Yesterday I was at the store and bumped into one of my elementary school teachers who I haven't seen in 27 years. He pretty much looked the same with the exception of more grey hair and is now strangely a minister. To be honest, I'm surprised he recognized me as I look different now than I did when I was a kid.
shareMaybe about 30 years. When my father retired from his teaching position I went to his party and saw many of my junior high teachers. It was pretty cool.
shareSo many of my former teachers in one room would be my nightmare.
shareI didn't interact with all of them. There was one teacher, though, who was really nice and one of my favorite teachers of all time, and I spent a good deal of time talking to her. My class was her first class out of college and she was the cool, fun teacher.
shareI don't want to even be in the presence of a room full of teachers. They were either assholes or creepy with the exception of maybe 3 people.
share19 years - at a supermarket, I saw the teacher I had a crush on.. We had a few e-mail exchanges 10 years prior when I was in Europe (long story)
shareLast year I (twice) came across my 5th grade teacher who I hadn't seen since probably 1995/6. I wouldn't say I "bumped" into her because she's definitely someone to avoid.
shareHow did you bump into her twice so close together?
shareIt is kind of weird actually, because she and her sister live in that area (not together) and I regularly travel through there. I've never come across her before, but I instantly recognized her.
I said 5th grade, but I actually meant 3rd. Different school systems and all.
I don't understand this pun.
shareCommon Captain Kirk fan syndrome.
sharehttps://dygtyjqp7pi0m.cloudfront.net/i/40756/35004868_4.jpg?v=8D78326BA8FD9C0
He's farting in your general direction.
Common Kirk L.
share18-19 years. I was boarding a bus around the start of 2022 & some guy stopped me, called me out by name & asked if I remembered him.
I didn't. Apparently, we went to school together. I apologised for not recognising him & told him that I genuinely SUCK at remembering faces.
I'm not exaggerating, if you're not part of my close family & friends group, I will literally forget what you look like.
I legit do not do it on purpose. I'm just really really forgetful when it comes to faces.
This has happened to me often. The worst is when I'm walking down the street and they honk and wave, and I don't recognize who it was because they were driving too fast.
shareI used to get stopped a lot when I lived back home. Not because they knew me but cause of my dad.
My dad is a pretty popular guy in my home town. And I look a lot like him, apparently. Eh, I don't see it.
It was still happening before I moved 2-3 years. Got pretty annoying in my adult years ngl. And I almost always never recognise any of 'em
A guy once yelled at me while I was crossing the road. Literally in the middle of the road. Scared the shit outta me.
He just wanted to ask if my dad was around & asked me to say hi. Whoever the fuck he was.
Well that's a lot better than this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4SVSmSZW8&pp=ygUNTWFsa292aWNoIGNhbg%3D%3D
Ha!
shareI understand you but I have the opposite problem. I often forget names but remember faces very well.
Its really uncomfortable when someone I met a few months ago calls me by name and all I can come back with is 'Hey...You. How you doin'?'
It's odd because I'm not socially awkward and I tend to enjoy meeting new people but fucking hell, I'm simply terrible with names.
Yeah, recently a guy who worked for me 20 years when I was factory manager picked me up in an Uber. He recognized me immediately but it took me a few to figure him out. He was a sorta snarky Filipino kid back then but he seems like an okay guy now.
share40 years.
About 10 years ago I bumped into a girl from my infant school. I hadn’t seen her since we were about 7 - she instantly recognised and said that I hadn’t changed much.
A couple of months later the same thing happened again, but with a different girl.