My not so good friend, William Shakespeare says -'What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet'.You know, if the internet had been invented in his age, he would have never made any wiseass comments about names........
There has got to be a new law passed on coming up with a nickname or ID for facebook/messengers/email IDs!!! People must put their real name in it or they can’t use the internet!! Its either that or they should be arrested and made to serve a gazillion hours of community service!!
You’re probably wondering what the hell I’m babbling about. Well let me tell you a true yet embarrassing story folks!
Sometime last year, I made a friend on facebook. His ID, lets say for anonymity’s sake was XYZ – obviously, that’s not his name. No this blog is not about him turning out to be some sleazeball. Sigh….you have to listen to the whole story to truly understand my level of embarrassment.
So we chatted and we met a couple of times, he would tell me how he likes this girl at work but can’t have her and I would tell him about how Singapore sucks in the dateable men area. It’s obvious that two such miserable people would find loads in common to talk about. We actually hit it off! We drank a few beers, we saw a concert together, we went bowling, I met his roomies, his friends, even the girl he was crushing on and the guy XYZ was competing with for the girl, we all had dinner together! TWICE!!
In my defense that was many many months ago and unfortunately though once in a while he leaves me a comment on FB, he is still stuck in my mind as XYZ.
So horror of all horrors…I come home tonight after dinner and find his roomy online (yes he is wise enough to actually put his real name in his ID). We’re chatting about this and that and then my mind freezes. I want to ask him how XYZ has been…but to my utter amazement…I CANT REMEMBER XYZ's REAL NAME!!!
So I ask his roomy (lets call him Randy) – “this is really embarrassing, I want to ask you how he is but I cant remember XYZ’s name!” And you know Randy..well he is just once cocky bag of laughs…he is really enjoying my misery and he decides not to tell me XYZs real name…!!! Just cos this is entertaining him sooo much!
So I try everything, I look through my emails but all his emails are from XYZ Id with – no signoff – you know, the usual – Sincerely, Dee or Take Care, Dee or Catchyalater, Dee- NOTHING. So I look through my mobile and I realize that a couple of months after I met XYZ my phone screwed up and I got it fixed after which the contacts in my phone memory were completely wiped out. So…..no luck there either.
So here I sit, banging my head against the wall trying to remember his name, while Randy is happily having a good laugh at my expense somewhere out there…
I hate the way this makes me feel! I mean have I become sooooo used to the internet that I now only remember people by their IDs and not their real names? This is SCARY!! ITS FREAKING ME OUT!!!!!!
Well, since I feel so terrible….I don’t know what else I can say about this incident. All I know is that if XYZ ever finds out I forgot his name, he will feel sooo bad. I mean if somebody forgot my name I would probably abuse him for 3 and a half days…OH MY GOD!! What if I run into him somewhere! What would I do then!!! Quote Shakespeare to him? I don't think he would appreciate that much.....
You’d think his name would have come to me by now. But NO, NADA, ZILCH,NOTHING. I cant even remember what letter his name starts with. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FRUSTRATING THIS IS!!! It’s worse than trying to remember a song…or the answer to a question - or the question to an answer (that is - if you're on Jeopardy!).
Moral of the story, the internet has completely ruined my social skills, or I’m just a really rotten person who cant remember people’s names…..I’d make a good candidate for the MACHINE in the next terminator movie for sure…since I seem to be becoming extremely de-humanified!
You’re probably wondering what the hell I’m babbling about. Well let me tell you a true yet embarrassing story folks!
Sometime last year, I made a friend on facebook. His ID, lets say for anonymity’s sake was XYZ – obviously, that’s not his name. No this blog is not about him turning out to be some sleazeball. Sigh….you have to listen to the whole story to truly understand my level of embarrassment.
So we chatted and we met a couple of times, he would tell me how he likes this girl at work but can’t have her and I would tell him about how Singapore sucks in the dateable men area. It’s obvious that two such miserable people would find loads in common to talk about. We actually hit it off! We drank a few beers, we saw a concert together, we went bowling, I met his roomies, his friends, even the girl he was crushing on and the guy XYZ was competing with for the girl, we all had dinner together! TWICE!!
In my defense that was many many months ago and unfortunately though once in a while he leaves me a comment on FB, he is still stuck in my mind as XYZ.
So horror of all horrors…I come home tonight after dinner and find his roomy online (yes he is wise enough to actually put his real name in his ID). We’re chatting about this and that and then my mind freezes. I want to ask him how XYZ has been…but to my utter amazement…I CANT REMEMBER XYZ's REAL NAME!!!
So I ask his roomy (lets call him Randy) – “this is really embarrassing, I want to ask you how he is but I cant remember XYZ’s name!” And you know Randy..well he is just once cocky bag of laughs…he is really enjoying my misery and he decides not to tell me XYZs real name…!!! Just cos this is entertaining him sooo much!
So I try everything, I look through my emails but all his emails are from XYZ Id with – no signoff – you know, the usual – Sincerely, Dee or Take Care, Dee or Catchyalater, Dee- NOTHING. So I look through my mobile and I realize that a couple of months after I met XYZ my phone screwed up and I got it fixed after which the contacts in my phone memory were completely wiped out. So…..no luck there either.
So here I sit, banging my head against the wall trying to remember his name, while Randy is happily having a good laugh at my expense somewhere out there…
I hate the way this makes me feel! I mean have I become sooooo used to the internet that I now only remember people by their IDs and not their real names? This is SCARY!! ITS FREAKING ME OUT!!!!!!
Well, since I feel so terrible….I don’t know what else I can say about this incident. All I know is that if XYZ ever finds out I forgot his name, he will feel sooo bad. I mean if somebody forgot my name I would probably abuse him for 3 and a half days…OH MY GOD!! What if I run into him somewhere! What would I do then!!! Quote Shakespeare to him? I don't think he would appreciate that much.....
You’d think his name would have come to me by now. But NO, NADA, ZILCH,NOTHING. I cant even remember what letter his name starts with. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FRUSTRATING THIS IS!!! It’s worse than trying to remember a song…or the answer to a question - or the question to an answer (that is - if you're on Jeopardy!).
Moral of the story, the internet has completely ruined my social skills, or I’m just a really rotten person who cant remember people’s names…..I’d make a good candidate for the MACHINE in the next terminator movie for sure…since I seem to be becoming extremely de-humanified!
Anyway, Im off now…going to try and figure this out over some beers with MsPretty_PinkShoes and MetallicaLuvver79.
KIDDING!!!
Toodles,
Dee
Dee,
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious! :D
I have had this problem when I went to a party and I spoke to this one person for half an hour without knowing her name! In my defense, she wasn't really a close friend! :D
On the writing front, really good stuff! Keep at it!