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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Im_high_as_shit on 2025-05-25 15:56:08+00:00.

In school, I was vice president of a club and in our WeChat group chat, we had each member add their position behind their name. Because everyone knew who I was, I said I was the “shit shoveler”. Turns out, when you add someone via a group chat their nickname within said chat is retained, which makes sense, as it makes it much easier to remember who is who.

Fast forward to this weekend, I attended an event related to my field of study, and bumped into someone from the club. They presented me with a solid partnership opportunity and we linked up…via WeChat. So because they’ve already added me in the past, my name came up as…shit shoveler.

They probably thought that that’s been the name that I’ve been professionally adding other people as, and now I don’t think I’ll be hearing from them…

TL;DR: Gave myself a funny nickname in school and it stuck around for a specific, somewhat important person.