"Brook." Oops. "I thought you said Brooke."

Today I was waiting to get called back to see the doctor.  The nurse came to the door and said, "Brook".  As I walked up from the back row, a lady in front stood up to go.  She saw me walking and stopped, realizing that maybe they didn't mean her.

I wonder what she thought as she saw a man being taken back.

There Are Some Weird Notes on Your Account

My daughter went to the credit union the other day.  The teller stopped and looked at her computer screen confused.  She told my daughter that there were some weird notes attached to her account.  The comments were "Brook is a man." and "Brook is her father."  I was joint on her account at one point.

Girls Tell Me That All the Time

A girl came to the door selling pest control.  As she was finishing her pitch, she asked me what my name was.  I told her my name was Brook.  Her face lit up and she said that was her name too.  I told her girls tell me that all the time.

Is Your Name Brook? Mine Too.

I was renewing my security badge at work.  I was at the security office.  The man in the office took my identification.  When he returned my identification and gave me my new security badge, he asked if my name was Brook.  I told him it was.  He said his was too.  He said a funny thing was that his maternal grandparents's last name was Brooks.

I asked if people were confused by his name and often called him Brooks or Brock.  He said they did.  I asked if his name was with or without an e.  He said without.  I then shook his hand and congratulated him on having parents that could spell correctly.

You Might Have Got This Job Because They May Have Thought You Were a Woman

When interviewing for a job a while ago I was told that it would be difficult to convince corporate to hire me, since at that time I did not have a degree.  Later, after I got the job I was told that the degree thing didn't matter as much, because HR at corporate may have thought I was a woman.


I'm not sure if they were just teasing me or if affirmative action meant more than a college degree, but still an interesting story.

Ma'am

I got an email at work from someone asking for my assistance.  They addressed me by my first name, Brook.  I responded that we needed two things from them.  They responded later with one of the things I needed and addressed me as "Ma'am".  I told them that I still needed the second thing.  Later another response addressed to "Ma'am".


I mentioned it to my cube mates and they said that I needed to call him back in my biggest bass voice and say, "This is Brook.  I just wanted to follow up and make sure everything was working for you."

Office Supplies

A couple of women came into our room that has eight cubicles in it to deliver some office supplies to us.  It was just me and another guy in there at the moment.  Everyone else was in meetings.


One of the women asked me if the item she was passing out had been ordered for me.  I said I wasn't sure.  The other guy said something like, "They were ordered for everyone, but Brook wasn't in here at the time."  She then asked, "Where does she sit?"