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25 Genius And Questionable Ways People Tried To Find Out Someone s Name After Forgetting It As Shared In This Viral Twitter Thread

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Community member Publish Not your original work? Add source Oh, that strange feeling of forgetting someone's name! Even people with the best memory can probably sometimes lose this piece of important information about a freshly met person. Of course, going totally blank 2 seconds after learning it is one thing, but some people spend quite a surprising amount of time using the wrong name or not knowing it at all. Has it ever happened to you that you forgot a person's name immediately after someone told it to you? Well, you're not alone. Below is a list of posts shared by people on Twitter as a response to a viral Tweet. Kristen Mulrooney, who goes by @missmulrooney on Twitter, shared a simple story of how her husband just simply said "I'm sorry, I forget your name?" But turns out that people on the internet have more stories related to forgetting people's names and even more clever hacks for getting themselves out of a potentially embarrassing situation. Don't forget to vote for the best posts and leave your comments! Image source: Joao Araujo More info: Twitter This post may include affiliate links. #1 SamhainNight Report Final score: 159points POST albernistuff 4sale albernistuff 4sale Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Gonna steal this for future use. 32 32points reply View more comments #2 tykethreads Report Final score: 152points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh I thought it was pronounced, "B.O.B. or B-oooooo-b" 29 29points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 TheGrinns Report Final score: 136points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is genius....I'm gonna try it..."Hey mom......" (I really hope this joke makes sense) 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments #4 skittavly Report Final score: 120points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago If it was intentional....BURN...if it wasn't it was still a sick burn. Lol 50 50points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 juliasanders7 Report Final score: 117points POST Little king trash mouth Little king trash mouth Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Same but then I just call them "sweetie" or something instead. I've had many students over the years and could recognize most even after they left my class, but names are 100% not my thing. Terrible with them. 14 14points reply View more comments #6 mling1970 Report Final score: 112points POST Night Owl Night Owl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Dad to the rescue :D 26 26points reply View more comments #7 UncleDrewStan Report Final score: 111points POST Michigan Guy Michigan Guy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago actually laffed out loud at this. my high school chemistry teacher called me Eric the entire year. I never bothered correcting him, i was the only "Eric" in the class. and no...my name isn't eric... 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 Kagonu Report Final score: 95points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is a good one...I must remember this. 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 laurenmychael Report Final score: 92points POST Michigan Guy Michigan Guy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago nods. i have never used 'whistledick,' but i like it. besides just warning folks i'll be asking their names again a few times....i've been known to give individual folks their own individual nicknames. for whatever reason, a name i give them sticks in my head better than the name they actually have. weird, really... 6 6points reply View more comments #10 JenLRossman Report Final score: 86points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Do you remember the name of the dog? You can say it in jest like..."Hello, father of *insert dog's name*" 26 26points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 taymacintyre Report Final score: 82points POST Donkey boi Donkey boi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This would suit me! 9 9points reply View more comments #12 raisinsaretrash Report Final score: 80points POST Bear Hall Bear Hall Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "Born in 1987. Divorced, no kids. Cell number A-4501. Two counts of assault on the first degree .." 68 68points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 dorrine Report Final score: 73points POST Bear Hall Bear Hall Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "Every single time I miss a name I got hit." 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 mamato4moore Report Final score: 70points POST Kelzbelz79 Kelzbelz79 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago This is good. 6 6points reply View more comments #15 shanillashake94 Report Final score: 69points POST Tiny Dynamine Tiny Dynamine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago If you have to do that with a Portuguese woman, just call her Maria. There's a 90% chance it will be her name. 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16 70_Speaks Report Final score: 59points POST Stille20 Stille20 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That was her turn to give her name... we all forget people's names, your husband shouldn't have called you out. 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 museummomla Report Final score: 58points POST denzoren denzoren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Very clever...but my license is obscured by my bank card...that also has my name...okay...it'll work. 16 16points reply View more comments #18 DroppinFire Report Final score: 46points POST Bear Hall Bear Hall Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "My name isn't April,, joke is on you." April's fool. 14 14points reply View more comments #19 craziemamarose Report Final score: 46points POST Bear Hall Bear Hall Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Steal their mail. 17 17points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 philosimper Report Final score: 38points POST albernistuff 4sale albernistuff 4sale Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Considering all the variations that people name their kids these days....I personally know a Phred..... 27 27points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21 phelpsangelinaa Report Final score: 35points POST Unnamed Hooman Unnamed Hooman Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Huh, would this still work with Bob, Jim, Tim, Matt, or Ted? Lol, Bobb, Gym, Time, Mat, and Teed 18 18points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 CakeNDeath Report Final score: 33points POST Kelzbelz79 Kelzbelz79 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Shame, it sounded foolproof. 8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 samtheaustinP1 Report Final score: 31points POST Bear Hall Bear Hall Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago "And?" "U....E....L" 7 7points reply View more comments #24 M00NCHllLD Report Final score: 25points POST hobbitly hobbitly Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Why? Just say thanks after they tell you their name. 1 1point reply View more comments #25 ajoyd Report Final score: 23points POST Bear Hall Bear Hall Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Do you have their phone number? "Hi. I have your pizza order ready. Could you confirm your name, please?" 9 9points reply Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! 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POST Kimberley McMillan Kimberley McMillan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Customers area always making me feel like I have to remember their names. Like "remember me? I'm here all the time!" ... I see like 500 people a week. I remember no one. And then it always turns out the last time they were in (after looking at their customer profile) was 3 months ago. :- 11 11points reply Kari Panda Kari Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I always tell my co-workers, if I remember a customer‘s name, that usually means they’re a trouble maker ^^, 2 2points reply Load More Replies... Kimberley McMillan Kimberley McMillan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah I usually tend to remember the a$$holes more easily than the nice ones, too. 0 0points reply David F David F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Just tell them honestly you can't remember and could give a s**t less about them being a customer today 0 0points reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Whenever someone in that position remembers my name or my details I am always surprised. 0 0points reply Troux Troux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago FYI: If someone ever hands over their phone for *YOU* to put your number in, you are also expected to put your name in. It's the best way to hide this awkward conversation gymnastics. 7 7points reply David F David F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I wouldn't take someone's phone and get their germs on me nor would I want my fingerprints on their phone. It could be a scam. -1 -1point reply Load More Replies... Tami Tami Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When someone tells me their name for the first time I group them in my mind with other people with the same name, or think of a song that uses their name, or make up a little rhyme about it. Anything to increase the number of connections their name has in my brain. 4 4points reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good idea. I'll have to remember that! 0 0points reply Load More Replies... Load More Comments POST Kimberley McMillan Kimberley McMillan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Customers area always making me feel like I have to remember their names. Like "remember me? I'm here all the time!" ... I see like 500 people a week. I remember no one. And then it always turns out the last time they were in (after looking at their customer profile) was 3 months ago. :- 11 11points reply Kari Panda Kari Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I always tell my co-workers, if I remember a customer‘s name, that usually means they’re a trouble maker ^^, 2 2points reply Load More Replies... Kimberley McMillan Kimberley McMillan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah I usually tend to remember the a$$holes more easily than the nice ones, too. 0 0points reply David F David F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Just tell them honestly you can't remember and could give a s**t less about them being a customer today 0 0points reply littlesaresare littlesaresare Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Whenever someone in that position remembers my name or my details I am always surprised. 0 0points reply Troux Troux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago FYI: If someone ever hands over their phone for *YOU* to put your number in, you are also expected to put your name in. It's the best way to hide this awkward conversation gymnastics. 7 7points reply David F David F Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I wouldn't take someone's phone and get their germs on me nor would I want my fingerprints on their phone. It could be a scam. -1 -1point reply Load More Replies... Tami Tami Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When someone tells me their name for the first time I group them in my mind with other people with the same name, or think of a song that uses their name, or make up a little rhyme about it. Anything to increase the number of connections their name has in my brain. 4 4points reply Vicky Zar Vicky Zar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Good idea. I'll have to remember that! 0 0points reply Load More Replies... 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