" I am not going to talk to you because I can not possibly learn your name and I just don't want to have to ask you again and again because you'll think i'm dumb or you might get upset or something." Pg.63
This surprised me, if I meet someone with a name that is hard to pronounce i keep asking them until I get it right. Even if it offends them a little that i couldn't get their name right in the first place at least i wouldn't always be guessing and calling them by the wrong name. I didn't think many people thought this way and I also didn't think that the people whose names are ssaid wrong noticed. It is one thing to have someone not be able to remember or pronounce your name. But then to realize that they are only not talking to you because of it must be very frustrating.
"Fritzy, Fritzy!" Pg.66
I think that this is very offensive. I'm sure in doctors offices, schools, the dentist, etc. all over the united states receptionists and anyone that has to call a persons name puts no effort into trying to sound it out. I think that those people need to try harder so that people with tough names are not offended. Most people that have hard names to pronounce are always being called something different. It probably gets extremely annoying and if just one person can figure it out, or at least get close to the pronunciation then maybe that would make people with hard names to pronounce feel better.
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