Ann Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Are you better at remembering names or faces? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve for remembering names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ann, For me the only way to remember names is to use the name when I'm introduced to a person, so ''Glad to meet you Mr/Mrs so and so'' Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm usually much better at faces than remembering names but not always. I tend to associate faces with the places that I usually see the person, so when I see that person somewhere else I have a hard time remembering exactly who they are. For instance, I have been going into one little shop here for years. I know the owner, know her name and always call her by name when I go into the shop. Well...I saw her at Target once and totally couldn't remember who she was. Eventually, it hit me who she was but what a scary feeling until I remembered. For weeks, I was sure that Alzheimer and I were destined to meet. Unfortunately, I don't have any good tips for remembering names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchurchi Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I am good at remembering names. I think work has much to do with that as I need to know the names of all my files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda661 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm much better at remembering faces. As hard as I try, I usually end up re-asking several times what the person's name is of anyone new I meet...unless I can immediately link their name to something or some situation I can easily bring up or their name is so very unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ztweb Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 As a teacher, I should be good with names, but I am not. I am better with faces... However, I do have my students tell me one interesting fact about themselves, which helps. Just the other day, I said to a student..."Yeah, you're the guy who eats breakfast for every meal," and he just laughed! Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Faces. On names, I try to put together some phrase that helps me. For example, a guy in the gym was named Albert (hey, hey, hey, fat Albert!). He wasn't fat,but the phrase helped me remember. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I am so much better with faces, BUT I gotta admit that I can remember ALMOST most of thenames of the kids I taught over 34 years. Sometimes it freaks them out when I see them at the mall and can call them by name. I only wish I could remmeber important stuff now......like my husband's name, ya know. Sometimes I worry. Kasey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I am definately a faces person. I see SO many people from day to day working in a hospital I can't keep track of them all. It's really funny when I don't recognize a face when I'm out shopping. Someone will say,"Hi! Do you remember us? You took care of my daughter", and she is standing there in front of me. I am totally blank and then I say,"That must have been my sister, my twin sister." She's a nurse. (I really do have a twin sister, and she is a nurse.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I am much better at faces...I remember people from years ago, but can't tell you their name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Faces--I can never remember names for the life of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Lamb Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 What was the question again?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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