Take appropriate disciplinary action if you get conclusive evidence he's doing it frivolously.
Now this is interesting.
My first instinct is to effectively say "Aaron, cut the shit. Back of the line." Given that he's never claimed to be William before, and there's a short-term reward for being William today, I disbelieve him with confidence.
And sure: If Aaron comes in the next day saying he's William, and for the next week, and for some unspecified time after, it does makes sense to call him William.
That actually happened, by the way. A young Englishman named Aaron started calling himself William. At first, everyone just kept calling him Aaron, but he stuck to it, and hardly anyone even remembers his original name. Ironically, he wound up believing that names don't matter after all, as demonstrated by his quote: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Aaron Shakespeare
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Now this is interesting.
My first instinct is to effectively say "Aaron, cut the shit. Back of the line." Given that he's never claimed to be William before, and there's a short-term reward for being William today, I disbelieve him with confidence.
And sure: If Aaron comes in the next day saying he's William, and for the next week, and for some unspecified time after, it does makes sense to call him William.
That actually happened, by the way. A young Englishman named Aaron started calling himself William. At first, everyone just kept calling him Aaron, but he stuck to it, and hardly anyone even remembers his original name. Ironically, he wound up believing that names don't matter after all, as demonstrated by his quote: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Aaron Shakespeare
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