"uhh sorry, what was your name again?"

mcim
Fri, 09 May 2008 18:27:57 +0000

I was in a four person lab group and two of these guys’ names both started with the same letter. So I called them by their first names but both mixed up, then I got called on it and apologized. Sometimes you just don’t get things right, people can have similar names(you said yours was plain monosyllabic or something).

Another name story I have is when I met this girl who had some sort of speech impediment so it was hard for me to understand her name when she first told me. She didn’t correct me and another person who I became friends with told me I was calling her the wrong name(for half a year). So then I called her the right name from then on. Maybe you got a speech problem or that other person who mentioned your name does.

On the other end, a person I sat next to senior year in physics class of HS had selective memory and forgot me promptly when HS was over. Most of the time when you run into these people, they usually weren’t worth your time in the first place.

If you want to be on even footing, don’t start out the conversation with their name, because you can usually tell if they don’t know who you are or are fishing for a name in their heads(watch the eyes, even if its a hot chick and your eyes tend to meet her chest). If they forget your name, you can always mention where you met them and say you forgot their name, what is it again? This’ll usually prompt a reciprocal name asking. If you want to insult them, call them by another name, and when they tell you their real name, say “Really? You don’t look like a <insert> you look like a <insert>.”</insert></insert>

Also, 4321234’s name is Wazzafas… easy enough to get confused with whatsherface 4321234 don’t freak out that was a joke.