Hello, My Name Isn't...
Last night I heard two fellows at a dinner party say with hubris, "Oh, I don't remember names." One person had introduced himself twice. The second time, he looked right through me to the bagels on the dining room table. Maybe he would have recalled who I was if I'd told him my middle name was Lox.
Shouldn't the name "Bliss" been enough to stick like schmeer in his brain?
I sat down with my sesame bagel, and after introducing myself, the young man next to me immediately declaimed, "I'm bad with names. I won't remember yours in 10 minutes."
A woman across the table pointed her knife at me and said, "Quick, what's her name?"
"Er, Gliss or Bliss," he said, "I'm hoping it's Gliss."
Great. Not only doesn't he care enough to make the effort to remember me, he's diss'd (gliss'd?) the Bliss.
So here's a shout-out from the woman with no name: When you don't make the effort to remember people and what they like to be called, you seem like a self-centered boor. And when you brag about it, what do you think that makes you?
I'd tell you, but I don't like name calling.
Shouldn't the name "Bliss" been enough to stick like schmeer in his brain?
I sat down with my sesame bagel, and after introducing myself, the young man next to me immediately declaimed, "I'm bad with names. I won't remember yours in 10 minutes."
A woman across the table pointed her knife at me and said, "Quick, what's her name?"
"Er, Gliss or Bliss," he said, "I'm hoping it's Gliss."
Great. Not only doesn't he care enough to make the effort to remember me, he's diss'd (gliss'd?) the Bliss.
So here's a shout-out from the woman with no name: When you don't make the effort to remember people and what they like to be called, you seem like a self-centered boor. And when you brag about it, what do you think that makes you?
I'd tell you, but I don't like name calling.
Posted by Bliss at 9/20/2010 12:32 PM 
Categories: A Peeve to Pet, Uncommon Courtesy
Tags: manners remembering names bad manners
Categories: A Peeve to Pet, Uncommon Courtesy
Tags: manners remembering names bad manners
I remember years ago learning that one should say a new name in their head at least 3 times when they meet someone at a party or networking event. The boor could easily have asked you the origin of the name, Bliss, and then maybe he would have remembered it.
These days I can barely remember anything, much less a new name, though I try.
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I am generally good with names if your someone I have met within the last 6 months or so. I have fallen victim to forgetting a name but, you have to consider one's lifestyle. Sometimes you meet so many people that it becomes difficult to remember all the details.
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