When I was in the service, there was a guy on my ship named Duane Alvens. Now Alvens had a big head - literally - and male pattern baldness which made his head seem even bigger. Now on the ship, they would play movies for us via Closed Circuit TV, and one of the movies they would show was So I Married An Axe Murderer. For those who haven't seen it or have simply forgotten, Mike Myers plays an older Scottish dad who has a young son. The son had a big head as well and a bit in the movie was his dad making fun of him. I attached a YouTube video of the clip.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqycJpRdVaY

 

So "Heed" was a pretty natural nickname for Alvens, and a lot of people thought it was funny. Thing was, Alvens didn't like it. He didn't like it so much that he would tell people that he didn't like it. And he wouldn't get over it either. He would fight it and all that would do was make people use it more. At one point, he pretty much screamed "my name is not Heed!!! It's Petty Officer Alvens!!!" Turned out, that was the worst thing he could have done because now that's all people would call him.

 

Nicknames are very funny things. You can never give yourself your own, and the only way to get rid of one that's stuck is to flat out ignore it.

 

J-dub is your nickname and that's really a good thing. It's a term of endearment whether you want to recognize it or not.

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