I made a kid cry - but it's a funny story

[HEyHEY]

I took a picture of this kid's social studies project and I thought the kid said his name was "Chett" but his name is in fact "Rhett" The secreatary said after I left yesterday the kid's aunt called to tell us about the mistake...she said she could hear the kid in the background wailing away....she had to try her hardest to not breakout laughing as the kid cried "That's not my name!"

hahaha

This kid obviously needs to get a grip.

But I'll call the little guy to day and apologize and get him to come down to be the smile of the week.

[phillybri]

1. What a baby!

Chett or Rhett: he's screwed either way!!!

[HEyHEY]

2. I'll call his house and say "Is the crybaby home?"

[Kahuna]

18. Did you print it in the newspaper as, "Chett?"..

If my name was printed wrong in a newspaper, I'd bawl too. Other than that, call me anything by late for supper. :P

[Book Lover]

3. Kids are insane sometimes

Maybe I should say when we are kids, we humans can be insane. Your apology will mean a lot to him, I am sure. Just try to hide the grin when making it :-)

[FarmerOak]

4. How old IS this kid???

nt

[HEyHEY]

5. Like 10 years old!

It's like george carlin says..."Kids are just like adults, ya got a couple of winners...and a whole lot of losers"

[FarmerOak]

6. Jesus!

I hope they've started a Therapy Fund for this kid.

[HEyHEY]

8. Or at least earplugs for mom and dad

[lovedems]

7. Yikes! 10 is a little bit old to be wailing away.

He should be old enough to understand the mistake.

I am inclined to think he is acting like a big baby.

[FarmerOak]

9. Yep

By that age, when people fucked up my admittedly easily-fuckupable name, I didn't get weepy... I got MAD.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. I am surprised that you don't understand just how important

the name is to some people. In some cases people feel that they have very little else, it is a big part of their identity. Be careful about this always and avoid an unintentional insult. This isn't the least bit funny.

[HEyHEY]

11. Sure it is

Hey I've had my name spelled wrong A MILLION times.... a couple of occasions bby employers. It's something that happens, I'm not happy I got the name wrong, but the fact the kid had a blow out about it....

[phillybri]

12. People have f*cked up my name repeatedly....

Byron, Brien, Brain, Bryon...I never cried about it, though...

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Even though you didn't overreact, you probably still get a sour

feeling about at least a few of the more important times it happened, like when your name is misspelled in the newspaper or something when you were a kid. The fact that people remember when it happened speaks to the importance that people attach to it.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

14. bah, screw that

I've had my name mangled in ways you can't even imagine. If that sends a kid into an emotional fit, I can't wait to see what happens to him when something bad actually happens. We should do this kid a favor and intentionally fuck up his name just to toughen him up a little.

[HEyHEY]

16. Yeah, when I call him I'll call him Chett

ANd keep calling him Chett until he starts crying again :evilgrin:

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Gonna cry, Chett? Huh, gonna cry? A little sprinkle from your eye, Chett?

Huh? Come on, Chett. Chett Chett. Chett is kind of like Cheetah, and in the Tarzan movies, Cheetah was a chimpanzee. Are you a little monkey boy? A little crying wailing baby monkey boy?

[HEyHEY]

19. LOL

Come pansy...let me hear ya cry!

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. then tell him you took the picture only because

you feel bad that he's adopted.

[HEyHEY]

23. oh jeez that's awful

You're sick sick human :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. I'm good at understanding cruelty

thankfully for the world, I don't act on it.

But sometimes it's fun to think about. :-)

[Canuckistanian]

15. That's what * does when HE gets bad press...

Or fail to rapidly agree with his conclusions

[truthspeaker]

21. I never cried about it, but that kind of thing happened to me ALL THE TIME

And it happened in school publications, where the school district had my name, spelled correctly, on file. To be fair, this was in the days before computerized files were widely available.

Correct spelling of my first name: Nathan

Alternate spellings: Nathen (WTF?), Nathaniel (thanks, but I don't need two extra syllables), Nat (a proper nickname, but no one called me that).

Correct spelling of my last name: Teegarden

Alternate spellings, found in letters to my parents, the school newspaper, and in every yearbook (often, multiple misspellings in the same yearbook): Teagarden, Teegarten, Tiergarten, T. Garden

My senior year every senior's yearbook had their name engraved on the cover in gold. We had to fill out a card specifying exactly how we wanted it spelled. They misspelled mine anyway.

[Misunderestimator]

22. I remember once as a kid wailing that I misspelled my OWN name...

We were in some art class making plates, where you draw a picture and then it gets baked onto a plastic plate. I had a very difficult last name for a 7 year-old and I remembered it by remembering a word that was very close to my name, but different by one letter. I wrote the word instead of my name... and I didn't get another plate. It was very traumatic as I recall. Kids are sensitive... there's nothing wrong with that. I still get annoyed when people mess up my name.... to me it means that I am not important enough a person to them to remember it properly.

Anyway, I'm in a grumpy mood and feel like wailing right now, so you better not mess up my name.

:evilgrin:

[HEyHEY]

24. Okay misunderastemator

:-)

[Misunderestimator]

25. LOL... was wondering how quickly I would get that response. :) n/t

[Rowdyboy]

27. When you print his "Smile of the Week", identify him as

Brett!

[smirkymonkey]

28. What would you expect from a kid named

Rhett? :cry:

Were his parents big GWTW fans or something? Does he have a sister named Scarlett? Wait till the kid gets older, he's really going to know what suffering is. :evilgrin: