C.: Com’on, d.c., answer your phone.
d.: (ring) Hi, Cal.E., make it quick because I’m very busy.
C.: Doing what?
d.: Changing my name on line.
C.: Come again?
d.: Well, I’m not officially changing my name, but I need to fill out some paperwork because they have my name wrong on my retirement paperwork at The Kennel.
C.: Do tell.
d.: Well, there’s one letter that’s wrong in my name in my retirement papers.
C.: Are you retiring?
d.: Not yet, but I’m (hopefully) within five years of retirement, and the paperwork must be correct for me to draw my retirement pay. It may take that long to fill out all of the paperwork.
C.: Which letter did they have wrong?
d.: They are calling me d.c. S-C-O-T-T.
C.: Isn’t that the correct way to spell your last name?
d.: No. I only have one T in my last name.
C.: So, what must you do to change your name to the correct spelling?
d.: Well, I must fill out all of the paperwork for the IRS, the social security commission, the bank that handles my retirement fund, and the Texas Board of Nursing; who will send me five more forms to fill out and send to the other entities I just listed.
C.: Is that all?
d.: No, when I turn in those papers, I must then fill out six more forms for The Kennel and send those to the organizations that I just listed, and then fill out six more forms for The Kennel.
C.: And then your done?
d.: I hope so.
C.: Is there any other option?
d.: Yes, I could change the spelling of my last name.
C.: That would probably be easier.
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