So similar to 'Does it annoy you when Clients ask you personal question's' thread; there was a few posts about Clients asking us our real names and whether it bother's you or not so whats your experiences; good, bad or funny, with this question girls??
I get very annoyed when they ask this & I've had a few different experiences with this:
*Client who is a Chef in a Chinese Restaurant asked me (when I worked in sauna) 'What would happen if you came into my restaurant for food & I said to you "Hi (Working Name) how are you", wouldn't this be odd since this isn't your real name'? I answered 'well tbh I wouldn't be in your direction of town anyway as its miles away from where I live & there are literally hundreds of chinese restaurants between where I am & where your work is so this 'problem' won't be a problem' and he said 'but just incase'? to which I replied 'well tbh if you ever do see me in your work then you could always just not speak to me at all & just act like you don't know me', omg his face!! I thought he was going to cry...
*Client in sauna recognised me from when I worked at an agency & said to me 'but your name was xxxx so howcome your now calling yourself xxxxxxx'?, I answered 'because its just a work name hun & none of these names are my real names' cue a look of dismay from saud client who then say's 'Ahh so you're a f****** liar then'?!! he was totally deadpan!! tried explaining why we have working names but he just said 'there is no excuse for such a blatant lie, hmmmph who lies about their name for godsake'!!!
*Client installs true caller app (seen a thread about this 1 thing earlier but as thread is about real names then I'll mention it) & texts me with 'Hi (my real 1st+last name) are you available'? & I was fuming but could only blame myself for using my own personal phone for the first few months on AW, though in saying that he was the only client that ever said anything abt true caller app. I was fuming with this guy as he knew exactly what he was doing...hates SWs most likely.
I could tell you many many more incidences but tbh I'm starting to get a headache & typing posts on my phone isn't an ideal thing for me when I have a headache so I'll leave it at that!! lol... Can't wait to hear other tales from the fabulous world of SW!!!