#988 Remembering someone's name after they leave

You're out and about, minding your own business, taking care of a few things and oh, look, it's that kid you met last night. What was his name again? Your close buddy introduced you two and you guys really hit it off last night.

Maybe he's just passing you, in which case, if you're a male, you can just get away with the head nod and maybe a casual "what up" or fist bump. If you're a girl, maybe you get by with the polite, elongated "hhhhiiiiiiii," and maybe a quick side-hug. As long as he doesn't address you by...oh, yeah, he got your name right. Damn.

You're no rookie to this game though. You know how to successfully get by with the substitute of buddy, dude, man, pal, friend, boy, girl, jobin, or any other generic address. The bold few will go ahead and take a stab at it...and usually fail; guessing "Steve" or "Jessica" every time doesn't work.

Decent form for a side hug.

Don't worry though, no less than one minute after making a complete ass out of yourself, you'll suddenly have an epiphany of name remembrance, just in time to be too late.

It's just slightly annoying.