- NigelFrobisher ( @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 4•2 days ago
I thought the second frame was already the name going out of his head.
Also, “John”?! That guy’s clearly more of an Alan.
- RinseDrizzle ( @RinseDrizzle@midwest.social ) English10•3 days ago
Aight who has tips on how to mitigate this shit? I’m one of them ADHD cats who’s a little chaotic yet charismatic, so I’m always getting remembered and doing most of the name forgetting. Has made for probably hundreds of terrible moments where I’m absolutely dancing around the fact that I’ve forgotten an old acquaintance’s name.
If you’ve got a good technique, please share I need that yesterday
- chatokun ( @chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•2 days ago
I don’t have a good technique, just q similar event. A friend of a friend remembered my somewhat complicated and hard to pronounce name, and pronounced it correctly. I forgot his name. So I thought up something clever. We traded numbers and I asked him to spell his name for me. Genius Chat, Genius!
He looks at me a little confused and spells his name for me: A, C, E.
- RinseDrizzle ( @RinseDrizzle@midwest.social ) English3•1 day ago
Loool know that pain well! Potential salvation with “nah but your last name” or like “there’s not a silent ‘eux’ (or whatever’s clever) in there?”
- synae[he/him] ( @synae@lemmy.sdf.org ) English8•3 days ago
I find it’s best to just acknowledge it in a jokey way. “hey good to see you again but I have no long term memory, tell me your name again?”… “Jim”… “ok hi Jim, I look forward to having this conversation again next time. How’s life?”
- blindsight ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) 5•1 day ago
Or if you can’t pull off the humour, just be honest: “Sorry; I remember you [from place, if you remember], but my blinky ADHD memory is terrible with names. Can you remind me your name? … Thanks, [NAME]. And apologies in advance if I forget it again. It’s not personal!”
- ByteOnBikes ( @ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ) 3•2 days ago
My solution:
1 - Hi what’s your name?
2 - Sorry one more time?
Okay [name], thanks! One moment need to step away. (To write it down in my phone)
3 - Oh hey again! I’m sorry I forgot your name again. It truly escaped me and I mean no offense.
- chicken ( @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•2 days ago
Name tags lol
- Shdwdrgn ( @Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ) English5•3 days ago
… I think your name had an H in it … was it Harry?
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English1•2 days ago
“It’s Achlan!”
- davel [he/him] ( @davel@lemmy.ml ) English2•3 days ago
:monkey-look-away: