Comments on: Yo! And Hey Man!

By: Ms. New York

Ms. New York — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:09:50 +0000

Well, David, what kind of bed was it? Too firm or too soft? I prefer the firm beds because it’s more supportive on your back. But if the bed is different from your normal one, then your back is not used to it and will probably start hurting.

Or was your back hurting from all the boinking you were doing?

By: Markus

Markus — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:21:22 +0000

Hm i already see myself translating these greetings into all the different languages!

That might be fun!!

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:53:46 +0000

I just did….. like 5 mins ago

Except, I forgot her name again so it took me like 4 mins to find it in my phone

By: Khiem (DW Coach)

Khiem (DW Coach) — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:46:50 +0000

LOL Noah! I won’t save you next time if you forget her name. You never emailed her, did you?

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:36:35 +0000

As Khiem knows, I sometimes forget a girl’s name – and that’s generally not good when I’m asking for a phone number Hehehe.

If I happen to forget a girl’s name (I generally have no trouble asking a guy for his name again because guys don’t really seem to take offense/I don’t care if I’m mildly offending a guy I’ll probably never see again)…. actually, you know what– I don’t really have a problem asking a girl for her name again either.

If I do happen to be self-conscious about name asking, for whatever reason, I resort to one of two stealth-like tricks:

1) I challenge the girl to prove to me that she’s AT LEAST 18 years old. I ask to see some photo ID like I’m a bouncer. Then I make fun of her for not being an organ donor when I am. Or if she’s from out of state, I ask if she’s updated her license, then if she hasn’t, I call her a criminal and become insanely curious to visually compare her Wisconsin/Montana/Delaware license with my California one…We can even have a mini contest and get into how we rate the graphics. (And sometimes even throw in “I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours…” but in a FUNNY, NON-SKETCHY way — as though I’m not putting any emphasis on the line). And if she has a particularly goofy photo, I tease her about that too. (“How sauced were you when they took this photo? No, really – you can tell me. I won’t tell anyone!”) Usually, she’s laughing so hard she has no idea my brain has failed me on her name.

2) Much simpler: I introduce her to someone else saying “have you met my friend?” This one has saved me COUNTLESS times from embarrassments.

But it helps to repeat a person’s name three times to yourself when you meet them. Then you won’t have to resort to these tricks.

By: Valentino Smith

Valentino Smith — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:51:33 +0000

I use “Hey man” or “wat up, bro” all the time. With girls i like to say “Hey you” or “Hey lady”

By: K

Fri, 01 May 2009 05:41:09 +0000

I work in a company where everyone has to wear a photo id badge at all times and I still can’t remember both the name AND the face. Me, remember both? Fat chance…but everyone remembers me! Try THAT for humiliating on a regular basis. The folks in my building are very friendly so everyone including managers are constantly saying “hi” as they pass you or stand in the cafeteria line – none of that childish ignoring you crap, so it’s easy to get by. But occasionally we get to cheat by glancing at their badge for a name and vice versa…so I hold mine up if they do look for it.

As for woman to woman: many of us DO address each other by a number of casual nicknames or endearments but nothing that any sane man would use starting with Hey or Yo, woman, chickie, chickster, girlie, girlfriend, mama, little girl, etc. It’s used in the elevators, in the parking lot, across the floor when you catch sight of someone walking at a distance to get their attention – and no, we really do NOT yell out names – even when we DO know each others’ names! Go figure.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:58:05 +0000

I just tell everybody I have a “Swiss Cheese” Brain, a whole lot of holes, but inbetween some goodies. If it is professional though, I try to remember the name by adding mentally an image to it. One lady I knew, her name is Jane, of course I forgot it all the time until I met her husband. Boy what a Neanderthal. So I put one and one together and called her Jane & Tarzan – I just have to be careful now not calling him that.

By: CeCe

CeCe — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:23:28 +0000

Ha! Everyone forgets people’s names. Personally I’ve stopped feeling embarrassed about it; if I can’t remember someone’s name I’ll just ask in a polite and friendly way; more than half the time I discover that the other person doesn’t remember mine either so it takes the pressure off.

By: Taras

Taras — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:24:06 +0000

That’s a good idea except the times when you’ve been doing it for too long and get caught not knowing the person’s name. lol, I once talked to some guy from class for 3 months calling him “man” and “bro” until one day he called me out on not knowing his name.