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I go with, "What's your name again?". When they tell me their first name, I say, "No sorry, I meant your last name?". Works every time.
by BurpIntruder 8y ago
I go with, "What's your name again?". When they tell me their first name, I say, "No sorry, I meant your last name?".
Works every time.
- 121789 8y agoNo it doesn’t. Everyone with a mild bit of common sense knows what you’re doing
- drb91 8y agoWhat, they refuse to answer? How rude.
- b_tterc_p 8y agoThey’ll play along, but be aware that not only have you forgotten their name, you also believe you can fool them into thinking you didn’t
- kakarot 8y agoYeah it's double patronizing. It's worse than just coming clean and shifting the burden to yourself by acknowledging your poor memory skills.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoAs rude as lying to save face?
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- drb91 8y agoThe lie would be for the benefit of the person whose name was forgotten, not to "save face". From what, forgetting a name? Nothing is more human. I do agree that to lie at all is a terrible idea.
- coldtea 8y agoThe goals wasn't to relearn their name, but to relearn it while not showing that you forget it. The latter part is what fails...
- oh_sigh 8y agoWhy would you be asking what someone's last name is, especially by asking "what's your name again?"
- dj43nq 8y agoNeat trick but it shouldn't be the only one you have. Which is to say it isn't the best way to proceed.