But, apparently, people are getting so used to strange names that normal ones make them distraught.
Todays story is one of these cases.
A woman with a common name angered a pharmacist who tried to spell it oddly.
And, well, after being called out for having a normal name, the woman came toRedditto vent.
And she found out that this kind of occurrence isnt so rare.
Interestingly, this authors story is about the exact opposite thing a normally spelled name.
Or being scolded for having one, to be more specific.
But lets not get ahead of ourselves.
One day, the author went to the pharmacy to pick up her prescription.
So, the woman gave her name.
She noted that hers is a very commonly used one and has atraditionalspelling.
As an example, she gave the name Chloe, even though it isnt her real name.
Thats where thepharmaciststarted to struggle.
But the search wasnt successful, and she turned to the OP, asking her to spell the name.
The woman told her how it was spelled, which caused the pharmacist to lash out.
So, she lost her cool because, apparently, it wasted so much of her time.
Remember how we said she struggled for like a minute?
Well, thats a lot oftimefor her.
We could say that this pharmacist fell victim to the weird name epidemic.
Today, way fewer people feel the need to conform to traditions.
In1950,more than 30% of boys were given a top-10 name.
Then, in 2007, less than 10% of boys were given a name from that list.
Quite a drastic change, isnt it?
Yet, the drastic change is not only percentage-wise but also name-uniqueness-wise.
Parents are way braver when it comes to baby names.
We might say that, in some cases, they are too brave.
For example, in 2015 in France, it was forbidden to name a kidNutella.
Yes, someone tried to name a baby after the chocolate and hazelnut dessert brand.
Well, thats a valid thought.
Yet, its way harder to decide whether its a good or bad outcome.
On the one hand, we could say that people are getting more tolerant of each other.
This results in traditionally named people getting basically bullied for no reason.
And thats an extreme we shouldnt go to.
After all, just like that clichesayinggoes communication is key, isnt it?
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