"Do you know who I am?"

[marie1203]

All the time when I use to work at a Resort. Everyone always thought they were more important that the next! In winter when we were very busy usually we had a line of people waiting to check in, you wouldn't believe the amount of people that would try to by-pass the line. My employees will come up to my office at least 3 times a day to ask for help sending a guest back in the line, the always said "Do you know who I am?" and I will always answer "no I do not, but I know here is first come first serve so you need to get back in line and wait like all the guest are doing." I couldn't tell you how many times they told me I would get fired, funny thing is never happen.

 

[SandrA9810]

It's more of a funny story, but I know of one.

Kari was doing parking at Wide World of Sports for the Braves spring training. Media, players, and family members had reserved parking up at the front. The paved parking lot was full, so cars were being directed to grass areas beyond. She told me she nearly got run over by an elderly lady, and when she rolled down the window said "I'm Chipper Jone's grandmother".
In other terms were, do you know who I am? Don't you know where I get to park?...

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Now, you're not THAT far north! Don't you cotton to things in PA?

Nope. Although I think I might have heard the phrase on A Way With Words once.

 

[melanie18]

I think the assistant superintendent should be fired for thinking she should be treated differently than any other person parked illegally. She's a moron. The crossing guard should be commended for doing her job.

 

[spacemountainmom]

Do I care who you are?



The assistanct superintendent really needs to be taken down a peg or two.

I know it won't help, but as someone who works at a school and sees a lot of crap in the drop off and pick-up area....I would sign the petition to reinstate the crossing guard in a heartbeat!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Many years ago I was attending the 7th Army NCO Academy in Germany. I was talking with one of the other students who was in the Military Police.

A few months earlier he had been patrolling in a housing area which had a 15 MPH speed limit at about 2:00am. He clocked a military sedan doing 35 and pulled it over. When he got to the window, he saw a Sergent apparently asleep in the back seat and the driver was a three-star General. He asked for ID and driver's license. He then wrote a ticket to the General for speeding. (The General said the Sergent was tired and it was safer for him to drive them home.)

There was a bit of consternation when he turned in his ticket book at the end of his shift, but the ticket was processed. Less than a month later two things came down from their headquarters. One was changing the speed limit in that area, but the other was a special promotion allocation for that person.

 

[Disney Doll]

Yes. A senior administrator at my place of employment used it on me several years ago. I was caring for a well known patient, and the administrators were falling all over themselves trying to suck up....oops I mean visit.

Anyhow, I needed to do some stuff for the patient, and there was a gentleman visiting. I politely requested the gentleman step outside for a few minutes as I needed to do a few things for my patient. The administrator said "Do you have any idea who I am?". I replied, "No, but it doesn't really matter because whomever you are...it is not more important than me providing proper care for my patient so please step outside and allow me to do what I need to do and then I'll call you back into the room when I am done".

 

[pepperw23]

Wow, who knew people actually made that statement and were serious?

We use it all the time at work being silly "apparently the boss does NOT know who I am!"

I would probably laugh if someone used that line for real. I agree with a previous poster...don't really care who they are because pompous people annoy me.

 

[Aisling]

"Do you know who I am?"

My husband says this all the time when we get a bad table at restaurants or he tries to park in administrative parking! The funny thing is my husband isn't anybody!

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Well, I always feel so sorry for people who say that. Combative behavior coupled with inability to remember one's own name? Classic symptons of early onset dementia in one form or another.

So sad, really.

 

[babytrees]

What would you say if someone asked you that?

We have a big controversy going on locally about a crossing guard who got fired because she told a woman to move her car from the illegal spot she was putting it in (fire lane) right before the school pick up craziness began. The woman in the car said "do you know who I am?"....the crossing guard didn't. Apparently it was an assistant superintendent for the school system and the crossing guard got fired for telling her to move her car. Here's the story: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/ne...otest-dismissal-of-school-crossing-guard.html

Now, this crossing guard was not the winner of the Miss Congeniality award based on my interactions with her, but I don't cotton to someone throwing their weight around and getting someone fired for doing the right thing. What do you do when someone says "Do you know who I am?"

okay this is the school system I am in now and this story just is a shining example of why I think this system needs an overhaul from the Superintendent (who took a $70 grand raise while schools are struggling to keep within their measly budgets that he has cut).

