facepalm of the day

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Eh, I clicked through and read the actual thing put out by the university, and I don't see the big deal. Ask people what they want to be called and then call them that. Big deal. I had a boss who HATED being called "Jon" as his name was Jonathan. Like, he'd stop and correct you. So, we called him Jonathan.

"They" was used to describe someone in third person singular by Chaucer. That's hardly a new innovation.

yeah...i don't see what the big deal is about that. it's common courtesy to call someone by the name they prefer, isn't it? i guess the only 'facepalm' that would be needed, is to find that people have to be told to use someone's preferred moniker!