It happens...
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
The obvious way out of this situation: open your own kebab place and start calling him bossman or chief.
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That’s when you figure out a reason to hand them a clipboard and say, “Imma need you to sign in.”
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southsamuraireplied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
Jfc, if you knew how long it has taken me to know the names of some of my friends, and not just work friends or gym friends, it would be absurd.
Hell, even after months of hanging with someone, you might not know their last name; it's all "hey, I'm zipper". Why zipper? "I dunno, you know how it is". Yeah, I feel that. Anyway, went a beer, zip?
My chronic pain/disability support group shares space with an autism support group. Not a single one of the autism group knows my actual name afaik, but we'll hang out down the road at a diner some nights as a mixed group when we're meeting at the same time. It's all "hey, beard!" And "sasquatch, wanna see my cat?" And sometimes just "man". I've known some of them for years and we don't know each other's actual names. A couple of them, I've been to their house, and vice versa, and we don't know each others last name at all.
One guy in specific came over, heard my wife call out my name and was confused as hell because my name sounds like a regular word and thought it was a different nickname. Asked for the story behind it, and I had to show him my driver's license because he thought I was fucking with him. We'd had dinner together at the diner dozens of times.
No need for real names when you're bros
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You do know that telling someone with ADHD to just pay attention is like telling someone on a cane to jog, right?
Dick move in other words
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Yeah. "My boy from the bar, the one with the anime girl car..." or whatever is how my stories to my wife would go. If told to a general audience the pii would be removed.
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This could be a great Seinfeld or Curb episode
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[email protected]replied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
why say their name when you could instead say “guy” or “man”, or, occasionally, “buddy”?
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This guy's name is Fork
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If someone I just met uses my name regularly I feel like they're trying to sell me something.
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After fucking around for a while turned into being exclusive for about six months, the woman who is now my wife realized that we didn't know each other's last names. If she hadn't brought it up it's hard to tell how long I would have gone not knowing.
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Could you possibly have face blindness?
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
So I travel all over for work at different places. I'll start telling a story about something that happened three weeks ago to a coworker. "Oh yeah, where were you at?" Me- blank stare half the time.
Sometimes it comes to me after a few seconds, sometimes I can't even remember which State I was in.
I used to be awful with names but I've got better at that. Still below average, but better. I do have ADHD for what that's worth.
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[email protected]replied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
The only reason you need to know someone's name is to talk about them behind their back.
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Repeating the name back helped me immensely. I'm still not great with names but I'm so much better than I was.
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Enjoy winter break. If you aren't going to college (and I wouldn't recommend it for most people), this will be the last time you have that much free time unless you live long enough, and make enough money, to retire.
Sorry to be such a downer. I forget there are high school kids on Lemmy. For what it's worth I'm sorry about climate change, but that's largely the fault of my elders and the corporations that control the government.
Register to vote!
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
Here's a fun way to play it- say "We've talked so many times over the years, and I bet you don't even know my name."
If he does, explain that you said that because you don't know his, laugh about it. Get his name and put it in your phone if you think you'll forget.
If he doesn't, then say "Well we're in the same boat because I don't know yours!" Exchange names, and put it in your phone if you think you'll forget.
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[email protected]replied to u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) last edited by
I sometimes make a note with someone's name and brief description that sticks to me.
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[email protected]replied to Dragon Rider (drag) last edited by
Drag has a lot of rules Drag made up about life and society. Drag could free Drag from all these binds by relaxing.
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[email protected]replied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
Oh thank god its not just me.
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[email protected]replied to Dragon Rider (drag) last edited by
Tele can't imagine drag gets many opportunities to share names with people.