It's so darned disconcerting. My name is posted outside my office. So, every Tom, Dick, or Harriet (must be P.C.) that walks past my office knows my name. We have about 600 students in our department. About 200 of 'em are grad students. I only work with about 20 or 25 of the grad students and know almost none of the undergrads. (And, let's be frank here: I have trouble keeping up with the 25 I work with 'cause they're mostly from foreign lands and have names that take a bit of time to settle into my addled brain.) But, I'll be walking down the hall and see a person who is undoubtedly a student in our department. I recognize that person as such 'cause I see 'em in the halls from time to time. But, I don't know 'em. 'Cause I don't work with 'em. But, they'll say, "hi, Joanna," and walk on. And, it's downright disconcerting. They know my name 'cause it's posted prominently outside my office. I say they should all wear name tags. That seems fair to me.
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