worse name someone has called you at work?

give him some bubba gum tomorrow and tell him to chew on it.

I was called a liberal one time at work. I puked in my mouth.

But how they treat you. Actually come to think of it I've never really been called names, just been asked to do ridiculous things on a fairly consistent basis... I would much rather be called "bubba."

I once had a junior partner refer to me as "one of those smart fucks". It was during a deal-closing dinner, and I've worked pretty extensively with him/have a great relationship so I was laughing but one of the associates who was on a different work stream went really pale.

You should be worried if NO ONE makes fun of you a little.

Bubba? Grow a pair. Give him some shit back.

when i worked on an exchange floor, i was called a number of things including "ruskiy," "boris" (not my real name), and "eastern bloc." i'm sure you've figured out that i'm eastern european.

i, however, wasn't as original and usually stuck with "you ginny wop." that did the trick.

i'm indian, and I'm not even muslim but my boss calls me Aladdin or Mogli (the kid from Jungle Book). But then again, its all for shits and giggles, so I'm not offended.

Whats your nickname? :)

Big Tuna

"i'm indian, and I'm not even muslim but my boss calls me Aladdin or Mogli (the kid from Jungle Book). But then again, its all for shits and giggles, so I'm not offended."

hahahah thats hilarious.

I am an intern and the Senior VP always calls me squigward (from spongebob) it use to piss me off b/c my nose is not even that big lol... but he makes fun of all the interns, and we all hate him lol......Plus hes fat.

I once asked an old boss if she was Canadian because she kept saying "ay" after everything she said. No, more after everytime she asked someone to do something. It wasn't in finance. So I asked her if she was canadian (even though she was clearly asian) and she was like "....no..." and some of the guys laughed. She hated me after that. It seemed like a reasonable thing to ask.

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one of the diversity hire associates calls me "crackah" on occasion.

diversity hire? thats a pretty large assumption...

I've been called a bitch by my VP infront of the rest of my desk. He was joking but still...

I get called "girl" a lot. Being called a "bitch" isn't funny. Even if he said it with a smile. It's like calling him a "dick" but with a smile. I'd never quite go that far making fun of someone.

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Atrop - I don't think a male would get as offended by someone calling him a "dick" to be completely honest. I understand what you're trying to get at, but I really don't think there's any equivalent to calling a female a "bitch."

how about small dickey?

I retract my statement - small dickey does the trick.

To be quite honest I've been getting sexual comments etc. for months so I really wasn't surprised the day it got to "bitch."

I just tried to laugh it off, then about a month ago I tried to stick up for myself taking similar "joking" shots back and now all the "jokes" are about how I can't take a joke. It's a lose-lose, especially when it's coming from your VP.

My VP use to call me Bush because I went to Yale and he thought I was a republican, which would be sad in its own way. However, here are some other nicknames we had/used:

A diversity hirer - LBS (Stood for Little Black Sambo)and sometimes my VP use to walk in yelling "Where is Toby!?"

An asain girl - General Tso

Some annoying guy - Bitch Nuts (I have no idea I did not make it up) I like it though

The rest of the people have random names with stories behind them but the best is we use to remind my VP how his wife, who was probably our age, was cheating on him daily.

? You think that's bad? We joke around with a black associate that his white wife only married him so that she could watch BET regularly. At least once every 2 weeks or so, I'll get an email saying "It's 6pm, somewhere (associate's wife's name) is watching 106&Park". Also regular updates on BET movie specials, movie award shows or anything...

Of course that is exceptionally insensitive and is only within a close circle of people.

Someone in my team was called a bitch by the VP. Long time ago.

The cheating one is worse than BET...

LOL! This thread is hilarious.

Yes, but WHY is he calling you bitch? Plus all of them making fun of you more and more.....idk, it sounds like they don't really like you. But why?

What kind of sexual comments?

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I remember reading somewhere on this forum, an Asian poster was referred to as "Loc Doc Dong" by his VP in front of other senior bankers!

The cheating on the wife name is harsh! I know I would be embarassed of it everytime somebody brought it up LOL!

the ham,

I honestly don't remember the specific situation but it was the result of everyone giving eachother a hard time. It definitely wasn't out of left field but was a situation where it went too far at the hands of people who should have control of these things.

Also, it was almost 8 months ago now. Not a dramatic situation, I was just answering the thread.

I've never heard any names with a racial or sexual slant being used at my bank. Honestly, I don't even think it's funny.

The appropriateness of ethnic- or gender-based humor depends on the audience.

I know many career-oriented women who delight in being called a "bitch."

Also, in my opinion, calling a man a "bitch" can be more insulting than calling a woman a "bitch." Without knowing the culture of the office, it's easy to blow something like that out of proportion on a forum.

Sway - I'm sure you handled it well. I'm just trying to put it in perspective for any ultra-sensitive people who pop onto this forum and get themselves worked up.

that shit sounds terrible. If someone made a racially/sexually charged remark, I wouldn't be able to bite my tongue. LBS? General Tso? Aladdin? Come on now. That's frat-boy humor at its worst.

Haven't you noticed that there are many frat-boy wannabes around in banking? they think it's cool to make or laugh at racial/gender jokes. they are probably dealing with some leftover issues from high school. Why not use your bonuses to pay for a therapy session? Lol.

At my current internship we were talking about the Spice Girls, and I said that my friends and I used to pretend we were the Spice Girls and one of the VPs said "oh which one were you? Study Spice"....I thought it was pretty funny