There is nothing more embarrassing than someone walking over to speak to you and you have NO idea who they are! Recently, I was having dinner with my family at a local restaurant and a women came over and called my by name and began asking me how my summer was going. I had NO IDEA who she was. I couldn’t even place her with a group I could have know her from! Under normal conditions, I would have politely explained how with 3 kids, my mind sometimes goes a little crazy and just asked her what her name was and how I knew her. But the problem was, she was with her parents and her whole family. I didn’t want to embarrass her by me not knowing who she was. So, I just played dumb and acted like I knew her! How would you have handled the situation? What do you do when you seriously can’t remember someone?
August 21, 2008 at 1:44 am
I seem to do this a lot here lately. Can’t say I have any great way to handle it though. Josh does it constantly, he can’t remember anyone or their names. He always makes me say, “hi I’m Rachel” in hopes they will tell me their name without him having to say he doesn’t remember, lol. So, you can have Brandon try that next time:)
September 7, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Ron knows that if I don’t introduce him right away then I probably can’t recall their name. I’m terrible at names. If I see someone out of context….it takes me a few minutes to remember who they are. So, if doesn’t get an introduction he steps in and introduces himself hoping to get them to say who they are.