How long can you talk to someone without knowing their name?

[My Pet Powder Goat]

In formal situations where someone has hired you but you've forgotten their name, instead of "dude", "bro" or "man" call them "boss"

problem solved!

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[Benny Profane]

Well, that's all well and good. Except some people get really uptight about it. The parents of one of my daughter's friends still won't speak to us because of it. I can't remember faces for shit. The mom took it really badly. And then I made it worse. To me she looks exactly like someone else we know. My wife says they look nothing alike. Anyway, I saw the mom in the supermarket and said hi. When she gave me an icy stair, I realized it wasn't the other person, who is really friendly, but i still couldn't place her as the mom. So I said that you're not who I thought you were, sorry. Apparently that was the ultimate insult. It doesn't help that the mom changes her hair and clothing style often. I need that consistency to recognize people unless I see them a lot. And or hear their voice. Tattoos help the process. Or a hat. Always wear the same hat.

You should have yourself checked for early onset Alzheimer's. Just go see Dr. Whatshisname.

[Benny Profane]

Prosopagnosia.

Didn't I see that on the menu last night? Should be paired with a nice, oakey Chardonnay, right?

[Kenny Satch]

I always ask right away and if that person seems offended then I lay on the bullshit.
I explain my meds have affected my memory - works like a charm.

[Mofro261]

we had our words, a common spat
So I kissed him upside the cranium with an aluminum baseball bat



his name is mud

[mcski]

It depends if you're on a treadmill

[DBdude]

Years. I've done it for years. So many of us - I'm in good company!

I'm horrible with names. Sometimes I wonder if I don't have a mild case of Prosopagnosia.

crs

can't remember shit

[DBdude]

Well, that's all well and good. Except some people get really uptight about it. The parents of one of my daughter's friends still won't speak to us because of it. I can't remember faces for shit. The mom took it really badly. And then I made it worse. To me she looks exactly like someone else we know. My wife says they look nothing alike. Anyway, I saw the mom in the supermarket and said hi. When she gave me an icy stair, I realized it wasn't the other person, who is really friendly, but i still couldn't place her as the mom. So I said that you're not who I thought you were, sorry. Apparently that was the ultimate insult. It doesn't help that the mom changes her hair and clothing style often. I need that consistency to recognize people unless I see them a lot. And or hear their voice. Tattoos help the process. Or a hat. Always wear the same hat.

fuck her... seriously, there are so many terrible things that can happen in life

[detuned]

Rode the elevator with a guy who worked in my building and called me by the wrong name for years. Can't remember what he called me - think it was "Susan." After a while it was too late to correct him so I just let it go and would I answer to it which would elicit strange looks from any friends who happened to be in the elevator with me.

seinfeld again, "It's not Suze, or Suzie, it's Susan!"

[mud]

In formal situations where someone has hired you but you've forgotten their name, instead of "dude", "bro" or "man" call them "boss"

problem solved!

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I'm in the south so you have to throw in all that "sir/ ma'am" stuff out constantly, not that that is a bad thing because I think it makes for a nicer work environment. Throwing in a "boss" or "hey buddy" is used right before they sign the paperwork.

[riser4]

You should have yourself checked for early onset Alzheimer's. Just go see Dr. Whatshisname.

If by early onset you mean childhood, right?

[riser4]

fuck her... seriously, there are so many terrible things that can happen in life

Not even with your dick. She's not all that attractive physically. Her 'double' is though. Seriously I agree. My wife obsesses about it from time to time which is mildly amusing.

[iceman]

I don't think he meant, fuck her, I think he meant, like, fuck her.

[Kenny Satch]

I don't think he meant, fuck her, I think he meant, like, fuck her.

Explaining the word Fuck
https://youtu.be/8Nx0sQLl7IY

NSFW.

