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In a business setting, one gets introduced to a lot of people.
In my experience, the next time you see them, you can
remember the company they work for but not their name.
This is because generally their name will be something fairly
ordinary - i.e. not distinctive enough to make you remember
it
simply because it's extraordinary - and yet it will also be novel
- that is to say, you don't already know anyone with exactly
that name, so your mind doesn't automatically make any
associations (e.g. "Oh yeah - he's the guy with the same name
as that idiot who used to beat me up at school").
So, what
I propose is this. For professional and business use people
should adopt names which will be easily remembered. They
will do this by taking names which everyone already knows,
such as famous historical figures, celebrities, etc. If your bank
manager's name was Brad Pitt or Lucretia Borgia, you'd
probably remember it, wouldn't you?
New Surnames
http://www.halfbake...idea/New_20Surnames
A different take. [phoenix, May 25 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
full name as RL moniker
http://www.halfbake...20as_20RL_20moniker
A different take. [phoenix, May 25 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
New Identity Island
http://www.halfbake...20Identity_20Island
Where to get your name. [phoenix, May 25 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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Lucretia Pitt, may I introduce you to Brad Borgia, Brad - Lucretia. what would you like to drink? Oh not that slightly bubbly one dear. |
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It works until every other guy's name is Brad Pitt, then how do you tell them apart? |
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Maybe it would be easier if we didn't have names at all, just made up our own names to call each other. |
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Or you could just say the persons name three times through out your conversation with them. Once when you meet, once with a direct question , once when you say good-bye. Simple. |
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I always forget peoples names. I've forgotten my housemate of nearly a year's name several times recently. She's not the first one. |
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I can normally get by with "our good friend here" or "you." |
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I had a business associate that once introduced me as "Forrest Gump" to another business contact....it was pretty funny and that guy has never forgotten my first name....actually, this has happened a few times since the movie came out. |
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On the other hand, I once had a man call me Mr. Woods. Seems he remembered my name as Forrest Woods instead of Forrest Green. |
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Most people are disappointed or offended when others forget their names. If using a name like, oh, Bart Simpson, one could not really take these little lapses personally. I need a name in my face on more than one occasion before I'll definitely remember. Maybe a bit of humility would help. If people weren't so sensitive about their imagined importance and didn't feel so threatened by indications to the contrary, maybe they could stop stressing one another about it and this wouldn't be a problem. Yeah, and maybe the world population will stop growing. |
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I always try to make up things that rhyme with the person's name. Such as for my buddy Dan, is known as "Dan the man with the bright blue pants". Never forgot that. It works until stupid people come up with names that don't rhyme with anything! :) |
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Just as long as you never actually introduce him to
someone as "Dan the man with the bright blue pants"... |
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