A lady comes in to cash her check and I had to make call to confirm her employment. The person who answered asked for the employee's name. I looked at the check and I had no idea how to pronounce this name. I asked the customer and she got upset. She told me, "it ain't that hard to pronounce my name. It be a common name...it's Tredaitra...xactly like it be sounding!!" I immediately thought to myself that I haven't blogged in a while. What better topic than names I encounter everyday at the store. These are actual names of customers that we have stored in our computer:
Al'Quinette Lewatis
Aquilla Luereaner
Breyarno Marquavious
Bwendolyn Parkeeshia
Camtrece Pierriethia
Chiquita Shalvaun
Chiztah Shunta
Chrisqueria Taurean
Cordarreyl Tetranetta
Daveyon Tieranie
Deontoinette Tiquana
Eschrika Tralcia
Gereka Treshondra
LaFetress
Lekisher
These are but a few of the names that I see. Exactly what are people thinking when they go to name their children? These don't sound like names. Some of these sound like they belong on a menu or mixed drink list. For instance: I like my Chiztah blackened and seasoned with Shunta, with a glass of red Tiquana. There ought to be a class on what constitutes a name for a human. Somewhere in Memphis there is a little boy named, Rotwi Lerdog Jones. He was born a few years ago and made radio show list of bad baby names. What happened to Freddie, Michael, Ricky, Beth, or Heather...these are names. Treshondra and LeFetress are not names. The chain has to be broken, if for no other reason than I need to be able to pronounce your name when I call to confirm your employment.