Granted I came from a good example of a working system....but even if I hadn't I would still be up in arms over this (this Assist. Super is a piece of work in of herself) but I have seen police officers just letting EVERYBODY park in our high school's fire lanes...just so they can have a better spot for a basketball game.

 

[ctinct]

My DD got that question from the president of her university, although he wasn't throwing it around because he was expecting something. She was at a gathering at his house and that was just the way he started off to introduce himself. Which is kind of a strange way to do that. It amused us because she had already met him several times due to various activities she was involved with but I guess she wasn't terribly memorable....we told her she should have answered yes, do you know who *I* am?? Or else, "oh dear, don't YOU know??"

Oh, my goodness! I hope someone uses the "Don't you know who I am?" line on me soon just so I can use this terrific comeback.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

Also, had to look to what "to cotton to" meant

I thought it was a typo lol

 

[Carly_Roach]

People have learned not to use that line on me because my basic response to their "Do you know who I am?" question is, "No. Who are you?"

Which usually gets me a huffy, "I'm (a DA; the Officer in Charge; the President of X Company)!"

"OK. You're (a DA; the Officer in Charge; the President of X Company). Nice to meet you. I'm Carly Roach and that item you want will be ready for you in two weeks"

If they want special treatment, I simply tell them I have to get it approved through my boss. That will probably take a longer time to get passed than simply waiting for me to get them their report or interpretation, but here's his number if they want to call him. Obviously they don't know who I am. I'm the person they want something from and I'm the only one who can create it for them.

My boss knows that if there is an emergency or some other situation where a customer needs the finished product sooner than deadline and they're nice about requesting an expedited delivery, I'll kill myself, work 80-100 hours a week and knock myself out to make sure they get it right away. But don't try to throw names at me because names mean absolutely nothing to me and I have to go through approved channels anyway because everything is scheduled so tightly.

Fortunately for me, most of our customers are nice and professional about what they need. The new ones just have to go through training when dealing with my department, that's all.

 

[Swan4Me]

There is someone from our area who married someone VERY famous
Her last name is well known in our state

Her parents came into the store, very refined couple, ordering something very special for visiting frinds, gave his credit card, gave a few hints-but didnt actually say whose parent he was...except that he regularly summers in Hyannis Port.

The person waiting on them is not from this area and didnt have a clue....I had to say to her "Dont you know who that was?

 

[Disney Doll]

Just thought of another one. This person didn't actually say "Do you know who I am?" but implied it heavily.

I was caring for a lovely older woman. A younger woman was visiting her. I went in to the room and the patient said to me "This is my niece Susan (no the real name....frankly I don'r recall the real name)". So I said "Hello Susan" and she said "I'm Susan Jones and I am an attoney". So I said "Well, hi! I'm Disney Doll and I am a nurse". She looked at me quizzically, as if to say "I know you're the nurse" so I said "Well, you told me what you do for a living so I thought we were sharing professions, so I told you what I do for a living".

The patient laughed heartily and later she said "My niece is realy quite lovely but very sef-impressed with being an attorney". My theory is that the niece was "warning" me that if there were any errors, I'd be getting sued. It's not an uncommon practice when caring for attorneys or the relatives of attorneys for someone to "make sure" we know there's a lawyer in the family.

Of course, if I had a nickel for every time I was threatened with being sued, I wouldn't have to work anymore.

 

[PigletsPal2]

I had to laugh at some of the responses to this post. On our first overseas assignment using diplomatic passports, DD#1, unduly impressed with her father's (minimal) status at the Embassy, haughtily asked an airport staffer "Do you know who my father is?" Staffer said, "No, honey, maybe you should ask your mother." DD realized the absurdity of her actions when the staffer, DD#2 and I cracked up laughing. We still tease her about not knowing who her father is! FTR, her father is DH LOL!

Queen Colleen