When someone adds your name at the end of their sentence

[Lilac110]

Originally Posted by zentropa

Here, let me write that question down on this punch card and feed it into this all-knowing Computer of Human Experience and let it calculate the correct binary answer that is true for all people in all circumstances.

Oops, you broke it.

Ssh! You're going to let slip that there really is "standard knowledge."

Ah, at least the OP is an old-timer around here.

OP, it really depends on the tone. That's about it.

[tollfree]

I'm convinced it's a regional thing. It's definitely pushed by corporate culture excessively now as some "trick" to making the customer fall for your pitch (which may be detrimental if the customer doesn't like their name), but if we exclude this and only apply it to non-work related usage, there are some regional differences and possibly generational differences. I've always thought the boomer generation and older to be more formal, thus more likely to use your name initially, but I don't think they overuse names either as much as younger generations do in certain regions.

If you really want to surprise a salesperson tell them "I'm right here (their name), you don't have to use my name so many times".

I've written about this before here:

Are names overused in certain regions?

[merv1225]

It makes me think they are selling something that I don't want.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Stagemomma

This doesn't bother me in general. In fact, I find a lot of people don't use any names at all in conversation. I use peoples names all the time at work, and I use my own family members' names, but I have noticed I rarely use the name of men I am dating and they rarely use my name. Not sure why that is...

I had one boyfriend who used my name in conversation frequently and found I really liked it! It has led me to make a conscious effort to use people's names more often.

You bring up something interesting!

I too realized a few years ago that my husband and I tend to call each other by "Honey" or something like that, rather than using each other's names. When my husband does use my name, it sounds like a caress, and I really like it. It also means he is usually talking about something more serious - though by that I mean it can be serious in a good way - like a very sincere conversation about how he appreciates me or something like that. So realizing how good that makes me feel (hearing my actual name used), I started using his more as well.

I like it.

But I don't know about constantly using other peoples' names, like the OP is describing. I do see how using a name a few times in an initial conversation can help us remember a person's name, but after that...I think it would feel weird on both ends.