Do you notice the people you see regularly and can you tell them apart?

[Anonymous]

No I do not. Unless someone has a visual cue about them, I won’t be able to remember having seen them before. Something like stand out glasses, interesting beard, really red hair. Faces mean nothing to me, but I’ve been assured I am not face blind (which is like a whole different level where you literally don’t see faces).

Conversely, I remember pretty much every “narrative” of my whole life. Someone mentions larlo smith, and I can remember all my interactions with larlo from 1987, what we talked about, where we were, who else we ran into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Theres a lady who rides my bus. She wears her hair with the same bangs, in the same clip, the same skirt, and the same boots daily. She brings the same green bag, though sometimes it is purple. She always waits to pull the cord until after the bus announces her stop, even though she is the first stop on the route. Sometimes she yells at the bus driver to slow down becsuse she is getting car sick. She is an interesting character. My husband and I call her "green bag lady".

Sounds like a Seinfeld episode

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are probably a “super-recognizer.” I am and notice all this stuff, recognize that we have the same waiter as the last time we went to this restaurant three years ago, etc.

My entire family is like this but generally it seems pretty rare. Or people hide their ability. I guess I myself hide it in certain circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I remember most people.

[Anonymous]

No, I’m bad with both faces and names.

Freshman year there was a guy on my dorm floor who kept coming by to talk to my roommate (much to her annoyance), and I’d end up chatting with him. He was also the star student/teacher’s pet in a small class I had that met three times a week. I think it took me a couple of months to realize it was the same guy, which kept him entertained. Eventually, I learned to recognize him, which was good because we ended up getting married and having 2 kids together.

[Anonymous]

I'm much better with women than with men. Anyone else? There are so many elementary school dads who just look sort of generic. The moms are more distinct.

[Anonymous]

You sound better at this on average for sure. Maybe you should be a casting agent.