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Putnam, CT
clubs: | Ridiculous.... I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit. Is he not allowed to get Verizon service now? | |
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Jeffrey
Bye George, 1937-2008
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| Re: Ridiculous.... said by ptrowski  :I have a consultant with the last name of Dikshit. Is he not allowed to get Verizon service now? If Verizon's CSR department gets hung up on something like this, then they're in deep shi...err, stuff.
In a related story, I had a friend back in elementary school with the last name of Slutz. Yes, was always pronouced like you think it is. In the early 90s, they tried to change the pronouciation to "sluetz", with marginal success. 
I still caller her a Slutz.
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | Re: Ridiculous.... Ya, my last name is Raper, pronounced just the way its spelled. Many people in an attempt to be polite will pronounce it "wrapper". I just avoid using my last name. When I call clients I'm "Rob, the computer guy", LOL.
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TLS2000
Crazy Canuck
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1 edit | Re: Ridiculous.... I dunno, Rob the Raper sounds kinda catchy. 
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join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | Re: Ridiculous.... He should tell them Verizon is some expletive in Albanian or something.
That would be tit for tat, wouldn't it?  | |
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join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD | Re: Ridiculous.... Don't say "tit". THINK OF THE CHILDREN!! | |
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join:2007-11-19
USA | it's not rape, it's suprise sex
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CALM DOWN!! lets not turn this rape into a murder! | |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | Re: Ridiculous.... An Indian name I've ran in to a few time is Shithead, pronounced shi-th-eed. | |
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Camelot One
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Sarasota, FL
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| Re: Ridiculous.... said by Maxo :An Indian name I've ran in to a few time is Shithead, pronounced shi- th-eed. Strange, I thought they were all named Bob or Mike Smith
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sleepysysadmin
@insightns.com | Got to go with Manmeet as the best name I've ever seen on a resume. | |
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join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH | Re: Ridiculous.... said by sleepysysadmin :
Got to go with Manmeet as the best name I've ever seen on a resume.
Best last name: Hiscock
Best first name: Phuc (went by "Peter"). | |
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MisterMarcus
join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
| Re: Ridiculous.... said by dentman42 :said by sleepysysadmin :
Got to go with Manmeet as the best name I've ever seen on a resume.
Best last name: Hiscock Best first name: Phuc (went by "Peter"). A girl in my HS graduating class was named "Phuc Phan". It was pronounced like "Fook", but it was comedy when the gym instructor did roll call as he intentionally called the name wrong...loud...LOL | |
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v35_pilot
Whoops, there goes another AMU
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Fayetteville, NY | Re: Ridiculous.... Wow, now *that's* a soapbox. | |
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join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
·Teliax VOIP
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| I agree. Not just 1,000 years but many more than that. Some translations and even just the names themselves can come out as expletives or other wise even insulting to US custom. However, no one should ever have to change there name, period. I would be outraged if someone asked me to do so and there would be no end to the battle/lawsuits and what have you.
The US should not ask, or especially force, anyone one to change anything just to "fit in" to our society.
Yes, Spanish speaking but not knowing English is a problem, I think they should learn English, just like we should if we were to live in France, learn French.
But changing something that is so important to many as their name is completely out of the question and this should have never happened. I cannot imagine that this is uncommon, it is very common. I hear all sorts of last names that are what they are.
Here are a few...
Neicewonger
Fingered
Horney
Assman
I could go on and I did not even really get into the different ethnic names.
Verizon is not alone in bad customer service though, this story just happened to pick on them. Every big company has it's problems. | |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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| Re: Ridiculous.... said by keyboard5684 :The US should not ask, or especially force, anyone one to change anything just to "fit in" to our society. I don't think that anyone here argues that there should be a legal requirement for immigrants to change their name. | |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| Re: Ridiculous.... said by Maxo :I don't think that anyone here argues that there should be a legal requirement for immigrants to change their name. Unfortunately the illiterate INS bureaucrats at Ellis Island had a habit of doing this between January 1, 1892 and November 12, 1954 (when the immigration depot was closed) by deliberately misspelling any name they found too hard to spell or pronounce. | |
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stang0223555
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| Re: Ridiculous.... said by tfrionli :My dogs names are $hithead and stains. "Come $hithead,,come stains" my aunt and uncil had a dog they named tucker because little kids get the soud of t's and f's mixed up | |
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aciddrink
join:2000-08-26
Kailua, HI | Wow that is a new low for Customer Service, seriously....funny as hell though! | |
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Jeffrey
Bye George, 1937-2008
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Huntington Station, NY
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1 edit | If they're smart, they'll hire famous NY attorney William Kunstler to represent them.
