A company I used to work for sent us to a customer service seminar, and the man giving the seminar swore he had a foolproof trick for remembering names , and he attempted to prove it by meeting us all during a break and trying to remember after the seminar. He SO got mine wrong. Which only made me feel utterly forgettable, since he did remember the majority correctly.
Remembering Names
by iiz2cool 14 Replies latest jw friends
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Frannie Banannie
I remember that my Mom even had trouble remembering OUR names when we were kids growing up......she would holler for one of us and start "callin' tha roll"...which sounded something like...."Ja....Syb....Co...Jod...uh...Shotsie!!!".....so I remedied that with my kids....I started callin' 'em "Doodle"....now I just call EVERYONE Doodle......that way, it doesn't matter who I'm talkin' to ....they KNOW I'm addressing them....and I don't hafta remember what their name is...
Frannie B
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frenchbabyface
Izzy2cool : ... Their faces are familiar, but I have trouble placing names to the faces ...
it happen to me even with PEOPLE that I LIKE A LOT - It's terrible !!!
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Undecided
I have been having this problem lately myself, not only with peoples names but with cars, and everything else I have known in the past. Sometimes at McDonalds I can't think of the name of a biscuit I want to order, or at home I can't think of the name of a dish I want someone to pass to me. I get so frustrated at times. Almost all the old movie actors I knew I can't remember their names anymore. Old age has found me.
Ken P.
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Been there
iiz2cool,
Don't worry to much about it, everyone has the problem. I usually try to associate them with someone I already know. Like Tom = My son etc. Ask them for their name again, let them know you remember the face but you can't recall the name (because you are awful at names). I usually just walk up to people that may remember me or may not and just introduce myself again. Like "Hi, I'm Been there, I met you on JWD". That way they remember me now in the present and aren't trying to figure out who I am, from where. I hate it when I know I recognize someone but for the life of me can't remember where I know them from.