Names

[Jessweeee♪]

I'm bad with names. I never remember them when people introduce themselves. I don't want to seem like I didn't care, so I'm afraid to ask them for their names again. Since I've moved to a new place I've been meeting so many people and I only remember a handful of names



ITT: We discuss our problems with names

[Jiro]

There's some tricks to remembering people's names when you first meet them. I forget a lot of them but I'll try and help you (because I have the same problem).

Step One - LISTEN
Step Two - Make a... rhyme I guess we'll call it, with the person's name. So like, Jess chess or Jess mess etc.
Step Three - Say their name a lot during your first meeting. Just not too much.

Yeah I wasn't listening when they taught me this at some little seminar. I usually remember the last person I meet, the rest become jumbled. I should focus on each person individually xD

[Jessweeee♪]

Hmm...if I can remember that the next time I get a name it would probably help a lot!

[Jiro]

I don't remember it either so I just wing it by never using their name, just call them buddy or mate or sweetheart or something

[Blue Harvest]

I used to be terrible at remembering names but nowadays I'm pretty good at it.

[Rodarian]

I can recall several times that I've spoken with someone so intensely, yet I fail to ask them their names!! XD XD

Ah well..

Also I hate asking names on the phone...Actually I hate talking on the phone...I like to be brief and to the point.. :P

[Timekeeper]

Sometimes I remember names, sometimes I don't, but following what Jiro said...
Basic Instructions - How to Remember Names

Same idea, and it's humorous!

[rubah]

my problem is I associate their name with their clothes. So unless they're unique looking somehow, I don't remember their faces when they come back the next day with different clothes ._.

[Quindiana Jones]

Sarah, Emma, Emma, Kate, Amy, Basa, Yev, Esther, Ross, Emma, Alex, Leo, and the other girl.

Those are the people I met at midday today. Emma number 2 was quite hot, as was Sarah and Kate. I have a good Classics class.

[Raistlin]

I am the exact same as Jesswee. I can't remember new people's names to save my life. It takes at least a couple reintroductions (or at least hearing someone else say their name) before it sticks. This process can take weeks.

[Jojee]

I'm bad with names on a normal basis. When I try, I'm decent at them - I only try at interviews though, and I'm pretty much repeating the person's name in my head the whole time because it'd be embarrassing if I called them by the wrong name and they'd never hire me.

[Bunny]

I'm decent at remembering names if I see myself ever talking to the person again. Most of the time I have no interest in the individual and will completely forget everything about them after the meeting. Some people make good impressions though.

[Kirobaito]

If I'm actually paying attention when someone introduces themselves, I don't forget it.

[VexNet]

my girlfriend calls me by her brother and friend's name all the time @_@;;
she says it's a genetic thing since her dad calls her by her mom's name a lot.

but I'm fine with names. =]

[Freya]

I'm horrible at names. Hell in highschool a girl I talked to for an entire semester I couldn't figure her name out so I just called her honey.

I just can't focus on names! I'm usually introduced to a bunch of people at a time though so it just all gets jumbled!