Edit: I just checked out---Kuntsler died? 1995? Man, where the hell have I been. | |
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K3
join:2008-05-06
Kankakee, IL | I had a buddy named Mike Hunt growing up and he got teased alot, and lost alot of job opportunities along the way, I guess the country is nothing but a bunch of grown up kids to be making a fuss about this, geeeez | |
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join:2005-06-16
Holland, MI
| Re: Ridiculous.... said by K3 :I had a buddy named Mike Hunt growing up and he got teased alot, and lost alot of job opportunities along the way, I guess the country is nothing but a bunch of grown up kids to be making a fuss about this, geeeez Phone call for Mike Hunt... Mike Hunt...Mike Hunt?.........has anyone seen Mike Hunt? | |
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C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
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Davenport, FL
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Ridiculous.... said by dsl14350 :said by K3 :I had a buddy named Mike Hunt growing up and he got teased alot, and lost alot of job opportunities along the way, I guess the country is nothing but a bunch of grown up kids to be making a fuss about this, geeeez Phone call for Mike Hunt... Mike Hunt...Mike Hunt?.........has anyone seen Mike Hunt? Not yet, but as a licensed OB/GYN, it's my duty to do so. | |
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HateTank
join:2004-03-07
Trinity, AL | Libshitz who gives a Libshitz? | |
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| nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | Re: Libshitz the children do; thanks to these vigilant(e) efforts to keep smut off the internet, our children are safe from naughtly sounding names. | |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica | Re: Libshitz Finally! Someone is thinking of the children! | |
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| | fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
1 edit | Oh, well there you go. Since it's about the children, you have the backing of both parties in congress, the president, and anyone else looking to be re-elected. | |
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join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD
| When I was a kid we didn't have the internet to look up dirty words. We had to go down to the library and look them up BY HAND (and usually got nothing worse than "fart").
Kids today have it easy, but they also get a bit stupid with it. Back in my day there was always some winner in the neighborhood who'd offer to eat worms for fifty cents. A few weeks ago I had a five year-old up the block offer to felch a squirrel for a buck.
No, he didn't know what it meant. And unfortunately I was strapped for cash. | |
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
Northridge, CA
1 edit | Mr. Libshitz Sounds like a bunch of crap to me. | |
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mlundin
join:2001-03-27
Lawrence, KS | Sounds about right "It only took him three supervisors, several calls to both support and billing, and the help of a major city paper to get Verizon to make the exception to his reasonable request."
After my dealings with Verizon, that sounds about right. | |
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Scoot_NJ
join:2007-09-25
Budd Lake, NJ | Optimum does the same kinda thing...only..... A friend of mine was denied an email addy because her last name is Christian. Despite protests to a CSR, she had to make it somethig else.
These kind of policies are nannystate ridiculous. | |
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MisterMarcus
join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
| Re: Optimum does the same kinda thing...only..... said by Scoot_NJ :A friend of mine was denied an email addy because her last name is Christian. Despite protests to a CSR, she had to make it somethig else. These kind of policies are nannystate ridiculous. Glad I'm in California and don't have to deal with that. My given last name is Christian. I've plans to change it - for other reasons though. | |
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lunarPlexus
Nothin' Up Muh Sleeve
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join:2003-02-08
Chicago, IL
clubs: | Verizon Wouldn't Let Doctor Use His Real Name "Lib" is an expletive, now? I thought as much. Thanks neocons. | |
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CajunTek
Insane Cajun
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Arlington, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: Verizon Wouldn't Let Doctor Use His Real Name Hmm I have a friend in California whose name is Phoc U...
Yes it's pronounced like it sounds. I met him originally when we were interviewing him of a position at a company I worked for then. and when my boss asked his name I thought he was going to explode for a minute..
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N3OGH
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Philly burbs
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| said by lunarPlexus :"Lib" is an expletive, now? I thought as much. Thanks neocons. Actually, I think you're supposed to blame everything directly on George W. Bush.
At least that's what my talking points fax said...
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| Last name or email address? quote:
he was informed by the company that they couldn't complete the order because his last name contained an expletive
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As a general rule (since 2005) Verizon doesn't allow questionable language in e-mail addresses, but we can, and do, make exceptions based on reasonable requests.
