Nicknames at Work
Today I found out that Bruce has a nickname around here. It drives him crazy too. His co-workers call him Gatoraide because he always talks about how he has played fast pitch softball for fifteen years. They joke that he was always the waterboy, and thus Gatoraide.

I decided that more of the operators here at the plant needed nicknames. Sure, we have Dude, but literally, that's what he goes by. His real name is Larkin, and while that may be a hip name in 1883, I totally understand going by something else. And I believe Dude was using that before The Big Lebowski came out.

I have had a few nicknames. Frogboy is the only one that comes to mind immediately. It's because some frog specialist in California had his picture in some trade magazine talking about how water pollution is making their frogs unhappy, laconic, and generally pining for the fjords. The thing is, though, this guy looked quite a bit like me. So, I was frog boy for four or more years. Greg also used to call me Charlie, but I wasn't sure if that was continuation of him saying I looked like Charles Manson (I don't) or referencing that I replaced a guy named Charlie.

Charlie was a bit of a character and was let go due to his habit of spending all his work hours at strip clubs and doing no work at all. When I was hired, when a person would ask, "Is he Charlie's replacement?" Greg would say, "I hope not."

Labman here at work is also known as The Birdman, due to him keeping cranes and breeding blue macaws. TC has the nickname Stevie Wonderbread. Los Manos is called Dano by me quite often. And though Mountain Man doesn't technically have a nickname (besides me calling him that here) if you were to say "Hey, Bubba" I think he would be the one to reply.

Oh, and I made up a quick nickname for Dusty. He will now be known, at least here, as DY Jelly.
- posted by Nick Postagulous @ 7:33 AM