Here's a good one for you. Riding the shuttle to work one morning, and some asian guy looks at me and says, "hey John." Not my name. I look around and confirm that it's me he's talking to. I figure I must have met him before, and he just got my name wrong. There's other people around and I don't want to embarrass they guy, so I say "hey. Sorry what's your name again?" He tells me, and then starts asking me things I have no idea about. It's at this point I realize he thinks I'm someone else; he thinks I'm his friend/acquaintance John. I give one word answers or say "oh I forget" and hope my standoffishness makes him shut up. He does, and we thankfully make it to work where we part our ways. Phew, it's over. Nope. I see this guy randomly over the next few months (we work in the same building afterall) and he keeps trying to talk to me. In one particularly awkward encounter, he looks at me inquisitively and says "John you still work here? I thought you moved to California??" I laugh and say "nope" and make a beeline for the stairs. He follows, with more questions, before I make it to the cafeteria and he decides to go back downstairs. Haven't seen the guy over the past six months. I think he must have changed jobs. Thank god. Lesson learned. CORRECT PEOPLE IF THEY GET YOUR NAME WRONG.