Staff Nicknames
At our "Staff Check-in" today we went around and shared a nickname we had or currently have, as well as whether we liked it and some background. Here are the names. You might guess a few.
- Leonard - from boxing in the military, broke some noses, etc. - came from the book "Of Mice & Men"...didn't like it.
- Slice - from ability to cut to the basket in basketball...felt okay about it
- Opie Taylor - named by guys in the warehouse back in college...didn't like it then but okay with it now
- Honorary Fat Kid - because of his lunch room eating, skinny but could eat as much as the football players...liked it
- Betsy - not sure why but since a cute guy made it up, she liked it
- Tree and Hakeem Olijawan and Annie - Liked Annie because her grandma called her that
- A-Kray - from the high school students at Five Oaks and the only nickname she ever had
- Bones - because she was so skinny...didn't like it wanted to gain weight
- Stephie - Loved it because her grandma called her that
- Gaff - Says never had any cool nicknames but was called this in sports all the time (I think it's cool, though)
- Potuso - named by his godmother and used by one wing of the family to this day...love it
- Pam - Pammie and Broomhilda - also Peanut from her grandpa
- Debbie Doll - her friends older brother in college called her this so she liked it because he was cute
- May Mouse - Middle name is May
- T. Bone (named that by his brother) & Natch or Natural (high school soccer team because he wasn't very good and did something awesome one time and it stuck...) & Jeremy (when all the guys on his floor at college were renamed according to what name they look like)
The staff people at the meeting (not in the order above):
- Ann Paulson
- Amy Kramer
- Me
- Tim Bubar
- Dana Hayden
- Bob Brueggen
- Deb Johnson
- Deb Carr
- Pam Hawley
- Cindy Yarington
- Stephanie Selbitchka
- Brian Burquest
- David Gafford
- Jonathan Haage
- Jeni Carlson
See if you can guess who is who.