I was on my way home after work the other night and I decided to stop and grab something out of the drive-thru. I placed my order and pulled up to the window. After I paid, the lady looked at me. "Do you still work at Walmart," she asked. I told her I did, to which she then asked, "Do you remember me?"
This happened to me again the other day and it reminded me of this post. Damn, I can't believe my blog has been around for almost 3 years.....
There is actually a medical condition where people cannot remember faces. They did a piece on it on 60 Minutes. I saw it twice but can’t remember what it’s called.
Me, I can’t remember names to save my life. I always walk the other way to avoid people whose faces I remember but whose name and place in my life are a blur.
Your name is Elyse. Do you want me to make you a name tag?
That would be great. And one for every person on the planet, too, while you’re at it.
Prosopagnosia…I don’t know if it is a spectrum disorder or all or nothing. I can’t recall a face to save my life and it feels so rude….useless trivia for today!
Another new word I can put on my list of ones to memorize along with all those names …
I have a post up on http://pegoleg.com/2013/03/06/this-one-should-have-been-freshly-pressed-fiftyfourandahal
Oy — it’s on presbyopia.
Hmmm…that could take more time than I have.
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lol
Fantastic share.
I’m good with faces, but not so good with names. It’s probably best to be truthful than to try to bluff it out. A member of another Community was here this week and he said that he was at a book signing when a lady he knew quite well wanted him to sign her copy of his latest book. He couldn’t remember her name so tried to bluff it out – she wanted him to put her name in too – and so he said to her “I don’t think you’ve ever told me how you spell your first name” to which she replied “P. A. M.” and he was found out and both felt and looked quite foolish.