One of the people scheduled for me today was listed as Gage Wing Wing so I was quite surprised when the person showed up and he was not Chinese. Young Mr. Wing was white but the listing of Wing Wing was an error.
I thought it was an error when I noticed earlier this week that someone had the first name XYZ, middle initial Z and the last name was Dutch. Little blond, blue eyed XYZ arrived. I introduced myself and then never used her first name, not quite sure if I should call her X Y Z, which seemed a bit awkward, or if I should call her Exwhyz, which would have embarrassed both of us if I was wrong. Although I was dying to know why her parents had their grand idea I figured that she had to endure the confusion of her name forever so I gave her a break and didn't ask.
I also didn't ask the young man whose name was Mountain Whinery the origin of his moniker. It would be kinda cool to see a big, raw bone and bearded lad climb out of his pick up truck but the kid was a skinny 5'3 and drove a Volvo. His dad got out of the car, promptly went over and sat on our white plastic chair and played with his phone until we returned. "I passed" said Mountain to his dad. "Way cool" his dad replied.
Usually names are a dead give away for me to know what to expect before the person shows up. About half the people in Vietnam have the last name of Nguyen, so that's the way the win blows there. About 100 per cent of people from Punjab have the last name Singh and wear a little turban. There was a Hispanic women last week whose first name was Doreteo. Hopefully her chips will play better when I retest her tomorrow.
People from India have names like Rameshkumar Venkatachalam, a test subject last week. "Call me Ram" he said, and I complied. Hispanic people often have 4 names with hyphens in between but many countries apparently don't believe in middle names which I find somewhat disturbing. Still trying to figure that one out.
A young black college student came today. He was 6'7" tall and his first name was Aron. Right off I remarked that if he played for the NY Yankees people would call him A Ron. Aron responds, "Hmm, really?" Not a baseball fan I guess.
OK, let me check my schedule for the rest of the week. Last name Walker, black. First name Doreteo, Hispanic, first name Phu, Vietnamese. First name Chase, white. Last name Diaz, Hispanic. First name Jaliva, black. First name Madison, white. First name Nicole, last name Dutch, white. First name Milagro, Hispanic. First name Lyric, last name English, white. First name Van, last name looks Indonesian. First name Drew, white. First name Brian, white. First name Phong, Vietnamese. First name Santhosh, Indian. Last name Reyes, Hispanic. First name Jesus, Hispanic (this is a retest. Yes, I failed Jesus!) First name Danielle, last name Dutch, white.