Friday OT #2 - The Case Is Mistaken Identity

[Angie]

Have you ever mistaken someone for someone else in more than just a passing wave or nod, or been mistaken for someone?

I think I was maybe in 9th grade, and my family was at Dairy Queen getting our ice cream on. This was back when they used to have hard serve in buckets in glass cases. We were all looking at our selections and getting ready to order - I don't know if it was the heat combined with the light, or what, but I all of the sudden started feeling really dizzy. I walked over to my dad from behind, and leaned on his shoulder to make it through without passing out... only to find out that it was not, in fact, my dad, but some nice random middle-aged man with the same stature and haircut. I remember it all of these years later because it was SUPER embarrassing to assault a rando middle-aged man in a DQ at age 14. That's how you get on the news, or in a song by The Police.

What are yours?

 

[Isualum13]

A few years ago, when Ruby Tuesday was still open in mason city, I went to grab dinner there with a friend. We sat at the bar, and as soon as we sat down, I was met by a disappointed bartender when she realized I was in fact not Aaron Paul.

 

[Angie]

A few years ago, when Ruby Tuesday was still open in mason city, I went to grab dinner there with a friend. We sat at the bar, and as soon as we sat down, I was met by a disappointed bartender when she realized I was in fact not Aaron Paul.

Did you get a free drink first?

 

[BCClone]

Did you get a free drink first?

Depends how far into the date he got.

 

[Isualum13]

Did you get a free drink first?

I did not.

 

[Isualum13]

Depends how far into the date he got.

She had a boyfriend.

 

[intrepid27]

Less than a year after I got married my wife and I were at wedding rehearsal dinner for one of my sisters. One of my brothers looks a lot like me. My wife got a little tipsy, came up behind my brother and proceeded to nibble on his ear, thinking it was me.
Of coarse being a gentleman, he did not stop her until she was finished.

 

[BuffettClone]

Have you ever mistaken someone for someone else in more than just a passing wave or nod, or been mistaken for someone?

I think I was maybe in 9th grade, and my family was at Dairy Queen getting our ice cream on. This was back when they used to have hard serve in buckets in glass cases. We were all looking at our selections and getting ready to order - I don't know if it was the heat combined with the light, or what, but I all of the sudden started feeling really dizzy. I walked over to my dad from behind, and leaned on his shoulder to make it through without passing out... only to find out that it was not, in fact, my dad, but some nice random middle-aged man with the same stature and haircut. I remember it all of these years later because it was SUPER embarrassing to assault a rando middle-aged man in a DQ at age 14. That's how you get on the news, or in a song by The Police.

What are yours?

I did something very similar when I was younger, 5-ish, in Target. I stayed looking at something too long and my family had kept going. Feeling like I was lost, I looked around and saw my mom between some clothes racks and ran over and hugged her around the waist. When she didn't hug me back I looked up and realized it was a random lady with similar build and clothes as my mother. I remember not saying a word and just walked away looking for my actual mom. Awkward.

 

[dosry5]

I’m always being mistaken for Brad Pitt

 

[coolerifyoudid]

In college, I was walking to the library (back when that was a thing) one night and saw my friend Trinity up ahead. It was about 8:30 at night and there was nobody else around. I yelled out to her and she turned her head a bit to look back. She kept walking, so I started to jog up to her. I get about 10 feet from her and she turns around with a "don't kill me strange man running at me in the dark" look.

I tried to sell it by jogging past her, calling out Trinity's name again and rounding the corner like I missed her, but there was no out-running the embarrassment.

 

[SCyclone]

Funny, when I read the title thread I immediately thought of the lyric from the Stones' "Heartbreaker".

 

[SCyclone]

Years ago I dated a girl who had an older sister, and they both had long blonde hair. One night I showed up at their house for a date and my GF was standing with her back to me on the front porch.

So I blurted out, "Hey, lady, wanna f**k?" Of course her sister turned around and said, "My, you're a friendly one!"

