Me: …so your middle name is Mack? And your last name is MacCormick?
Patron: Actually my first name is “Jack Mack”*
Me: Ohhh you’re from the south.
Patron: How did you know?
Me: I once knew a woman named Layne Marie Williams. She was an actor in the Philly area but now she’s running her own production company in Chicago.
Patron:
Me:
Patron:
Me: Ahem
Me: Shameless plugs aside, she taught me about how folks in the south do the double-first-name thing. I called her “Layne”. She was not happy.
Patron: Yeah, we have opinions on the subject.
Me: So I do my best.
Patron: You’re a step ahead of most northerners in my book.
*Changed, obviously