I’d be a bit surprised and maybe creeped out if I were welcomed with my name. I wouldn’t say anything but would at least be glad to be on the right flight.
I made a near weekly run between IAH and ABQ a number of years ago on Continental.
The flight crew and I knew each other so well, they handed me my drink as I boarded the plane, and we visited like long-lost friends for most of the ~ 2-hour flight.
Why would You be creeped out by being greeted with Your name ?
The Flight Crew has a Manifest for every Flight. It’s got Your name on it. Then it’s not a big deal to grab a Smartphone and type in Your Name into a Search. Heck maybe the Flight Attendant wants tho ask You out on a Date.
‘....creeped out if I were welcomed with my name. ‘
Steve Martin joked he would ride ski lifts with strangers and see their names on their skis then pretend he knew them. Hey Jones, long time no see!
Once he did that with a guy named ‘Rental’.
“I’d be a bit surprised and maybe creeped out if I were welcomed with my name.”
It is startling to me also. On the other hand I’m able to realize that it’s not threatening and not worth bitching about to a national audience.
Now, if I walked into a Walmart, in a state I’ve never even visited before, and was greeted by name (and yes, that what technology can do now), that would freak me out (but also make it less likely for me to walk out without paying for stuff).
I have a voicemail app on my phone that addresses people by name....hello John, _____ can’t answer right now. It freaks people out. lol Yesterday my tech guy left me a message that said as he was laughing....I didn’t know voice mail could do that. It said my name, that is so cool!
It uses my contacts and if an unknown person calls that can be identified it actually identifies them.
I ate it when they do that at the grocery store.