This past Wednesday I saw someone I knew while I was going to the library to print out my response paper and we started a conversation. During that conversation, we discovered that neither one of us remembered where we had met each other. We still haven\u2019t figured it out yet.<\/p>\n
UPS is a small school so you will run into faces you recognize. You will not necessarily remember, the names, majors, or places attached to those faces. If you\u2019re lucky you might recall some random fact about the person i.e. that they once worked a lousy housekeeping job at a hotel somewhere. Tonight I had the following conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know we\u2019ve met but I can\u2019t remember where. Can you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in your memoir class and I\u2019m a friend of Laura\u2019s. We\u2019ve eaten lunch together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh. Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t feel bad though, I didn\u2019t specifically introduce myself. I\u2019m just really good at remembering faces.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you have any tricks for that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019m just good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
While this is nice for her, it doesn\u2019t do much for the rest of us. My theory is that our minds are so stuffed full of academics that there\u2019s no room for little details like people\u2019s names, or by the end of final\u2019s week, our own names. My thesis, internship, and connections presentation are all fighting each other for space in my brain. Things like other people\u2019s majors don\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n
When I forget who someone is I smile and ask where we\u2019ve met before. This usually works pretty well. Most of us here at UPS are friendly. We\u2019re not going to freak out if someone forgets a name. We\u2019ll just watch you blush while we reintroduce ourselves. We may even tell you something new that helps you remember us next time.<\/p>\n
So the upshot is; if you forget names you\u2019re not alone. I do it too, more often than I would like. Also, if I forgot your name at some point, I\u2019m sorry. Consider this my blush.<\/p>\n
PS: I finally found out where I met the girl in the library. It was at logjam last semester. So there is hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This past Wednesday I saw someone I knew while I was going to the library to print out my response paper and we started a conversation. During that conversation, we discovered that neither one of us remembered where we had … Continue reading