This has plagued me for years – people calling me Chris.
In school, people would often call me Chris. At work, people often refer to me as Chris. I have a theory I know why – wherever I’ve been, and people have called me Chris, there has been somebody called Chris who just so happened to be, like my good self – well proportioned.
So I think they just make the connection and think, “He’s the big guy – probably called Chris” and so they call me that. It’s akin to saying all French blokes are called Francois or all Germans are called Hanz. It doesn’t bother me a massive amount. I’ll often politely correct them, and generally speaking, they remember from then on.
So anyway, my name – as ever – is David. Just thought I’d clear that one up.