Considering that Jon Snow is one of the more normal fantasy names, it’s not Tyrion Lannister or Albus Severus Potter or some s**t, it makes sense that there would be a few boring, normal, real life dudes kicking around named Jon Snow. The NY Post caught up with a few of them. These are their stories.
One such is Jon Snow, 45, of Charlottesville, Va. (we’ll call him Jon Snow 1), a car salesman who claims that his name tag alone is an instant icebreaker with customers.
“It’s been just a true blessing for the kind of business I’m in,” he says. “Anytime somebody makes a reference to my name, I can instantly build a rapport [by saying], ‘We’re south of the Wall right now’ or something along those lines, and pretense would drop, and it’s all about ‘Hey, what’s going on.’ … I’ve had people actually say, ‘I had to go buy a car from Jon Snow.’”
People will do anything for a laugh.
The same is true for Jon Snow, 50, of Fredericksburg, Va. (Jon Snow 2), a real estate agent. “I have actually had a few clients buy or list their homes using me as their agent because they love ‘Game of Thrones,’” he says. “I think I should start ‘Game of Homes.’”
More like Game of Groans, old timer.
Then you have Jon Snow 3, who is just doing his best to not have a good time.
Jon Snow, 26, of Manapalan, N.J. (Jon Snow 3), says that as a non-fan of the series — he gave up on the watch a few episodes into Season 1 (a blasphemy that the Sparrows would have a field day over, no doubt) — he finds the constant comparisons rather irritating, overall.
“I’ve had emails to customer service reps ignored and then followed up and found out they thought it was a prank,” he says. “I even had a Domino’s order canceled because they thought it was a prank.”
Wow. The one real life Jon Snow who legit knows nothing. Amazing.