Here's a response from Shedd Aquarium's  Assistant Director of Sales.  One
of the first actions taken by our President when he took charge five years
ago was to require EVERY staff member (himself included) to wear their name
badge when in the public area.

     Linda Wilson                    Visitor Studies and Evaluation
     Shedd Aquarium                  1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
     Chicago, IL 60605
     PH (312) 692 3261  FAX (312) 939 8677     [log in to unmask]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vigil, Anita
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:06 PM
> To:   Wilson, Linda
> Subject:      RE: Name badges for front line staff
>
> All of our front line staff wear name badges with the first name only.  If
> there are 2 people in the same department with the same name, we follow
> one of them with the first initial of their last name.  We have NEVER
> printed a last name on a tag.  Only a first name, followed by the
> department name.  I would personally be against printing last names, even
> if we weren't located in a large city.
>
> -----

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