Some time ago, I was walking back from the coffee shop, coffee in hand.
Hey BoomDawg! How goes it?
I looked up, a dude in my work was walking toward me with a big smile on his face. I knew him. Kind of. I definitely knew him. Yeah, it was... It was... that dude. Oh damn. I couldn't remember his name?
Too late though, my mouth had engaged like a crypto-kitty eating Etherium biscuits.
Hey, Barrmf?..
Barrmf stopped, an annoyed look on his face.
It's Brian, man? Brian! Come on man, every time?! Why can't you remember my name, we worked together on the big Oracle Upgrade a couple of years ago, remember?
I grinned whilst trying not to look sheepish which made me look as if I was suffering a debilitating stroke.
Ha! Of course! Brian man! Gotta run, catch you later.
I walked on.
As I got into work I thought about poor thingmybob. He was right, I had forgotten his name countless times. It just seemed to slip through my grasp for whatever reason.
Like the time I had bumped into him in the toilet.
Hey Boomdawg.
Hey Joe.
Brian had looked at me incredulously.
No man, Joe was the guy who sat beside me?! It's Brian!
I had laughed manically.
Of course man, silly me. Sorry, been a long day.
He had given me a look as if I had left him in a car on a hot sunny afternoon.
Or there was the time I had bumped into him on the stairs.
Alright BoomDawg!
I had looked up in surprise and realised that I had no idea who he was. At least, my brain had no idea, my mouth on the other hand kicked into gear and before I could clamp it shut, opened and started flapping like a tent on a windswept moor.
Oh hey... Mrrmmmbb?
I had mumbled the last bit hoping that it might have passed for any old name.
He had looked at me with no little disdain, like he had caught me farting in his coffee cup.
It's bloody Brian, mate. Fuck sake.
Then there was the time we had been in a meeting together. He had looked at me sulkily over the table.
Hello BoomDawg.
I looked back at him.
This time. This time I knew it. I tilted my head up in a smug nod.
Yo... Erm... Umra... umb... Barb??
He made a mournful noise like a dog trapped in a cellar.
Brian.
He said flatly.
This plainly could not go on. Most people have the decency not to get all chips in their knickers if I can't remember their name but this one. Hmm, he was a problem.
One thing they say about me though is that I approach a problem head-on.
The next time I saw him I lifted my head up high.
He saw me coming. I saw a mix of emotions on his face. He was obviously deciding whether or not to even say hello seeing as how I couldn't ever remember who he was.
I grasped the bull by the horns.
Alright Mikey!
I drawled.
He stopped dead in his tracks. For a moment I thought he was going to punch me.
He looked incredulous.
Mikey?! Mikey?!?! It's fucking Brian?!
I tutted.
You think they will let you get away with that kind of talk in Prison, Mikey?
He shook his head and walked on muttering something about someone being a bastard.
I carried on with a spring in my step.
Poor Mikey. He had a lot to learn.
Bahahahahahaha, Obviously a name or person not worth remembering. I work in a huge school and we have over 50 teachers on staff. With so much changing from year to year and because you work closely with your division group, there are lots of staff who I don't know by name. I refuse to even try to pretend I know their names. I simply wave and say hello. I feel bad when they use my name and I don't reciprocate but it is safer that way. I will even warn the good lady before we attend a party or staff event. "If I don't introduce you personally it is not that I am rude, I just don't know their name." Now, she will introduce herself and they will give the name. I have it down to a science.
That's a good call with the good lady, I will need to remember that one for future use! I normally don't mind not knowing some folks names but his just deviled me because I always felt like I did know it right up until I tried to say it
100% upvote from @betgames :)
I am usually good at remembering names, but I had one work colleague that for the life of me I could never remember her name. Probably because I really couldn't stand being in the same room as her for more than 10 seconds! I did chance upon her in the coffee room, when I happened to catch the tail end of a rather interesting conversation. Another colleague was caught saying...just because there is snow on the top, doesn't mean there is not a fire in the mountain... referring to her snow-white hair and trying not too successfully to entice her out on a date! I just cracked up. From then on, she became known as old snowy! Problem solved!
Aha, now that's what you want, a handy nickname. That's quite a cracker too!!
Lol. I think I will have to use that at some point. Not charging up a lady of course, I all far cruder and sophisticated ;0)
A coffeeshop as in a place where you buy coffee?
If you mean coffeeshop as in described below, I think I know why you keep forgetting his name! Did you order cake as well?
