I'm Sorry I Can't Remember your Name
Dear Friend, I address you as friend because I felt that "dear entity" would be too cold and impersonal even though it makes for a better description of how I currently view you which is essentially as a generic person that I have no intimate knowlege of one way or the other. I am very sorry that I don't remember your name, and I can see that it is greatly distressing you to the point of causing inner turmoil, great pain, and boils on your face and hands. Our last encounter when I said "hello" to you as we passed in the bathroom was particularly unmemorable and I am sure I would have put it out of my head entirely if you had not brought it up again when you recently addressed me by name, and I apologized and confessed that I had forgotten your name, apparently for the fourth time. I did so enjoy our first conversation where you asked me my name, how long I've lived around here, and what my occupation is right before you were distracted by a much better frien...