My CTO came yesterday and started telling me about a new initiative that some other guy is working on.I did not recognize name of the guy and asked him again who is he referring to ans still didn't recognize to which he arrogantly asked you have been here for 1 year and you don't know this guy. It turned out he was using his last name which is very uncommon in sweden. I knew the guy with first name.I felt embarrassed in front of my colleagues. How to deal with this in future 😔

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Next time just ask what's the full name, but how rude 🙄 like you said, it's uncommon and you didn't do anything wrong

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Thanks for your advice and reaffirmation . I couldn't mention due to word limit that he actually has habit of embarrassing people like this and there is a new situation everytime.

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I’d have said: Oh, you mean John? We call him John, as that’s his name.

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It aint a metter. Embarrassment is in your head. Just move on. Stuff like that and more will always happen. Right or wrong. Dont sweat it. Big smile and move on!!

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Referring to someone by their last name in a professional context is inappropriate in most countries. Likely the other people on the call thought this about the CTO and not you. Don’t worry about it.

Thank you. So comforting to know this

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