It sounds like the information cited clearly says the issue was with putting his last name in the email address and not with his last name being used in a last name field. So he still was able to use his last name to order service, just not as an email address. Frustrating yes, but if Verizon doesn't allow the creation of the address are they going to filter out his mail? It would seem a risk to use an email any random filter Verizon has could block. | |
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Nezmo
The name's Bond. James Bond.
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Coppell, TX | Stupid... My last name is 'White.' Is that next for censorship? | |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | Re: Stupid... fail | |
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NOZIREV
join:2008-07-10
New Bedford, MA | i think that you ok, unless your first name was white and ur last name was power. | |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica | Derp my last name is 'Jones'. Is that next for censorship? | |
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Rexter
YeeHaw
join:2002-11-17
cloud 9 | Naw, your name is white-listed. | |
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zenafu
join:2007-06-12
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | What's in a name? I wonder if they'd have a problem with a name like Hymen? There are lots of Libshitz and Lipshitz in the phonebooks so I don't see the problem. I mean if his name were Tittyberg or Jackoffenstein then I'd be suspicious. | |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
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| Re: What's in a name? said by zenafu :I wonder if they'd have a problem with a name like Hymen? There are lots of Libshitz and Lipshitz in the phonebooks so I don't see the problem. I mean if his name were Tittyberg or Jackoffenstein then I'd be suspicious. My family knew of a doctor named Dr. Hedied. I am not sure of the spelling, but that is how it was pronounced.
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join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH
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| said by zenafu :I wonder if they'd have a problem with a name like Hymen? There are lots of Libshitz and Lipshitz in the phonebooks so I don't see the problem. I mean if his name were Tittyberg or Jackoffenstein then I'd be suspicious. There was a teacher at my vocational high school named Dick Hymen. I nearly died lauging the first time I heard him paged. | |
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NOZIREV
join:2008-07-10
New Bedford, MA
·Comcast
| what does it matter? i had a job at a clients house and her name was Phat Ho and that is no lie. i dont understand what the problem is anyway if they wanted to have an email with vulgarity in it. what is the big deal if he wants to send emails with curse words as his email name or if he wanted to use curse words in the subject line or even in the body of the email. WTF!!!!!!! | |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | Oh good greif. "When Philadelphia-area doctor and Vietnam veteran "
Well heck lets give him special treatment. | |
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Sabre
Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17
·Comcast
| Oops. I remember seeing issues like this with automated filters back on a hockey message board I used to frequent. The profanity filter always had a fit when Detroit fans started talking about Kris Draper.
As to this, if he wants that as his email, let him have it. If he wants to deal with spam filters rejecting it, that's his problem, not Verizon's. I just wonder if it was rejected by humans, based on policy, or if their system was programmed to automatically reject it and they couldn't override it (which would be a major design flaw, in my opinion). Either way, not good press for them.
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bent
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join:2004-10-04
Longmont, CO
clubs: | Re: Oops. Profanity filters always catch any discussion of the Red Wings. | |
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supertbone
join:2002-04-04
Lancaster, CA | On Fark.com... ... if you write something like 'bit chilly' it turns it into 'biatchilly'. | |
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join:2002-11-23
Whitehall, PA
| Re: "If your Lipshitz then my ass whistles." said by M A R K :When i was a kid we pranked some dude from the phone book with the name "Lipshitz" and said that. It was 1988, no caller ID or any of that drama. The dude laughed and told us to eat shit and hung up. I remember you... | |
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Shifty
join:2008-04-01
Rocky Mountain House, AB | similar happened to me A few years back hotmail wouldn't let me use my surname (Hitchcock) when I tried to set up an account.
Stepdaughter thought it was hilarious | |
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mep
join:2001-04-14
Warrington, PA | Practice With a name like that he HAS to be a proctologist! | |
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SLD
join:2002-04-17
Los Angeles, CA | Vietnam veteran? He's a Vietnam veteran? What, he lived over there for awhile? Or do you mean a Vietnam War veteran? | |
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nutcr0cker
join:2003-04-02
Chandler, AZ | how ridiculous We have a bush(could be be referenced to pubic hair) and dick as his VP so are they doing to tell dick that he can't be a dick...lol....now it's a different story that dick with a bush has screwed US royally | |
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Verizon Wouldn't Let Doctor Use His Real Name
"If your Lipshitz then my ass whistles."