I'm a bit like that too
Quite often people come up to me and start speaking like they're old friends (which they often are) and I've not a bloody clue who they are.

I'm not much good at faking it though. If I can't pick up enough clues in the first few seconds of conversation, the gormless look on my face and my monosyllabic answers usually are enough of a giveaway for the other person to say, "You don't remember me, do you?"

I have to then explain that it's nothing personal and that I have poor powers of recognition. But some people still feel offended. Oh well.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 14:08, Reply)