Quote Originally Posted by gwahir View Post
"hi there, this is jem calling from ecteleconferencing, connecting you to your conference call. how're you going?"
"oh, good thanks -- jim, was it?"
"jEm."
"thanks, jim."
"yes. do you need to go to speaker phone for the conference?"
"yes. i'll do that now."

---a minute later----

"hi, it's jem again from ect."
"oh. what happened? i went to speaker phone and you dropped out."
"actually, sir, i'm afraid you must've hung up on us by accident; i'm just calling you back."
"oh. well don't do it again, jim. see if you can stay on the line this time."
I can sort of relate - my sister's name is Kyla, and she is constantly being called Kyle, Skyla, Tyler, Ty, Kyra - pretty much every variation on the name you could possibly have without hitting the right one - and it drives her completely crazy. Even being the schadenfreudistic younger brother, I always call her by her real name (now).