It's considered obnoxious to drop names.
Sarah is at the bar with some of her coworkers for happy hour after work one evening.
Sarah wants to impress one of her male coworkers.
Sarah initiates a conversation with her male coworker and mentions that she used to work as a sports reporter and got to hear lots of interesting stories about athletes.
Sarah initiates a conversation with her male coworker and mentions that she knows Aaron Rodgers.
Sarah's coworker states that he is a huge sports fan ends up having a wonderful conversation with her that evening.
Sarah's coworker isn't impressing and claims that he is a Vikings fan before moving over to talk to someone else.