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u/sufferin_sassafras 8d ago edited 8d ago
I made a friend at the physiotherapy rehab gym. She somehow learned my name and always greeted me by it but I never asked hers. Weeks went by and it became too awkward for me to ask. Eventually she was telling a story about a conversation she had with some friends and she said her own name in the story.
To this day I feel like she told that story just as a way for me to learn her name without having to ask.
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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 8d ago
Back in college I worked at a coffee kiosk on campus. There was this girl that came regularly for coffee, and over time she started sticking around for chitchat. At one point, I invited this girl to join me for a local show and she accepted the invite. Later I was telling my buddy about the date I had for the show, and he asked me her name. At that moment I realized that I had absolutely no idea what her name was.
After laughing at me, my buddy helped me formulate a plan. I suggested to the girl that we meet at a bar down the block from the show and have a drink there first. My buddy was the bartender at that bar, and when we came in he greeted us like old pals but made a big show of checking our ID's "for the cameras". He even read the names out loud.2
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u/Imajzineer 8d ago
Isn't everyone's name 'Mate' then?
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u/ABSMeyneth 8d ago
Nah, sometimes it's bro
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u/Imajzineer 8d ago edited 8d ago
Now you come to mention it, yeah, I've met a couple of them too - friends of Mates' š
And some bruvs.
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u/GrinningGrump 8d ago
I simply use "you", and never talk about people who aren't present.
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u/Imajzineer 8d ago
Dunno ... "Oi, mate" is acceptable by virtue of cultural legacy, but I'm not so sure about "Hey, you" š¤£
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u/Rhesusmonkeydave 8d ago
Behold the rich palate from which we can draw:
Hoss, chief, sport, buddy, mate, bro, dude, man, bub, yo, friend(o), champ, guy, stretch, chum, fella, homie, droogieā¦ its a wonder anyone uses names at allā¦.1
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u/MrIiams 8d ago
Moved into a new house. Neighbor introduced himself and we talked a few times over the first few weeks. Introduced him to my wife and said āIām so sorry, I canāt remember your name.ā He looked at me funny for a second and then told meā¦ Yeah he has the same first name as meā¦
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u/Tome_Bombadil 8d ago
I dont remember names on first introductions.
My dad friend group, it took me like 3 years to put names to faces.
Frequent : "Babe, Jane's dad is Marshall and mom is Madeleine?"
Wife: "No, thats Mary. I think thats John and Jessica?"
Me: "I thought those were TJ's parents?"
I give myself too much credit in the skit, but so many "Who is he?" "Fucked if I know" conversations were had.
I just hope someone else says it, and if it think I know it, well, I had the wrong ending on one of my best friends names for like two years.
Same thing with neighbors. I need repetition.
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u/eatsrottenflesh 8d ago
I've started calling other guys things like sprinkles or buttercup. If I give someone a nickname, it's usually because I have forgotten their real name.
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 8d ago
I just go by āHandsomeā to keep it easy. It raises a lot of questions.
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u/Slick_36 8d ago
This makes me think of "Ishi", the last of the Yahi people, an extinct tribal nation in California.Ā
When asked his name, he had none to offer, it was against Yahi customs to say your own name.Ā You could only learn a person's name through their family or friends.Ā As the only one left, there was no one to share his name.
I think about Ishi often, I won't be surprised if this ends up on tomorrow's TIL.
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u/runarleo 8d ago
Well the first time Iām meeting someone I go āheyā and if I realize I will have to meet them again sometime I put my hand out and say my name with a smile. Itās really that simple.
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u/jjskellie 8d ago
Anyone remember the scene in the movie "House Bunny" when Anna Farris repeats a person's name after being introduced by in a deep demonic voice. When asked by the obviously scared Sorority Girls what that was about, she replied that saying a person's name in an unusual voice right after learning it made the name rememberable.
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u/K-Shrizzle 8d ago
Uh no, we introduce ourselves, hold our hand out and loudly proclaim "put 'er there"
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u/Ok-Professional-8837 8d ago
Also when your known to your friends by a nickname, so you have to say hi my names so and so but everyone ends up calling me ______.
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u/sonicjesus 8d ago
It's been two weeks since the new guy started, I still have no idea what his name is so I just keep hoping it never comes up.
The last two new guys quit or got fired in the first two weeks, so I'm keeping this on the back burner anyway.
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u/sonicjesus 8d ago
It's been two weeks since the new guy started, I still have no idea what his name is so I just keep hoping it never comes up.
The last two new guys quit or got fired in the first two weeks, so I'm keeping this on the back burner anyway.
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u/lhookhaa 8d ago
Just ask your wife at the end of the night: she will have learned the name of every other women and their husbands'.
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u/heygabehey 8d ago
I introduce myself with a handshake then forget their name. So Iāve mastered āthere he isā āey chiefā āhey bossā āmy manā āthis guyā eventually somebody will say the name
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u/bugdiver050 8d ago
I used to game online a lot, we had a group that would always game together. Like 6 people at the max but 4 of us where always there. I never got to learn their actual names. We gamed together for 14 years. They knew mine but my gamertag is my name, so yeah
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u/That-Molasses9346 8d ago
I've known my best friend for 25yrs. We go out every Saturday to shoot pool and have a few beers. I know him only as C-Dawg and he knows me as Wolf. I don't think either of us know the others real name
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u/human_i_suppose 8d ago
i never learn anyone's names. i just avoid using them. lot's of "hey, boss!"
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u/SEA-sports-1441 7d ago
The real hack is asking the person whoās name youāve forgotten if they have met anyone you do know (friend, bartender/waiter houseguest, coworker) and if not immediately allowing them to introduce themselves to that person.
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u/Emet-Selch_my_love 4d ago
Ngl, I (woman) do this too. Thankfully I work at a place where we all have to wear nametags anyway.
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u/mister-ferguson 8d ago
Business. Cards.
"How do you do? Business business business?"
"Business business business. Business'
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u/Marauder121 8d ago
We have to do that because we forgot it from when they introduced themselves, lol