An encounter with social grace is
always a good moment for me. Today, I ran into a department head when I was
going out to lunch. I'd previously met him when I'd been visiting as
an industry partner rather than my current persona of a slightly
disoriented first semester grad student. I said a “hello” and
slowed down past his table, and he stopped me, “I know I recognize
you, but I can't remember where from.” After a quick refresh, he
was very interested in how I was doing here. As one of those people
who is great with faces and shamefully poor at remembering names (the
faces are so effortless and the names such a struggle...what makes
this happen?), I've often used a similar line to re-engage with
people and wondered how it felt to be on the other side. I certainly preferred it to the
minimal acknowledgement I was expecting, and it was nice to know he
recognized me.
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