How To Make Excuses When You Forget Someone's Name

Have you ever run into somebody that you met before but eventually you forget his or her name? I do and it happens to me all the time. I mean, I’m not bad with names. Let me spell it clear here – I don’t forget people, I just choose to forget. Of course, I have a little requirement to remember a person. First, he or she has to tell me his or her real, if not complete, name. Second, if I only know of somebody by his or her nickname, consider it a short term memory data, which I often erase once in awhile.

So when I bump into someone I previously met or know him or her by nickname or worse yet by his or her face, I smile. Yes, I just smile it all away. I often play safe in a conversation that does not include name-calling. If I’m interested to know the name, well I might ask outright with another smile. This time, it has to be a cute smile. But if I’m not interested, I still smile and make a good excuse to get going.

I don’t want to be rude, which is why many smiles are my many excuses. Nobody can resist a nice and kind smile.