Lindsey Miller says:

I’m with you Chuck… Faces are hard to forget. I got a question for you guys… If you record your podcasts on Fridays. And release them on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. Why do you wait until midday on Tuesday and Thursday to release them. Why not in the morning when I could download them and listen right away.. Now I’ll download tonight and not be able to listen until tomorrow. Not a big deal, but doesn’t make sense.

soniablue says:

As an elementary music teacher, I’m forced towards the “super recognizer” end of the scale. I currently see 505 students in my school, and can recognize them, even out of context (i.e. at the movies, or even Disney World — so much for vacation, eh?). I have a much harder time putting the correct name with them, especially if they have siblings in other grades.

I wonder how much of “super recognition” is learned. I would think that trained observers would be better than “the average schlub”, but perhaps only because of their training.

Maybe this is your calling, Chuck. Your superhero power. I can see it now.. A dark alley after a hard rain.. A poor widow who owns a corner shop crying out for help as two masked men dash off with the contents of her cash register… and then, IN swoops Chuck! “All I need is a good look” he says as he ducks around the corner.. The two men make a right turn.. Dead end! All of a sudden their masks are yanked from their heads and a voice, immediately recognizable by thousands of podcast-downloaders, smugly wispers “Gotcha”.

Charles says:

So we’re a team divided – half schlubs and half recognizers.

That’s ME! I always remember people even if I’ve only met them once. Not only that, I can always remember their name, how I know them, and something random about them I learned from the encounter (i.e. they have a dog named Max).