This book about how Naomi Wolf kept getting mixed up with Klein (it’s by Klein Shock Doctrine lady not creepy podcaster) is pretty good so far. it’s called Doppelgänger. It’s also funny at times which is about what I need this fall for after work reading.
@futurebird
I was happy to run across an article she wrote on working on the book recently. I'd gotten the names mixed up myself and was very confused about how Naomi Klein could wind up where Naomi Wolf has.
I'm particularly fascinated because I've never once in my life been confused with anyone else. There was never another person in my class or workplace with the same name. (and my name is absurdly plain so that's also odd)
I always wondered what it was like. Probably mostly annoying.
But I was also jealous of the girls who everyone confused with each other. They could get away with so much more than I ever could.
@futurebird reminds me of middles school. Another Chris and I in the same class, E. And F. as last name initials, so our names were next to each other. We were both bad at turning in homework, so there would be times I got his paper back when I hadn’t done the work, and others he’s get mine.
@futurebird@cshlan
I am often confused with my younger brothers. It never seemed like an advantage in getting away things, but since they're all 6 or more inches taller than me, I often used it for pointing out that people are much, much worse at estimating and remembering heights than they like to believe.
@futurebird@cshlan I was mistaken for a male co worker when I answered the phone because we had to answer with our unit designation and our last name. His last name & mine sounded very similar. Sometimes they’d say too much and I’d get the inside scoop on stuff they’d all regret. (There were only 3 women working in the refinery, 800 males, at the time)
@futurebird@cshlan
I once worked in a company of 400 people in which three of us had the same first and last name.
I was once several minutes into a Kafka-esque disciplinary interview before HR realised they'd called in the wrong person.
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