“Hi. I’m Jenny.” Jenny who?
“Hi. I’m Nathaniel.” Nathaniel who?
There are thousands of people in the world call Jenny, and thousands called Nathaniel. Their first names don’t say much about who they are. But Jenny Dijkstra! Not THE Jenny Dijkstra surely? From Broadson Avenue? Not the Nathaniel Eavestaff from the Wallingham suburb?I hate it when people give their first name but not their family name.
That’s why I always introduce myself using my full name. Not my middle name; I don’t mean that. I mean I use my first name and my last name. Just the other day I was introduced to someone very, very important. I held out my hand by way of introduction and said “Hi. I’m Anastasios Studt.”And the very, very important person said, “Never heard of ya” and walked off.
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