(Un)recognizable
I'm one of those people who think that other people don't remember them, especially if we weren't even properly acquainted. So I was quite surprized when in the middle of my mid-morning reverie someone stopped me on Trubarjeva Street the other day.
He: "Hi! How did the meeting go?"
Me: (a confused expression on my face, my start-with-stuttering-programme ready to roll) "Uh, um..."
He: "So, what did he say, when's our next meeting?"
And then it hit me that he was talking about my meeting our olfactory seminar mentor earlier that day. I was supposed to ask the mentor when our presentation will be; I went to see him alone as a representative of our group.
Me: "Oh, yeah, that was arranged for next week."
We exchanged a few more words and then he bade goodbye. I didn't remember him being in the same group as I was, but as we're quite a large group, so that wasn't too frustrating for someone who's reportedly good with faces'n'names.
Walking further along the street I thought: "But bloody hell, if I know how he remembered who I was and that I was to go see our mentor." Then it hit me. I was wearing a pistachio-green sweater, a skirt and pink shoes. I was carrying a large box of muffins and a large plastic bag on top of my purse. It just might be that I stood out a little in a crowd who normally wears jeans and sweaters and trainers. Maybe people do notice me only to find me impolite when I don't greet them. They might think I'm some snobby character, when in reality I don't greet them because I don't know whether they'll remember me and I don't want to (seemingly) issue "hellowhowdoyoudos" to "strangers".
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Or maybe it was preforming a specific function (being a representative) differencing you? I find that a much more plausible association.
I'm not quite sure what you mean to say, Owca.
tess is absolutely correct (in reading my mind at the very least ;)).
Thanks for that explanation, both of you! :) Yes, maybe he remembered me because of that; it's very likely that he did. I was just surprized, because I remembered a lot of people from the group, but not him.
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