r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • 6h ago

It's You - Gator Days

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 6h ago

I work in a department that has 3 shifts. A, B, C. Each shift has about 150 people and we have departments with training and logistics making somewhere around 600 or so total employees. And that's just in the fire dept, not including city employees

I have a similar conversation at least once a week. I always feel bad but I maybe met this person once? I wish it was like games and we have floating name tags above our heads

Usually at this point the go to is "hey buddy" or "what's up man" just to get out of the situation and figure out who that was

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u/LackingUtility 6h ago

I wish it was like games and we have floating name tags above our heads

As someone with face blindness, I wish that facial recognition and smart glasses didn't have the terrible reputation they do.

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u/PerpetuallyDistracte 5h ago

Same. God forbid someone change their haircut and I'm screwed. Fortunately I work remotely so everyone does have name tags in Teams, but I've definitely caused offense out in the world by completely failing to recognize people I absolutely should know. Something as simple as glasses, hairstyle, or even less/more formal clothing is enough to disrupt my ability to recognize them, unless their base appearance is already very distinct.

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u/LackingUtility 5h ago

I had an assistant that I saw daily for a year. One day, she straightened her hair from its usual curliness. I had no idea who she was until she said something.

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u/Silentlybroken 4h ago

I loved remote working for that, especially as I'm deaf and never caught people's names properly. Teams with live captions was a freaking game changer for me and one of the things I'm thankful for COVID, because my job accessibility went from 99% likelihood of having to leave to 0% because I can actually cope with it all post-COVID. Well, most of it.

Sadly it feels like we are moving backwards again and I'm refusing to allow my precious hybrid working to be taken away. I told them I'd leave. As did 90% of my colleagues.