted otherwise. Determined to win the battle, the poster didn't change his mind either, noting that he could not go by the rampant first five letters, which the boss believed was the ideal short form of OP's name.
At that point, the new boss threatened to withhold OP's shifts if he didn't budge. Unmoved and aware of his human rights, the poster stood his ground, further citing instances where others chose a different short form from what the majority went by. Furthermore, OP informed his boss that if he insisted, he would be happy to get fired and even happier to sue for wrongful dismissal.
Knowing he had lost the battle, OP's boss walked angrily. However, he didn't give up, as the poster made it known that his boss had been hanging around, looking for the slightest reason to fire OP. In an edit, the poster added that he had found the perfect way to get back at his boss. According to him, he decided to call his boss "Seen" instead of "Sean" and would not stop until the latter learned to address him by his name.
