Before we begin, a little back story is necessary: I work for a company that manufactures blinds and cubicle tracks (that go around hospital beds and in doctors’ surgeries). Sometimes we communicate with the location that we are installing at direct, other times the location employs a contractor, who we deal with. Right, with that out of the way, now I can begin this rather odd little tale.
There are a lot of housing developments being built in and around my local area. We are doing several projects with a housing developer called ‘Bloor Homes’ and our contact there is a gentleman named Kevin Curly. When my manager first mentioned this contact’s name to us (there are six of us in our office) I found it funny, because her first comment was, “I wonder if he has curly hair.” I then told the office that my ex’s name is Kevin, and he has curly hair. My manager joked that he could have changed his name. We laughed about it and our accountant asked if my ex worked in construction. When we were together, he didn’t, however, there is a possibility that he might now. He used to work with my brother, however, about six months ago, my brother said Kevin left the company.
“Where does he work now?” asked our accountant. I don’t know! We have nothing to do with each other. We haven’t spoken in three years. I told them I have no idea. “There we go,” our accountant said, with excitement. “That proves it. It’s him.” We all laughed.
It was just a bit of fun. As if my ex-boyfriend had changed his name to Kevin Curly, left his management job at the local supermarket and decided to go for a career change, to work for a housing developer. I know it isn’t that farfetched. People change jobs all the time and change their name. In the past, Kevin’s relationship with his parents was a little rough, despite everything being fine between them before I was no longer a part of Kevin’s life, maybe something happened and he decided to change his surname to distance himself from them. I changed my surname when my parents split up and one of our installers changed his surname, due to past issues with his father. But to change it to Curly? He hates his long curly hair and always cuts it before it gets long enough to pull at. It just seemed a little too weird. Then again, I have had nothing to do with this person in three years. He could be a completely different person now and love having long curly hair and wants to embrace the nickname, “Kevin Curly.”
The conversation soon faded and was forgotten about, by both myself and the office. However, over the weekend, I had a clear up of my emails and contacts. I deleted all of my old emails and junk message that had built up and removed several contacts from my old workplace (I left over a year ago and have never received an email from any of them) but in the process came across a contact with the initials “KC.” There was no name, email address or contact number associated with the initials. The was no icon or logo, just a generic, coloured letter, given to the contact by the email provider that I use. I clicked on it, only to be told the details of the contact have been hidden, due to me being blocked. Why would someone I don’t know, with the initials KC decide to block me? Then I saw it, the last contact that I had with this contact: December 2019. It was him. My ex. But his initials are not KC. For privacy and respect for this person, I will not reveal his initials or surname (despite discovering that it is more common than I thought, as I have four customers with his surname). How is this possible? For a start, his email address is his first name and surname, so if he did change his surname, would he not just change his whole email address? Why keep your old one and just change the initials? Maybe it’s the ease and not wanting the hassle of moving all of their accounts over – that would seem like the person that I knew. When I changed my name, I changed my email address for every account that I had and I deleted the email address that contained my old name, because I hated what that name represented – and it was never me.
So what now? Technically nothing. I have no way of knowing is the Kevin that I once knew is now the Kevin Curly that we are dealing with on a project. Unless the man phones up, I will probably never know. I am not going to research into ‘Bloor Homes’, to see if they keep a photograph record of their employees on their website, like some companies do. Nor am I going to look my ex up and find out what he’s up to. I’m not interested in solving the puzzle. Yes, I’m curious and yes, it makes a funny story, especially if the Kevin Curly from ‘Bloor Homes’ is the Kevin that I once knew. I just felt the need to type up this silly, little tale, because it made me smile.
- Josie -
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