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[cellio]

We got a new CFO today. When her predecessor (now VP of business dev) introduced us, the new CFO said "oh, I know Monica". Err, umm, ack... I felt embarrassed because while she looked kind of familiar I could just *not* place her (and probably lots of people look kind of familiar who aren't really). But then she went on: "you were at CGI, weren't you?".

Yes, I was. I left in 1988.

Ok, how many of you still clearly remember the people you worked with in 1988 (you young'ns can skip this question), especially those who were *not* your day-to-day coworkers? I mean, it's not like Robin was another engineer I worked with all the time; she was probably one of the accountants or something. I don't remember.

I've always been bad with names and faces, but somehow I don't think this one reflects that badly on me. :-)

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being distinctive

[cellio]

Yeah, but there's a difference between, say, being distinctive for one's analytical skills or programming studliness, and being distinctive for one's body odor or annoying tendency to chew pencils during meetings. And every time someone says "oh, I remember you! (from 10-20 years ago)", something inside of me begins to worry because it's something in the latter category.