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Forgot to ask his name! What should I do?

January 29, 2025 08:14PM
I was in the bank and concentrating so much on what he wore & his looks that I completely forgot to ask his name. What should I do?
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January 29, 2025 08:15PM
nc, most bank shops require you to get a business card. That should have his name on it.
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January 29, 2025 08:26PM
I have been doing this for years and I always got a bus. card. But this time......i forgot! Is there anything I can do?
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January 29, 2025 08:27PM
I have been doing this for years and I always got a bus. card. But this time......i forgot! Is there anything I can do?
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January 29, 2025 09:14PM
Walk back in and get one. Or have a friend do it. Unless it is far away?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2025 09:14PM by purpleicee.
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January 29, 2025 09:33PM
You could go back and pretend like you thought you forgot your sunglasses or lost an earring or something.
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January 29, 2025 10:42PM
As an older gentleman, I've walked in and asked for a business card. I'll remark that I put it in my wallet and it becomes a To-Do item.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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January 29, 2025 10:44PM
Call back and say you were in earlier and had a follow up question and say you can’t remember who you spoke with but it’s the (fill in the blank— guy in red shirt with black hair). They should say, “oh that’s Josh.. he’s with a customer can I take a message?” Think of a question to ask or say you’ll call back. Otherwise go back in and get a card or look for a name tag.
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January 29, 2025 11:22PM
I've done that....said I lost my glove...
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January 29, 2025 11:23PM
@gigishopper- I wish I saw your msg earlier.
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January 29, 2025 11:43PM
Ive done similar. I have said that I think I left something on the counter. Funny thing is, it wasn't there! Ha ha ha....

@nc wrote:

I've done that....said I lost my glove...
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January 29, 2025 11:48PM
Depending on the size of the bank, he could be on their website with a pic.

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January 30, 2025 02:43PM
Like the others said I call the bank and say "I was just in and was speaking to a banker but I can't remember his name and I have a question for him." They'll then provide his name and transfer you to him and I make up a question. If you need a business card, which you probably do, then I go back in with said made up question and say "I just had another question" If he can see you, he answers the question and you ask for the business card. If he can't see you then you ask if someone could give you his business card and tell them you'll call him later.
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February 01, 2025 04:01PM
Some bank shops expect the person to be wearing a name tag. If I can't use the approaches above (for example, if I'm entering the report at home and the bank is closed), I have entered No Name Tag Visible (or if I'm sure there was indeed no name tag, I leave the word visible off). When the report has a good description of the banker and the clothing worn, the reports have been accepted.
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February 01, 2025 11:41PM
Could depend on the msc. Doing one for ath - One time I lost the business card and forgot her name lol! I wrote the scheduler. They let it go “just this one time”.
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March 22, 2025 10:17PM
Maybe call the bank and say you loved the interaction you had recently with the person you just saw. Describe the person and say you’d like to work with them the next time you come in but you can’t remember who it was. Or you could also say you wanted to leave a Google review and mention that person’s name, then go ahead and leave a review on Google with that persons name so you don’t get outed as the shopper for possible later visits.
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March 23, 2025 07:58AM
Are you baiting us to see if we'd suggest to you to make up a name?

Just face it...you screwed up NC! Own it. Move on. Live and learn.
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March 23, 2025 10:35AM
There's an off chance you can google to see if that location has a website or an ad that gives photos and names of branch staff, probably going back there is your best bet.

Trying to be helpful.

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
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March 23, 2025 05:41PM
Geez o Pete! What a nasty and unhelpful response! Do you respond this way in "real life" to your professional peers?

@maverick1 wrote:

Are you baiting us to see if we'd suggest to you to make up a name?

Just face it...you screwed up NC! Own it. Move on. Live and learn.
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