Please learn my name

Okay -- so I'm sitting in the coffee shop right now. I just ate lunch (asparagus soup and an iced coffee - both yum). I'm kind of buzzing from the coffee, but kind of tired at the same time from getting up at 530am and then exhausting my mental capacity in a practice bar exam test between 9am - noon.

I'm surfing the internet (instead of creating Contracts flashcards) sipping my coffee and catching up on blogs.... when, a classmate just walks by and says: "Hi Cheryl" to me.

WTF? Who is Cheryl? Yes, I know you Chris L: Thanks for saying "Hi" -- but please try harder to get my name right. We were in an 8 person class together for at least three months - and while I didn't know your name at first either... after awhile, I figured it out. Why can't you?

I wouldn't care that much -- except people at school constantly get my name wrong and its annoying. (and disrespectful).

• One time a Professor called me "Celeste" in the hallway because I sort-of look like that girl, and we were both in the same class with that Professor. She later emailed me to apologize that she in fact did know I was Danielle, not Celeste and that she knows the difference.
  
• Then, something was messed up with my school email account for 2 or 3 years -- so all my outgoing emails said from: Daniela* instead of Danielle (I didn't notice at first, because I don't email myself).
  
• To add to the confusion -- there was a student named Daniela, who at one point sat right behind me in Immigration class (she's sweet -- but that's not the point. I liked her being close because she always answered the questions in-class when one of us were called on, so I never had to talk,but that's not the point either).

So the point is: I'm used to Daniela - even though it bugs me, I've corrected a couple of people. I stopped, because I realized it was kind of rude to approach people trying to be polite and reprimand them for calling me Daniela. Plus, its too late. I'll forever be Daniela to those classmates... but I'll probably never see them again, so it doesn't matter.

But, Cheryl? That's not even close! Ugh. Rant over.

*I may find Daniela, or even Celeste, endearing if it was from the right person, and if they were saying it to be funny or romantic... but not just because they were mistaken about my real name.

There's more: (I'm seriously wasting precious study time, can you tell I'm avoiding Contracts...)

I go by "Dani" to my friends and family. But, since college, I've used Danielle. I never wanted the attention in a classroom full of 80-100 people to explain to the teacher/professor (or employer) on the first day that I prefer Dani. So, I just lived with it. Since then, most of my school friends know me only as Danielle (a few know me as both.)

But, a couple days ago a brief acquaintance at school called me Dani. It caught me off-guard because I don't know how he would know that's my name. It was just odd. I kind of like the guy, so I'm not letting it bug me. But, now I'm curious... hum?