My name is NOT André

There are not many things that I dislike about Canada but the one that tops the chart is how people get my name wrong. It happens a lot and it used to annoy me but now I have to see the humour in it. I didn’t think my accent is that strong – guess not

The worst place for this has to be one of my favorite food establishments, Licks, and the problem is when I am there usually Chris and Erika is with me. They find this very amusing and to stir the pot they call me André as much as possible when I am there.

At the start we thought that they were just saying it wrong but they actually write your name on the receipt. I have the evidence.

A couple of years ago I was at a conference in Toronto and this old lady thought that I was French, she got really annoyed when I called her an American. I laughed because she was really upset.

I think when I go in there I will start to use other names that could annoy them, names that are long and hard to spell like - Nebuchadnezzar, Belteshazzar, Zerubbabel, or a really hard one like ANDREW ! ! !