So I usually chat with this really nice lady at Vivekas swim class, while we wait for our kids to finish their lesson. Since Id made her acquaintance only a little before we left for India over the summer, when we met again and chatted up a couple of weeks ago, I realised Id forgotten her name. (Theres a backstory here: Id forgotten her name once before in an earlier meeting before summer break and, when she reminded me, I promised aloud it would be the last time.) Fast forward 4 months and I found myself in the same sticky spot, trying to remember, looking for clues like a personalised keychain, anything! I knew in my gut that she didnt remember mine either. What to do, what to do, because I wasnt going to ask her again. The gods were kind, for I soon overheard her daughters friend referring to her as Aunty Francis in conversation with her daughter. Phew, saved! Then this week, we were chatting along and Francis, matter-of-factly, asked me to spell my name (I get that quite a bit here so thought nothing of it). I obliged and only when I saw her mentally mouthing the letters in my name as if she were memorizing, I realised Id been had! Why, oh why, hadnt I thought to ask her to spell HER name when Id clearly forgotten it!!! Smooth move, Francis. Nicely done.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 04:00:21 +0000
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