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Old Wed Feb 24, 2016, 01:55pm
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
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Originally Posted by deecee View Post
Who cares. If they call me by my first name I'm fine with that. I introduce myself as such. When partners go on about "I'm Mr. so and so and he's Mr. so and so" you might as well introduce the crew as a$$ and holes.

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Originally Posted by Dad View Post
I'd go with self-absorbed and narcissistic, but that works.

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I work with a lot of narcissistic a-holes then. The whole South must be full of them.

Coaches and players have never had a problem addressing me without knowing either my first or last name. I think a lot of officials have an exaggerated sense of how memorable they are to the players and coaches. I ran into a player at the barber shop the other day, a player I have ref'd frequently through his HS career. It wasn't "Hey Mr. Ref", it was "don't ref basketball?". These folks forget us as soon as we leave the gym. Whether or not they know my name is of little consequence to them, me, or my career.
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