The work is mysterious and important.

I think they covered pretty clearly why that was a bad idea.

My colleague has the same name as my boss.
His nickname (translates to "Shorty") is based on his last name.
And that's so weird to say as someone being younger and smaller than your colleague to call him "Shorty".
Reason is my dad calls me "Großer" (literal translation: Bigger -> As in "The great") and I jokingly call him that back. But the same thing can be said with calling him "Kurzer" if he's smaller.

A guy I used to work with went by the nickname of "Womble", his name was actually Raymond.

One day I was poking through work orders in our system and discovered that it also officially knew him as "Womble <last name>" and there was no sign of Raymond in there.

Yeah, police background checks for your job work better when you give them a fake name 🧐

So you'd go by Bob instead of Rob but only at your job?

Huh. After decades of working with the public, I wish I'd thought of this years ago. If I encounter someone in public and they say hey Bob! I'd instantly know it was someone I met through work, so I should probably stay mildly professional.

I'm totally over having a "professional self". I don't go around swearing as much at work but other than that I'm pretty much just being me. People still respect me and I don't feel as exhausted by masking every single day.

I'm also over corporate lingo and just call people/things out when they're overloaded with BS jargon. Its an accessibility issue and people need to learn to communicate in plain language.

Same with me, and a few people who call me 'Tira'

I am perfectly happy to have it that way - just like OP suggested it's a nice separation. And while I have nothing against my given name and actually quite like it, Tira is a name I chose for myself.

Yeah, same, my d&d group calls me by my first character's name :)

Just imagine this in the James Bond world. "Jennifer? That's just my stage name. My real name is Pussy Galore."

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I like my job. It's annoying but likable.
Especially the colleagues make it bearable and I'll stay for a cold one after work on a friday to chill in the corner or on the balcony (during summer).

I am really sorry to hear that you haven't experienced an enjoyable workplace yet.

I'm reminded of someone at work who jokingly introduced himself as Nightwing. I genuinely cannot remember his real name.

Which one is the real identity and which one is the secret identity: workName or homeName?

I genuinely use my third name for anything professional.

I essentially do something similar.

My friends and family all call me "Ted". At work, people call me "Theodore".

One person at work asked me if I ever go by Ted and I had to tell them it's an easy way to know in which context someone knows me.

An internet friend also has such a double name. But it shortens to J-P so his nickname for us became JP (spoken in english JayPe)

I read your username as the page was scrolling. Also I'm high.

I thought your screen name was "FlakeemBakeem@piefed.social"

So, you don't show up for your dates, and then you go get high.......at piefed.social.

I think someone in my team does that with family. I'm not sure if hes a fan though

Uh, what? When i was in we called each other by our first names if we were friends or last names if we were acquaintances. Hardly anyone used ranks unless you were being yelled at or had to report. I was in a combat arms unit so maybe its different for other types of units but i doubt it.