[poll] faces, finding people in a crowd

[wispfox]

Wanted to do a poll about visualizing people's faces, as well as relating to the fact that I have a hell of a time finding people in a crowd. Exhausted, but wanted to do this before I forgot. :)

[Poll #341839]

Comments

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I (try to) use the method of repeating a person's name back to them after they say it. It helps a bit, but I also warn them that I can be bad with names.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Repeating appears to have no useful effect for me. Names of things I've not seen written just don't seem to make it from short term memory to long term.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Ask for business cards.

Carry a small notebook where people (or you) can write their names down.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Might work, if I were likely to remember to _use_ it. :)

I often don't realize that someone's name is something I want to learn - since I don't bother learning a name if I'm not going to interact with them enough to have a place to put it - until after I've interacted with them for a while!

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Vicious circle of name-forgetting! ;)