Didn't Know Her Name!

hahaha, that's funny. But hey, maybe she's a little bit has the hearing impaired. So She only catch the ....Da ...instead Linda or Frieda.

Perhaps she was seeing the doctor because of some hearing problems, but it was an eye doctor... Well, I guess she was just too obsessed with her reading that her mind was not focused when she heard the name called. It sounded similar though when one didn't really pay attention. I just couldn't recall if I have observed something ridiculous while waiting... Hmmm... but I did remember what my sis told me while she was waiting in line to check in or something and there was one guy digging his ears with the car key and then smelled it!

Yeah that was pretty funny carolbee. I was thinking she must have either been hard of hearing or preoccupied, but I noticed that some others in the thread mentioned that too. Sometimes, I get so lost into a daze in my own world that even when someone asks me what my name is, I actually have to think for a minute. So maybe she came out of a daze and thought, "Linda? oh wait a minute, what's my name again?" LOL xoxo Cyne

I think she must so concentrate on her maganzine that she didn't listen to clear in the first two times. maybe she is too old to hear clearly!

I experienced that too sometimes, even at my young age. there are times that i get to hear the wrong name and assumed it was me.it happened so many times but so far no one laugh about it

Haha that is funny thing to happen with someone. In my view she might be busy with her work and when the receptionist suddenly called a name she thought it could be her name and after listening completely and then thinking over it, she reacted that no it's not my turn now :P lol and after sometime when Frieda was called then but obvious she had to move as she listened and thought over it clearly :D

I am a person who cannot boast of good observation skills Carolbee.Very rarely I notice people around me and I would be in my own dream world.THis is while walking and if I go to some place too I would have some thoughts in mind that would take predominance.I would look at the board in a clinic and get involved in reading or something else.On the other hand if it is some child then I would just keep looking at the little one's pranks.

I took my granddaughter for lunch to McDonald's one day and there was a lineup...well they give you your reciept and they call out what you have....a guy went up and picked up the bag of food that actually belonged to the person who had just be in front of him...I mean they call out what the order is....I thought....can't he even remember what he ordered?

Maybe one was an alias. Some people change their names to hide the fact that they are abusing the medical system.

It could be that she is a person who chronically has her name mispronounced and is hoping that she will be picked to go up next and get it over with... Linda and Frieda are not that far apart as they have the same word ending... It may be that she either distrusted the receptionist's ability to get her name right or that somehow she became distracted by her own thoughts each time and awoke out of her thoughts soon enough to hear that "da" ending... I know one person named Paul who goes into a Starbucks and often gets called Bob... We have not been able to figure this one out. I have an eight letter last name which begins with "Red" and as it gets mispronounced often I have taken to responding when anyone even comes close to saying those letters if someone is calling out last names... This too could result in this stand up sit down type of behavior.

Hi carilbee, that sounds a bit funny but could be that she was a bit hard of hearing? Tamara

Hi carol! Thanks for giving me my laugh of the day! I really am lmao right now trying to picture this woman standing up and deciding if her name was Linda or not! I don't know how you kept from laughing after the second time and definitely not after she finally decided her name was Frieda! That doesn't sound like Linda to me! I'm still laughing while I'm typing this! Thanks again!

Maybe she is not well,, These things happen,, and probably the way u call a name,,pronunciation,, may cause that,, do u agree?