I know who I know
You thought I was exaggerating, didn’t you?
When I told you that people tell me all the time that I look like someone else they know, you probably thought I was stretching the truth just a little bit for the sake of a good story. I wasn’t. In fact, I was erring on the side of caution when I said that people mistakenly recognize me every few months. In the four weeks since I last wrote about it, it has happened twice.
Two weeks ago I ran into a local pastor who I had met at a meeting several months earlier. When I said hello and shook his hand, a lightbulb mysteriously went on in his head.
“Did you have lunch at Chili’s today?” he asked me. I hadn’t. He had seen a young woman there who looked familiar, and when he saw me that evening, he thought he had figured it out. Sorry, better luck next time.
This evening it happened again — same basic plot, same central character. Around 6:30, I went to the grocery store to pick up a few items. The place was dead. As I was leaving the register with my reusable shopping bag and a gallon of milk, a woman I had never seen before picked up a shopping basket and entered the store. Her face lit up when she saw me. “Hey, how are you?!” she asked warmly.
Her expression began to change, but before I could stop myself, the words were out of my mouth: “Do I know you?” Please. Why did I ask that? I know who I know, and she’s not on the list.
The woman apologized and explained that as soon as she opened her mouth, she realized I wasn’t who she thought I was. “You must have a twin around here!”
Either that, or people are just really bad at recognizing their own friends.
Laura A said,
Friday, September 19, 2008 at 9:37 am
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r8chel said,
Friday, September 19, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I needed a change, and this template most closely matched my mood last night.
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