It happens...

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Excellent point, if you're just 1 on 1 with someone you dont need their name except to talk about them with someone else.

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Or if you're really close friends, the old "fuckface".

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Or to show that you paid attention to anything they said about themselves and didn’t just wait your turn to talk. You know, basic social etiquette lol

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When I was around 20yo, I spent a summer with a new group of friends pretending I knew everyone's names. It was anxiety hell. Today, I realize that I can just admit that I forget names and ask and it's no problem. But that was an interesting summer.

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so relatable, i call everyone "dude" or "man".

i think names are an exception and only reserved for rare occurrences. honestly, i wouldn't mind if people didn't have names in general. just call everyone "child" "man" or "hey you" depending on their appearance. names are a weird concept to me. it's not natural that people have names, i guess.

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basic social etiquette lol

in other words, forced and unnatural and unnecessary behavior that is just a parasite eating your lifetime and energy

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it’s called living in a society but ok?

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most names are made-up anyways, and i can't remember made-up stuff. there has to be something profound about it or i forget it

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actually i have adopted a hobby of just giving people new names (yeah i know it could be seen as disrespectful but for me it's just a normal way of doing things) and then calling them by that name. yes, it has led to confusion in the past. but it's fun and feels good.

Bob

It's happened to me a few times over the years, but if anything it's an opportunity to think up a nickname. Sometimes they stick and all.

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Bro, homie, dawg, phil

It’s easy to go years without knowing names, better if you don’t use that last one

Meursault

Seems a little early...

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Once sat at the same table as another guy in high school every weekday for six months. We traded less than ten words in that time. Later we became great friends.

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I'm always terrible with names but they do come in handy

Hey,who's working ____'s shift Thursday?

Who do I need to talk to in HR?

who makes the schedule?

Ask ___ if they can cover your shift.

Email ____ for me and see if they have a copy of that report.

Can you tell ___ to come see me.

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An energy vampire you say...

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If someone I talk to keeps using my name, I think they're following advice on how to remember names, and that they're bad at names

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Here's a less convoluted way: "hey [mate, bro, ...] I never caught your name"

CodandChips

When I first started work I was in shop where there were three Bills, two Phil's and two Neil's . I never ever worked out who was who.

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Reject society, embrace raiding Anglo-Saxons with the homies.

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Bro, homie, dawg, phil

Phil (slamming the power button and turning around): "WHAT?!"