Names and Faces

[pdub]

Don't call me DUDE!!!!!! Man is acceptable.......If I don't know your name I will ask it, if I forget it I'll tell you I forgot it and ask it again.........

Here's one for you, do you remember the waiters name at the last restaurant you were at??..........

Better yet, what color were the waiter's eyes? It's all there for us to capture and remember. I'm just a dud at observation. I'm no good at it, and I know it. The names thing is glaring. That's huge.

And I wouldn't be a good witness at a crime scene at all. "I heard a noise" is about all I could contribute.

[BluLightning]

You didn't strangle her for calling you Randy, did you?

[TC]

Don't call me DUDE!!!!!! Man is acceptable.......If I don't know your name I will ask it, if I forget it I'll tell you I forgot it and ask it again.........

Here's one for you, do you remember the waiters name at the last restaurant you were at??..........

[pdub]

Got the same problem. Someone can tell me their name and I almost immediately forget it.

What was the question again Randy?

How'd you know about Randy? My first wife's aunt called me Randy until she died. She was close to right. Closer than I can get most times.

[BluLightning]

Got the same problem. Someone can tell me their name and I almost immediately forget it.

What was the question again Randy?

[studemax]

Works better for me if I actually write it down....

[pdub]

I've got it too. I resort to calling new aquaintances dude and bud. Hey Mac, I feel your pain.

"Now" works - "Hey now!"

"Man" works - "Hey Man!"

Or just "Hey."

It's embarrassing as hell, they know my name but I have no clue what theirs is. It's gonna follow me to my grave. I just wish I could do better at it. I hate it.

[Dan Barlow]

I've got it too. I resort to calling new aquaintances dude and bud. Hey Mac, I feel your pain.

[pdub]

I'm perfectly suited for and pretty good at the job I do. But I have a design problem that doesn't come with age, I've had it all of my life.

Names. When I introduce myself to someone, I say, "Hi, I'm Rusty" (I can't get hardly anybody at work to call me peewee - they're all scared to do it for some reason). So I say that and from my perspective what comes back is, "I'm #^yci76^%%4." Okay. A blank spot. I didn't hear a thing and 4 seconds later I don't know this person's name.

I've tried the thing where you listen intently and repeat the person's name right back to them, that doesn't work for me. 20 seconds later it's gone. It's not in this world that I don't care, it just won't stick. I've tried finding a "hook," and that works if I can do it - that is, find a hook. This guy's last name is Mason, like the Stone Masons cult. But if I can't find a hook, I'm lost again.

I'm in the wrong line of work. There's one of me and about 700 of the other folks, all who know my name, but... This week we have 6 new hires I'm orienting, and danged if....well I wish I had a photo, danged if 3 of them don't look really alike. It's embarrassing. You are Matt, right? No, I'm Evan. Dang, I apolgize. Over and over.

It bugs me. I don't think I cn fix it. So when we have the BangShift Jam in Michigan, I'll just be me. I'll say for the 5th time, "And you are.....?" I'm sorry, I'm missing a valuable part of my brain. And I know it. Wasn't born with it. Just ain't got it.