# Where everyone knows your name... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500 "2001-03-26T05:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/1 "2001-03-26T05:10:28Z")
What do you imagine it would be like if everyone around, everywhere you went, all wore “Hello, my name is…” stickers with their real full name on them? I think it would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/2 "2001-03-26T05:16:37Z")
I think we’d all be a hell of a lot more polite to strangers. ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/3 "2001-03-26T05:21:57Z")
[hijack]looked at the thread title and thought Cheers.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/4 "2001-03-26T05:35:22Z")
I think that instead of people shouting obscenities, they’d shout personalized obscenities. Yes, no longer would you hear, “You stupid jerk, get off the freakin’ road!” You wouldn’t then hear the reply, “Hey, I’m walkin’ here! I’ll kick your ass!” No, instead you’d hear, “Gary, you stupid jerk, get off the freakin’ road!” With a reply, “I’m walkin’ here! I’ll kick your ass, Stuart!” Wait, did you say their real _full_ name? That’d be even better; everybody would drive around with phone books. “Hey, Christopher Andrew MacNeil! Better watch your back when you get home tonight!” ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/5 "2001-03-26T08:10:17Z")
I’d be scared. I get freakd out enoguh as it is when someone reads my nametag at work and personalizes their comments to me. “Have a good night Pamela!” My first thought is ‘how does this person know my name?’, and my second thought is ‘who the hell calls me Pamela?’ My name was shortened to Pam when I hit the 6th grade, and only my nametag still bears my birthgiven name. Even my bosses know better than to call me Pamela. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/6 "2001-03-26T10:46:06Z")
_ominous music_ First, it was simply the name tags everywhere. And then, they brought in the microchips … _ominous music_ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-everyone-knows-your-name/59500/7 "2001-03-26T10:50:00Z")
To hell with your real names, what if you wore your _cyber names_ around town? Allright for the cool dudes and dudettes on this here board – but what about those binary people, huh?