Which is best: asking an acquaintance "What's your name again?", hoping they don't notice you don't remember their name, or guessing their name and being wrong?
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posted by escabeche
on Jul 10, 2012 -
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How do I talk to people whose work I admire without coming across as starstruck, opportunistic, tactless, or otherwise obnoxious?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 11, 2012 -
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Mind-reading Filter: What does this mean - "Well, I'm totally booked up this week... I don't know what my schedule is next week."
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posted by XMLicious
on Aug 10, 2010 -
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Every time I hear a journalist say "Tell me about ..." when interviewing someone on television, I get really annoyed. It seems so incredibly presumptuous, pompous and impolite to demand an answer of a guest like that. Yet it happens all over the world. Is this standard journalistic practice? What's the reasoning behind it? Anyone else feel the same way or am I being a relic?
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posted by zaebiz
on May 9, 2008 -
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In a meet-and-greet setting, when talking to someone and someone else comes by and interrupts, what's the gracious way of dealing with it?
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posted by perpetualstroll
on Nov 24, 2006 -
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After much struggle, I am finally getting good at remembering people's names. This new skill has opened a new avenue of embarrassment for me, though. I now frequently greet acquaintances by name, but often when I do so, they can't remember my name even though it's obvious they want to. What's the most gracious way of reminding someone of your name while minimizing embarrassment all around?
(posted by amtho's fiance)
posted by amtho
on Apr 16, 2006 -
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This is for a friend, I swear!
I’ve got a big date tonight and as all of you know from being my friend, though I may be a stellar conversationalist, I don’t have a good sense of boundaries and what are appropriate 1st date questions to ask. So can you all send me a list? It may also be helpful to give me a list of things not to say.
posted by rschroed
on Oct 29, 2004 -
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