I was eating lunch the other day when someone very enthusiastically said “hey shan!” I looked up, realized that I had no idea who this person was, and said “hey, what’s up?”
Usually, I feel like I remember most people I see/meet, but maybe my memory is failing me. Not only did I not know this person’s name, I wasn’t even sure he looked familiar. But we must have at least introduced ourselves to each other because he knew my name …
It would have probably been better just to ‘fess up, eh? Maybe something along the lines of “hi! I’m sorry, can you remind me of your name again?” That would have been slightly embarrassing, but not so bad. Now I’ve ruined it forever; I’ll have to try to avoid him whenever I see him. That is, whenever I see him and IF I recognize him.