Now, I am usually fairly accurate in
identifying people by their voices – especially when I meet them in the places
where I normally expect to see them. However, in a crowd and out of context, I can certainly be confused.
This has happened on several occasions, and it happened again this Christmas
season.
We were at a concert and during the
intermission as I was speaking with friends, another woman approached our
group.
“Hello, Sue,” she said. “Do you recognize
my voice? Do you know who I am?”
As it turned out, I had no idea, but my acquaintance
continued.
“I’ll give you a hint,” she said. “ We
usually see each other in the local grocery store. Now, do you know who I am?”
I still had no idea and the woman finally
tired of her little game and identified herself. Now wouldn’t it have been much easier to do
this at the very beginning of her greeting.
My suggestion for friends and acquaintances
is to do just that. Please, please say who you are when you approach me or any
other person whom you know to have limited sight. I don’t get any form of
enjoyment from this particular guessing game. While I don’t think that the
woman in this story meant any harm, it was nevertheless an awkward situation. I
really appreciate it when people identify themselves to me when we are to
engage in any sort of conversation. Thank you to my sighted friends who do this
with such consistency. I am grateful.
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