(Note to readers in holland you coffeeshops are places where you can buy weed legally).
hehe, boring! >.<
Just a bit :0D
Haha, in in the uk so just regular coffee!! Although they would be a fine reason to forget!! Lol
Lol. I have done it many times by not calling them the right name though. I just don't call them anything more like "good to see you". You tend to remember names of people that mean something to you. The one girl at work I always get her name mixed up and don't anymore as she sounds like a certain chocolate bar.
That's my normal strategy! Not saying they're name but with Mikey I just can't stop attempting it!
Then it's Mikey's fault for having a shitty name that no one can remember.
My thoughts exactly. Serve him right! He hates being called Mikey. I like that aspect of it. Hehe
I think it's something as normal as drinking coffee The fact of forgetting the name of the person you're talking to lol
I do agree! Crazy!
I am terrible with names too ...its when i cant remember my own i begin to worry...lol
upvoted and resteemed
There is only one name that matters and that is your own! :OD
This happens to me all the time. I don't understand how they remember my name when i can't remember theirs. so i just say 'hi' and hope they don't ask follow up questions.
I think I might just start punching them in the balls :0D
That will certainly help them to remember you :)
Without a doubt!
'Brian'. Yeah, I pronounce that name flatly too.
Now 'Robson', I can can get excited about... not like that though... I'll leave now.
Ooer, yes indeed. Leave quickly before it all goes to pot!!
It's a sign of getting old @meesterboom
There ye go Boom! :P
Haha, that could very well be true! :0)
howdy sir meesterboom! haha! a common problem that commoners have! oh, is this a true story? then it's a common problem that ALL of us humans have, no matter how elite they are! " flapping like a tent on a windswept moor." lol.
you consistently have the most creative use of adjectives of anybody. and I'm not commenting for a comment or vote. lol. God bless you sir, only took me 12 hours to get to this post today, not bad.
12 hours, is not bad considering the commenting you do!! Haha, I like to think the same on the descriptive adjectives front :0D
sir meesterboom..forgive me but I don't know what this means.."I like to think the same in the adjectives front " ..perhaps it's a slight language thing? you like to take 12 hours to think of adjectives? nonono..I give up..but it's almost 1 am and I'm getting steemit brain fog! lol.
Lol, no. When you said it only took 12 hours to get to it I was like, that's quite good considering the contents you write!
I don't even take a minute to think of an adjective, they just fall out of my mouth. Lol!
haha! they just fall out of your mouth! well that is a true gift if you don't have to think them up but then it also brings your mental state into question after seeing some of them! lol.
It's outrageously creative though so this is the perfect platform for you.
Who said I comment alot? I didn't see you in Asher's Engagement League so I figured I was incognito.
I've been reading your posts since I got on here but usually by the time I get to them there are dozens of comments, I start reading them and they are so good that I didn't want to sound stupid so I never commented! lol.
You have some great readers! very clever and sharp.
But then after I got some sp built up I said man i gotta at least let meesterboom know that I appreciate his skill so I started commenting a little.
It was recently that I came across Ashers posts, particularly his League and boom! You are on top of it! Hehe. That's some good work!!
And thank you. That's what I love about here the chance to put the madness down on paper as it were :0)
oh ok..thank you, I try..lol...the first sentence.
the second sentence..ha! yes the outrageously gloriously entertaining madness that we all get to enjoy, steemit is perfect for you sir, where did you write before or would anyone else ALLOW you to write freely before? lol.
Well, theoretically you should remember his name now right XD LoL! Poor
MikeyBrian XDA friend's favourite technique for forgotten names was just using friend labels, the ones he gave me as examples were the usual "mate", "buddy" and because he was wanting to be ridiculous/amusing, "chief".
I used to think my inability to remember names was a terrible flaw on my part as no one else seemed to struggle, later found out it's actually to do with how my brain is wired (slightly oddly) so I warn people now that I'll try to remember but it will probably take me numerous meetings before I remember their name. And for gaming/online people they really need to introduce themselves by whatever name they want me to use first otherwise they'll be stuck with the nym forever XD
I suspect my brain is wired up in entirely the same way. I am the same as your friend using dude and man. It works a treat except for good old Mikey!
This guy expected everyone to remember his name as if he was someone important. It was good you taught him a number of lessons by saying his name wrongly or incoherently. Serve him right! Upvoted!
That's what life is all about, them lessons!
Bwahahaahaaa, brilliant! Well, not so much so for Brian, Barb, Mikey, or whatever his actual name is.