Talk about want to crawl into a gopher hole somewhere.

 

[BCClone]

Years ago I dated a girl who had an older sister, and they both had long blonde hair. One night I showed up at their house for a date and my GF was standing with her back to me on the front porch.

So I blurted out, "Hey, lady, wanna f**k?" Of course her sister turned around and said, "My, you're a friendly one!"

Talk about want to crawl into a gopher hole somewhere.

So.........did she say yes or no? That is what I want to know.

 

[cycloner29]

I had a few people come up and tell me "nice/great game coach". I had grown a goatee and I guess it made people think I was CPR.

 

[GTO]

In college, I was walking to the library (back when that was a thing) one night and saw my friend Trinity up ahead. It was about 8:30 at night and there was nobody else around. I yelled out to her and she turned her head a bit to look back. She kept walking, so I started to jog up to her. I get about 10 feet from her and she turns around with a "don't kill me strange man running at me in the dark" look.

I tried to sell it by jogging past her, calling out Trinity's name again and rounding the corner like I missed her, but there was no out-running the embarrassment.

Now coming to the stage... Trinity!

 

[cdnlngld]

I am really bad with names, and have a terrible memory. I really hate it when someone comes up and starts talking to me and I don't recall ever having met them. They will talk to me about specific things to me, so I know it's not them, its me, but I can't place the name or the face. It's only happened a couple of times, but man, its frustrating.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I've also had a little kid run up to me from behind in the grocery store an wrap himself around my leg. The look on his face when he looked up and realized that I was not his dad was one of raw terror. I smiled and reached out to him, stooping over to ask him if I could help him find his dad, but he stumbled backwards wide-eyed and ended up falling on his butt.

And, of course, his dad rounds the corner at that exact moment to witness me "assaulting his toddler" and starts running up towards me like he's gonna lay me out right there in the middle of canned goods. I backed up a few steps as he went to grab his kid and I try to explain what happened. This dude glared at me and walked away, never saying a word.

I'm still amazed at the reaction I encountered. Are there people out there that go to grocery stores and just shove kids to the ground?!?

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Now coming to the stage... Trinity!

She legit could have been. Sadly, I got friend-zoned.

 

[CYdTracked]

This isn't necessarily an example of mistaken for someone because of I look like someone other than just an annoyance that I share the same name of someone that worked for the same company I do. A guy in town has the same name as me but different middle name but of course my middle name comes before his in the alphabet so when people searched the company directory they would find mine first. I'd get phone calls and emails, even my manager would get phone calls about "me." Funny thing is what I do and what he did were not even close to the same kind of work so I had to explain to these people they have to wrong guy even though they swore they had talked to me. My manager once stopped by and messed with me telling me someone just called him angry about me and complained. Once he got into the story of what the call was about I figured out it was the other guy and my manager got a good laugh out of it as he apparently had received other calls before that so both he and I wondered if this guy was not very good at what he did.

I think even a local business got us mixed up once because I got a phone call early one morning about delivering a basketball hoop. I hadn't ordered one but they swore the invoice had my name and number on it. Asked what address was on it and of course it wasn't mine so had to explain there is another guy in town that probably ordered it.

Had a former coworker that had similar problem where someone in town with her same name had all kinds of collection agencies and such after them and kept calling and sending her notices. She said one collection agency called and said they were going to repo her car once so she asked them which car it was and of course it didn't match the one she owned so she said "sure go ahead and repo it, and see if I care!"

 

[stateofmind]

I had a few people come up and tell me "nice/great game coach". I had grown a goatee and I guess it made people think I was CPR.

I got the double-look a few times and a couple cashiers that asked if I was him. Only happened when I wore my ISU hat that he would wear. But it was after he grew the goatee.

BTW, "The Case Is Mistaken Identity". Is this the correct term? I've always said the case of mistaken identity. I'm always looking to improve on these.