I don’t really understand whats wrong with my ability to remember people. I am not able to recollect names when I see people and end up in really embarrassing situations.
Situation 1
Last month when I was in my village. I went to a shop. I lived in that village for almost 4 years. Had a few friends there. I saw a person approximately of my age, approaching towards me. I suspected him as one of my friends. The face looked familiar but I couldn’t recollect his name. Even after trying my best, I couldn’t.
Friend : Aur kulbir bhai kya haal hain?
Me : badhiya hai .. tum sunao.
By that time he guessed that I was not able to recollect his name.
Friend : Tum to bhool hi gaye yaar?
Me : Nahin yaar aisi kya baat hai. Bas thoda chehra dhyan nahin aa raha …
I was like WTF. Chehra dhyan nahin aa raha … naam pata nahin … wtf is left to forget about this person.
This happens quite frequently even in IIIT. I remember all the names, all the faces. But I forget the god damn mapping 🙁
Situation 2
Once a guy from UG3, XYZ was in my room regarding some Linux problem. I happened to minimize all the windows and saw a friend request from Tushar Nandwal on gtalk. I knew that Tushar Nandwal was from UG3. I just asked (for the very sake of asking) XYZ, “Tushar Nandwal tumhare batch mein hi hai na”. And he said “Sir, main hi tushar nandwal hoon.”. I was like WTF. This was one of the (because I keep facing them frequently) most embarrassing situations. Why the hell I even asked that question ?? :((
I knew XYZ by face. I knew that there is a guy Tushar Nandwal. But I never knew XYZ and Tushar Nandwal are same 🙁 May god help me 😐
PS : 3rd post on the occasion of blogging day 😀
May be you require something like DNS for mapping names with faces 🙂
Very weird problem 😛
cvit ppl can help u with face recognition..
hahaha …. I’ve got a very solid reason for this trouble of yours….. you were Ojasvi’s room mate for two years !!!! :O …. but it’s funny whenever it happens…….. 😀
man i face the exact same problem , really dont know how to cope with it 😀
The same thing happens with me, many times you have a whole conversation with someone, later to ask your friends the name of the person you just talked to.
Atleast mujhe to nahi bhoolega .. I hope ki kam se kam Saini to yaad rahega ..
@Asif man!! never thought of that .. sounds good 😀
@Srijan a combined help from cvit and ltrc would help i think 🙂
@Pankaj Shut the F*** up 😛
@Shrikant, Himank if u come across a solution, do let me know !
@Sandeep kya baat kar rahe ho sir jee …
Haha.. The second situation was hilarious 😀
This is to me ALL the time.. ALWAYS! In fact one day after watching boston legal, i got scared that it might be a precursor to madcow!
But turns out we are not alone..
http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2004/10/07/Opinions/If.You.Cant.Remember.Names.You.Are.Not.Alone-744905.shtml
, and,
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-7-Reasons-You-Cant-Remember-Names&id=1225381
Sigh of relief , ain’t it ? 😀
I too face such problem, but in a different way. I take some time to remember a person’s face and name and when I remember it, I almost never forget! 🙂
I can understand how embarrassing it can be, after reading the second situation!