Naming a child is a big responsibility. One aspect many parents might not have considered when naming their offspring is their initials. This can play into future work email embarrassment.
One TikTok user named Sam Hart recently posted a now viral PSA about this. Work email addresses are often the first letter of one’s first name and the entire last name. For Sam that is “shart” which is very unfortunate. Thankfully, most companies typically change the rules for her but it is an embarrassing conversation.
Sam works in communications. Her last two employers reached out before she started work with a plan. “My name does not exactly fit the company email structure as they would intend, and would I mind if they gave me a different structure for my email,” Sam explained.
“I don’t want an email that says shart — fix it, give me something else,” Sam replied. Apparently this is a common problem which is why Sam is speaking out about it. The comment section of her TikTok was full of similarly named unfortunate individuals.
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“I worked with a Patrick Ecker at a previous job…” wrote one TikTok user.
“Clittmann has entered the chat,” chimed in another. "Have been dealing with this since college."
“My name is Sue Hartlove so my work emails are always shartlove,” another user commiserated.
Clearly, this is an issue. Just one more thing for parents to add to their worry list.
