Do People Remember You?
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
June 6, 2017 1:40pm CST
This past week I have went into a couple store`s that I have not been into in a while, around my old home place, and I talked to one that is in the office, for someone else, and when I started to leave she told me it was good seeing me again. I told her the same thing. I know she has worked at this store for 20 years or more but we never was that friendly, just the nice hey how ya doing and keep walking type of relationship.
Then it happened again, I went into the dollar general and the manager was walking toward me, her face brightened and she said " Hey girl!" like she was happy to see this old face. Now this one has a little history, when I had a restraining order against a woman stalker and she worked there, she would run into the back and tell Pam to wait on me, well I did not know when she was working?! or I would not have shown up there. Pam told, after she got fired or quit, that she was glad that woman did not work there anymore. But happy to see me? I don`t get it.
The last one I do get , We went to the Oxford Publix`s and one of the nicest young ladies I have ever met is now working there, she is one of those people that is pretty inside and outside but she does not know it. She hugged me out in the parking lot and then went inside to find Tony in his wheelchair cart. She made manager over the bakery. She told us she loves seeing the people she met when she first started out so many years ago and made friends with them.
So when you see people you know, are you surprised that they are happy to see you?
This discussion was inspired by @LoriAMoore all because she is afraid @FourWalls will be back to talk to her "side guy" :)
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
6 Jun 17
No one knows me and thats the way I like it.
Good people remember you, well the good people I mean Andria.
Good people remember you, well the good people I mean Andria.3 people like this
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
6 Jun 17
Ya know sometimes I want to be somewhere that no one knows me, other times I wish more people around me knew me, so far this neighborhood I have one nut case, one lady thinks she should be able to run my land and one real neighbor that is as nice as can be but his wife does not talk much. And they are a mile away.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
6 Jun 17
@andriaperry Oh the one lady huh thinks she can run your land huh? There is always one it seems..here there are hundreds. So dang sick of it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
6 Jun 17
We don't living in one place long enough - 5 years was the longest in one home.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
@AbbyGreenhill I am thinking about moving again, to a smaller place.
@LadyDuck (460131)
• Switzerland
8 Jun 17
@andriaperry Yes, we love to talk a moment with people we knew.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
7 Jun 17
Only people i haven't seen for a long time,I know I changed over years, I have had a lot of stress and health issues. So sometimes,I rather not stop to talk to them.If I haven't seen them for a long time. Chances are they will never run into me again.
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@CookieMonster46 (13447)
• United States
7 Jun 17
@andriaperry i don't know if i would recognize them or they me... just as well.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
Everyone changes over the years! And everyone has had some type of health problem, sometimes I do not wanna talk to my old school mates.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
6 Jun 17
Every place we go knows us. But thats because we fo to the same stores. As three are in walking distance, then you have my brother job (cvs), then the cvs near the house, and kmart. Plus food places. Lol.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
7 Jun 17
@andriaperry oh man. Coupons are a hassle when theres alot but they made em to use em (;
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
7 Jun 17
Yes and no, the people are the library are always so friendly and remember me by name, but the people at mcdonalds they never seem to remember me yet they wait on me all the time, maybe it's just there younger and maybe a little rude or maybe there taught not to say nice to see you again or something....
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@GardenGerty (157837)
• United States
7 Jun 17
The attending doctor thinks I look familiar. . . I probably am not, he has only been in the community four years. I love seeing long time friends. Many people are glad to see me, and that is good, I guess.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
With me I think its good because most of them are from business offices, or the higher ups in a business.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
7 Jun 17
I am very chatty so I think people know me pretty well all over town and even in other towns lol
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
LOL, see I am not. But I am polite.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
I am sure most people remember me in a good way, unless I evicted them and took them to court for damages.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
I bet in your many years you do know a lot of people.
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jun 17
I'm so quiet that I'm surprised when people remember me. Usually it's bartenders, because I tip well.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
See that is why I was thrown back, I am very quiet, polite but quiet too.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
That does make a big difference
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
6 Jun 17
I was in the store Sunday and a lady said "hey, how's it's going? I haven't seen you in a long time." Then she went on telling me about the past 10 years or so. I told my husband that she must have me mistaken for someone else as I had NO idea who she was. Nope, a few minutes later she came back with her daughter and said "Hey Marsha, do you remember the little blonde who played with your red head? Well, she's all grown up now too"
Oops, guess she knew who I was, but I am still perplexed in wondering who the heck she is.
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@LeaPea2417 (36573)
• Toccoa, Georgia
6 Jun 17
There was on girl who I went to College with who I ran into at a store not too long ago, who called me by name and asked how I was and seemed happy to see me. That made me happy.
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@RasmaSandra (74043)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Jun 17
I am always glad when people remember me and are happy to see me. However here in Latvia the situation is different and most everyone keeps to themselves. But I have an awful lot of people who know me online and are always happy to hear from me.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
I know I am one of those happy to hear from you
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@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
6 Jun 17
I live in a part of the country where people have an exceptional memory. They address other people by name even if they haven't seen them for some time. It's a special training. Shop-keepers tell their shop-assistants to study faces and learn names,
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
I learned to do that also being in my business I need not forget a face or name.
@thislittlepennyearns (58399)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6 Jun 17
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes I am just surprised that they remember me especially if they work at a bigger store and see hudnreds of people a day.
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