Some of the people I’ve known with nicknames include: Bully, Rebel, Chink, Frog, Jughead and Goober. Offensive? Possibly. If your supervisor is called Bully; if an African-American believes Rebel is like wearing a Confederate flag; if Asian-American employees take offense at someone else being called Chink; if employees from France object to Frog; if females think Jughead (a character in Archie comics) has offensive sexual connotations. I’m not sure who Goober would offend, but surely someone.
Read the rest of employment attorney John Phillips on the sensitive subject of nicknames.
[Execupundit note: I think I'll tell my co-workers that my nickname is "Excellency."]
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