» Misc http://robydyck.com Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:58:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What’s with my Nick Name – Roby (ryhmes with Moby)?? http://robydyck.com/my-blog/whats-with-my-nick-name-roby-ryhmes-with-moby/ http://robydyck.com/my-blog/whats-with-my-nick-name-roby-ryhmes-with-moby/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:34:28 +0000 Roby http://robydyck.com/?p=126 Back in 1989, I was being interviewed and hired (specially for my name!!!) for Siemens Automotive Ltd.  They had never had a Robert DYCK work for the company, Siemens, before and thus was born my nick name ROBY.  I was never teased about my name when working with my collegues at Siemens until a few years later.  More on this next.  But for 9 years with the company, whenever I gave my name over the phone to a client or customer, I would always just say that my name was ROBY(rhymes with Moby).  When asked for my last name, I would always say that I was hired specially for Siemens because my last name was Dyck ( pronounce Dick).

Another interesting anecdote that I am willing to share was when my very kind and generous neighbour (with only a slight sense of humour) decided to continue to shower my family with chocolate bars – Wait for it/Wait for it – called MR BIG!!   Honest, he never cracked a smile and so without a thought, after my family had eaten their fill of Cadbury’s MR BIG chocolate bars,  I was willing to share this new found source of delicious Canadian sweets with my collegues at Siemens.  Now you know the rest of the story…  Needless to say, we had a hoot with it, and, you always need to find humour in your name, heritage, or family quirks, right???  I wasn’t responsible for my last name.  Oh, by the way, my brother’s name is Harold (everyone calls him Harry!!!).

Let me hear your humorous story – please respond.

Take care,  and as always,

Roby the REALTOR sales pro from Prudential Select Realty Inc.

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