You Meet Someone. They Tell You Their Name. How Quick Before You Forget It?

[Mr. Ected]

Me? The name gets lost in the shuffle in between seconds 0.01 and 0.02.

How about you?

On edit: And even worse - Doesn't it drive you crazy when they remember YOUR name and use it more often in conversation than necessary, KNOWING you forgot their name? AAARRGGH!

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Welcome to DU!!!!!

I won't remember you, sorry.

[csziggy]

2. In nanoseconds. Though I've tried paying attention, I seldom catch people's names

Now I usually ask for a business card and read the name - I retain printed stuff I read better than anything I hear.

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. I can recall a face AND/OR a voice from a quarter century ago. Names...

gone in .000001 seconds. Not so good in my line of work.

[Moondog]

10. + 1. I thought I was the only one with that particular quirk.

[mainegreen]

4. As far as I'm concerned, everyone is named 'hey you'

[datasuspect]

20. i usually call all staff members "nancy"

regardless of their gender.

[lizziegrace]

5. Immediately

I'm terrible with names... :(

[S n o w b a l l]

6. I learned how to remember names in Dale Carnegie class...

There are 3 steps...but I forgot the steps.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Eric. My next door neighbor's name is Eric. I had to write it on the

kitchen whiteboard after asking him for the 5th time. :blush:

[Richardo]

8. Forget what?

I'm terrible with names, and it only takes a small amount of concentration to retain them.

[maxsolomon]

9. i try to make a point of repeating their name while looking them in the eye

but it doesn't always work, particularly when you're being introduced to a group.

[Kali]

15. I do that too now. Made it a habit.

Doesn't help, though.:rofl:

[Shell Beau]

26. Yep! Doesn't help me at all! I usually remember the face,

but unless I have met you several times, I probably have no clue as to what your name is.

[NJmaverick]

11. pretty much the same thing

:(

[AllieB]

12. Instantaneously. But I never forget a face.

:-)

[midnight armadillo]

27. Same here. But I'll remember the face for about 10 years.

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[SCantiGOP]

13. what was the question again?

short little attention span..........

[undeterred]

14. I try to immediately associate it with someone else

I know who has the same name. Doesn't always work.

[Kat45]

16. Immediately.

Making matters worse, I'm not real good at remembering faces either. :shrug:

[bigwillq]

17. Sometimes rather quickly.

Other times I remember it well.

[cwydro]

18. I'm terrible at names,

but am trying to always remember to repeat the name immediately. That really does work.

[I Have A Dream]

19. Immediately.

I rarely forget a face, but names are impossible for me. (During introductions at least.)

[rucky]

21. At business meetings, I remember names

by singing the bananafana song. People love it! (i think)

[applegrove]

22. me too.

[Zavulon]

23. Depends. Hot woman, I remember. Male or unattractive woman, I forget their names within a minute. NT

[flvegan]

24. How hot is she?

[Shell Beau]

25. I am terrible. It is like they don't even tell me their name.

I hate it because it can be very embarrassing.

[triguy46]

28. Immediately. Worlds worst, I mean it, I'M THE WORLD'S FRICKING WORST W/NAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I usually fall back on "honey."

[surrealAmerican]

29. I generally forget the beginning of the name before ...

... they've said the end of it. I seriously need to hear most names three or four times before I have any recollection, and even then I'm more likely to think of some other name that only sounds similar to me.