Dude, I struggle with the same thing. It's not always the case though. Some names I remember, others not. Meh, guess it's just easier to associate certain names with people via some memory of sorts.
Cool, cheers Adrian, until next time.
Adrian!! My middle name!! Nah, lol.
Yeah, I am terrible for it but usually substitute dude or man in place of a name. Lol!!
Cool dude. Cheerio
I don't need to remember your name. You are simply a part of me, My own self encompasses and overrules you.
Solipsism makes life so much easier.
Honestly, just reference solipsism to him as an excuse. If he finds it amusing, he'll forgive your forgetfulness, if not, he's not worth knowing.
Just end the poor peon's measly existence, after all, he's merely a lesser aspect of thy mighty self, created for your amusement. For what is a gentleman, if not a god. (not a fire. definitely not a fire)
Perhaps I should end it all for him. After all, it must be a miserable existence just existing and no one noticing! Haha
I mean, he is noticed. Just not cared about. Don't you feel truly sorry for his meager existence, insignificant to the point of his creator forgetting his very name?
If I felt sorry for such peonry then wouldn't I be weak like them!!
Just a touch of pity, such a misfortune he was granted such a meager existence. Not enough to spare him, of course, but just a touch. You know, the sort of pity which drives a fellow mad, for it wounds his pitiful pride.
A touch them, yes. I think a touch is more than enough!
My husband is a cab driver and interacts with so many ppl every day that sometimes when we are out in public off shift, he'll run into someone who recognizes him but he can't remember their name. A cheery, "Hey, how are you?" Works wonders. He also breaks down most times and asks the person their name. :-D
It's the breakdown that's hard to avoid!! Hehe!
ha!
LOL. So at what point did you really remember his name, but pretended not to, in order to see his reaction? Good ole Mikey. Yes he has much to learn if he wants to survive prison, er um the real world.
I still forget his name, today
It's a blessing to call him Mikey because it saves me fumbling in the dark!!
lol that is awesome! :)
😁🤣 This one is one of my favorites, thanks. You have made my day. 👌
You never voted. I class this as spam. If you comment again I will flag you
In fact you have 100% voting power do obviously don't really vote on anyone
And please don't reply, I am not interested
Never? the posts "Thursdays With Uncle Boom #57", "Boss", "No Chance" I did. And if you don't care it's ok, but people who reading the comments needs to know the other part of this accusation, And yes sometimes I don't vote becauses I forget, simple as that, I've been on this platform for a short time.
sigh
Yesterday you voted after I replied to you. I presume because I didn't upvote your comment.
Today you never voted at all. Just left a generic comment in the hope of an upvote.
Honestly, look at how long I have been on here? Do you not think I haven't seen this shit countless times?
I used to just flag the comments without warning so consider yourself lucky I am attempting to be nicer to new folk who spam for upvotes in the hope that they are just learning the ropes and genuinely don't know how it looks when you comment without voting.
Because it looks bad
Because it looks spammy
Ok, then do not say "never" and I accept my mistake for not voting this post and write a comment, do not worry I will not comment more on your post, I like the stories you publish and I will keep reading. I do not feel lucky, if this is just a warning ok but also if you think that this is something that harms steem you can use the red flag, I have seen much worse things here and nobody say or do something because they have more power than You, the good thing of blockchain is the transparency and anyone can check that I really voted your previous posts.
I do think it harms steemit yes
Ha ha
Le deseo un buen fin de semana, un abrazo desde Venezuela. Visite mi blog
Your blog and postings are very funny and perfect, when reading your post makes me laugh funny. I like it, happy to get to know you.
Thank you
You are welcome
The Origin of Mikey!! Finally! I can't believe my eyes. Why did it take so long to chronicle this crucial tale? He has been such an integral part in detectivity, that I feel like he deserved a post all to his own. Moving forward, if this is any indication, I feel like Mikey would be even more crucial to how everything fits together. Heck, someone might say that he's the key to all of it!
They key that turns but no-one sees!!!
Hehe, I am glad that at least one person has sussed that yes indeed this is Mikey of the detectivity fame¬ :O)
But of course! As the unofficial curator of the bibliBROteca, I would be remiss if I didn't notice this! My back is spared from whiplash!
If I can save one back then can I save them all?
Can I?
Should I?
I hate to break it to you, especially since I think we all are capable of being gods, and being the bearer of bad news is never a title I would want to have, but no. No, you can't.
But, should you try? Yes, definitely. Yes, you should.
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