"Hey, you with the face...!" - Democratic Underground

Robb

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Mon Feb-09-04 01:34 PM
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"Hey, you with the face...!"

I've decided I'm spending too much of my limited brainpower by trying to remember people's names and life stories. How do you get around it?

One of my favorites: "How's that thing you were doing?" :)

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Aristus

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Mon Feb-09-04 01:39 PM
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1. Could lead to trouble.

"How's that thing you were doing?"

"What thing?"

"Oh, you know......the THING."

Slippery slope falls away...

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tigereye

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Mon Feb-09-04 01:39 PM
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2. can remember what they were doing

it's the names I now forget. Use my past pregnancy and parenthood as an excuse, I used to have a memory before I had a kid!

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ret5hd

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Mon Feb-09-04 01:41 PM
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3. as far as names go...

i call everyone "hey, brother" or "hey, bud" (fortunately, most of the 2000+ people i work with are guys)

OR

i rely on my wife's memory

i try not to get too much of someones life story so usually i don't have that much to remember.

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bobthedrummer

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Mon Feb-09-04 01:43 PM
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4. When I worked in big ticket sales I would say a person's name

3-4 times in the first couple of minutes.
Repetiton helps me when first meeting someone.
Robb, Robb, Robb-give repeating their name a shot.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Mon Feb-09-04 01:44 PM
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5. I have an out

I wear very thick glasses, and I simply say my myopia precludes me from recognizing faces!

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