Maddi the American

Good evening peeps. 

Have just got back from burlesque so thought I'd take 5 minutes to say hi and to check you're all OK? 

As you know people are here are struggling with my accent, to the point where now I'm known as "That girl there is American" more on that in a bit. 

This week I answered the phone at work said the usual spiel, to which the response was "Oh hi, it's Amy" "Hi Amy you OK?' I reply. 

"Yeah I'm good thanks, how are you" Amy asks. "Erm good thanks" Me now wondering what does Amy want, 

Then I get asked "What Maddi is this?" "Erm, English Maddi, isn't my accent a give away" getting slightly irritated now. "Oh no, I didn't want you. I wanted the other Mady, I couldn't tell which one you were when you answered'. I get told.

So I told Amy AGAIN, "I'm the English one, the English one, the only ENGLISH one in the building" then put the phone down and grumbled. 

Have I told you about the Australian Mady that I work with? She's cool, (of course with a name like that who wouldn't be) Anyway the story goes on. She was off this Monday and Tuesday. So I went to the patients she normally sees.....

First person I see looks at my name badge, looks at me then looks at my name badge again and then tells me 'You're wearing Mady's badge' so I tell him 'No, I'm a Maddi as well' he replies "No you're not, you're from America and she's from Australia, she's called Mady, you've got her name badge on' No matter how many times I tried to convince him I wasn't trying to impersonate her and I'm not American he was not having a bar of it and kept a suspicious looking eye on me all shift. 

He was the the one that told his whole dining table 'that's the one, that's the girl from America' 

One actually asked me why I had an English accent if I was from America. He also was not convinced when I said I was English, I just got the usual raised eyebrows and hmmm nod. 

After seeing to this person I then went on to someone else who also eyed my badge with great suspicion and told me also that 'you're wearing Mady's badge' Can I now point out Mady not only being Australian is shorter than me and has very very short hair, totally different to the bouffant I support and plus I'm now 5'6" where as she is just 5'. So easy to tell apart, yes? 

I tell this lady that my name is also Maddi and that the other Mady is off, she again looks at me with a great caution and then shakes her head and tells me quite curtly 'YOU are wearing Mady's badge' 

I give up. Grrrr and sigh 

So I can now add to the accent list that I'm American, oh and also I may not even have my own identity anymore. Hmmmm. 

These people did also NOT believe me when I said I had worked there for 3 months and yes they had seen me before. 

It's enough to send you crackers 

Signing off now as the frost bite is starting to come back and I'm loosing the ability to type.