[Conundrum]

I've been going to a little deli monthly for about 20 years and it's owned by the nicest little Asian couple I've met . I mention Asian because they still have thick accents and you have to imagine that accent during the story. The wife takes the food order and the husband runs the till. They remember all the regulars' names and usually the food order if it's consistently the same thing. For about 17 years, the wife would yell "Kasey, how you doing?!" when I would walk in. Kasey is not my name. I took a coworker for lunch and the wife yelled "Kasey". My coworker said "Hey, why do you call him Kasey, that's Nate". She pulled me aside and I had to explain to the wife that I really like them and their deli and I just didn't have the heart to tell her my name wasn't Kasey after the first few months.

Now when I go in, she yells "Nate, not Kasey, how you doing?!"

Makes my day. I love that little deli.

[Meadow Skipper]

On a related note, when I work on the hill at the local ski area people always coming up or going by and saying “Hi Bob!” And even though they have on a heavy jacket, helmet and goggles, and sometimes a buff, they seem to think I should know who they are. And during the off season, people whose winter look I might finally have memorized come up to me in town in ball cap, shorts and sunglasses, and same thing - I have no idea,

[Benny Profane]

I've been going to a little deli monthly for about 20 years and it's owned by the nicest little Asian couple I've met . I mention Asian because they still have thick accents and you have to imagine that accent during the story. The wife takes the food order and the husband runs the till. They remember all the regulars' names and usually the food order if it's consistently the same thing. For about 17 years, the wife would yell "Kasey, how you doing?!" when I would walk in. Kasey is not my name. I took a coworker for lunch and the wife yelled "Kasey". My coworker said "Hey, why do you call him Kasey, that's Nate". She pulled me aside and I had to explain to the wife that I really like them and their deli and I just didn't have the heart to tell her my name wasn't Kasey after the first few months.

Now when I go in, she yells "Nate, not Kasey, how you doing?!"

Makes my day. I love that little deli.

That's awesome.

[KQ]

Didn't I see that on the menu last night? Should be paired with a nice, oakey Chardonnay, right?

Righhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttttttttt.

seinfeld again, "It's not Suze, or Suzie, it's Susan!"

[k2skier112]

Worse yet is when you associate the wrong name with a person. I've done that with this one gal for a long time - she reminds me of someone else and when I met her that is the first thing I thought and now the wrong name is stuck in my head.

Rode the elevator with a guy who worked in my building and called me by the wrong name for years. Can't remember what he called me - think it was "Susan." After a while it was too late to correct him so I just let it go and would I answer to it which would elicit strange looks from any friends who happened to be in the elevator with me.

Ha! My wife told me our neighbors were Bill and Carol. I called him Bill for 14 years until one day he says my name is "Pete"...ooops.

I blame it on CRS, got it from my dad.

[::: :::]

wait...OP, "mud" isn't your name?

geez, just say something next time

[AK47bp]

People been talking to this god feller for a long time, is that his name? God? Maybe it's Chuck or Tad.


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[mud]

I've been going to a little deli monthly for about 20 years and it's owned by the nicest little Asian couple I've met . I mention Asian because they still have thick accents and you have to imagine that accent during the story. The wife takes the food order and the husband runs the till. They remember all the regulars' names and usually the food order if it's consistently the same thing. For about 17 years, the wife would yell "Kasey, how you doing?!" when I would walk in. Kasey is not my name. I took a coworker for lunch and the wife yelled "Kasey". My coworker said "Hey, why do you call him Kasey, that's Nate". She pulled me aside and I had to explain to the wife that I really like them and their deli and I just didn't have the heart to tell her my name wasn't Kasey after the first few months.

Now when I go in, she yells "Nate, not Kasey, how you doing?!"

Makes my day. I love that little deli.

Kim's on the Hill in Boulder is the same way, phenomenal Korean food and the owner and his wife always greeted me by name.

It freaked me out the first time because I only went there a few times over a few months then moved away for a year then when I came back he greeted me by name and knew exactly what I wanted to eat. Crazy.

His son owns it now but last I heard the owners of the mall are tearing that whole block down for a new hotel and more parking.

[liv2ski]

Shit, I wish I could remember names easily. It takes me at least three times of meeting a person and talking to them and trying really hard to remember their name for it to click usually. I guess I just write most people off and don;t even try anymore.

[Bobby Stainless]

Im an expert at this. I've sold cars to people and never knew their name till I got their license and insurance.