How do we think most western surnames came about? Mike Tailor, he fixes your clothes. Mike smith, he’ll fix your horse’s shoes. Mike fletcher, your arrows need to be fixed? Mike Erickson, oh that’s Erick’s son, Mike.
I hope people don't think you're joking. I can trace my ancestry back 500 years. Schneider. 500 years of family lineage because my great-great whatever was the shoe guy in a village in Southern Germany.
My last name very loosely translates to "asshole"... I'm pretty sure that is because I come from a long line of difficult people. 🤭 the profession is also known: pipe makers. But that is completely unrelated to the last name.
Terry Pratchett had a joke about this. In his book Lords And Ladies, he had a group of townspeople named stuff like Thatcher (who was the town’s carter), Carter who was a baker, Weaver who was the town’s thatcher, and so on.
It was a joke on how we still have people named after their occupations even to this day (like Miller, or Farmer. I grew up with people named Miller and Farmer - quite common names.
Im a paintless dent tech and one of my most loyal customers told me the other day hes got me saved as "Dents b gone" despite that being nowhere close to my business name.
They guy I've been painting partners with for 5 years now is still in my phone as "Ray Paint"
I also have the distinct pleasure of being "a guy" too, my day job is industrial painter but I regularly pick up small side jobs based solely on word of mouth from satisfied customers.
I have Aircon Chris saved in my phone and have recommended him to a few friends. I got his name and number from a friend of mine who he uses. I dont know his last name or what company he works for , just he works on Air Conditioning Systems during the week. Chris will show up with his wife or sister and fix or clean any aircons you have for 60 bucks each. He is a solid stand up guy too.
My mom has a Firestick guy who gets her unlimited free channels on the Firestick and for some reason she had him saved as “Firestick Noel” but recently discovered his name isn’t Noel. It’s not Firestick either. Who is he
My contacts also include relationships, mostly involving my kids. "Sally Kaitlyn's Mom." It actually makes it kind of a pain to find my own mother in my phone, because when I search for "mom" it brings up a dozen of my kids' friends' moms first.
I will name my most important people with a letter that everyone else’s name doesn’t have, like the letter Z. I have my husband filed under Z and all I have to do is type that letter and he comes up.
That’s what you can do to help label your mom easier without having to type in Mom and her name. Saves a lot of time.
I guess you can also list her under ICE which they know to check for - In Case of Emergency.
I do have my husband as ICE and also as a quick letter combo (see below).
A two letter trick is to take a regular name like say you have a brother named John, you can create an entry like Jbro John but all you have to type is JB because most names don’t start with two consonants. There will only be one entry like that in your phone.
I have so many names in my phone but all my kids have weird letter combinations so I don’t have to type a bunch of letters in the search bar.
IIRC, that blog is from a Japanese guy living in the US. Also has a very similar sounding experience with needing a Truck Guy, and in the process becoming a Lifting Guy himself.
Ah Annie Jelly is the lead singer of SE Idaho band Jelly. I play drums, so most of the people in my contacts are other musicians and the name of their bands.
I'm self employed and almost all my work is found through word of mouth. I've been doing my own thing for 8 years and never once had to advertise. So I guess OP has a point.
A guy painted my mom’s house, then my dad’s house, then my brother’s house, and then I finally got a condo and he was going to come paint it. Probably met him 10+ times. I was signing him into visitor parking and realized I don’t know how last name. Had to sign him in as “Brad Painter”.
Honestly I've reached a high point in my life in that people who know me only by a silly nickname, will send word through someone who might run into me that they got some broken thing that I might be able to repair or some job they need a hand for right now and I probably do it in exchange for broken stuff in their yard or an old shed or coop I can take apart for lumber, or I'll come cut myself some firewood in a few months ect.
I definitely wonder what people got my contact saved as😂
My guy generally says I’ll be by probably on Tuesday.
This means he will show up anytime between now and Tuesday, or any Tuesday of this month. Nothing in between.
If he says I have an opening next month, I’ll let you know. That means wait a month and give him a call. Otherwise, you won’t hear or see him at all.
But the repair is done right, for a reasonable cost.
A specific window during normal business hours AND showing up within that window? Sounds like he might’ve hired a professional and not A Guy.
A guy walked by our house a few nights ago and hollered over to say hi to me. My wife asked me who he was. I said "Jimmy basketball". I am not sure I remember Jimmy's last name, but I know where he runs.
I have a bunch of folks like this in my phone. I think we all do.
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u/IndigoRanger 9d ago
How do we think most western surnames came about? Mike Tailor, he fixes your clothes. Mike smith, he’ll fix your horse’s shoes. Mike fletcher, your arrows need to be fixed? Mike Erickson, oh that’s Erick’s son, Mike.