(POLL 1) Seen tags before and it's a good idea
(POLL 1) Seen tags before but I think it's pointless/silly
(POLL 1) Seen tags before and I wonder if people are honest about who they say they are
(POLL 1) Not seen before but it sounds like a good idea
(POLL 1) Not seen before and it seems a little pointless/silly
(POLL 2) I would put my real name
(POLL 2) I might put my real name or I might not dependant on the night
(POLL 2) I would cross gender with my name
(POLL 2) I would make up a silly name/tag eg lonely & deperated
(POLL 2) I wouldn't wear one
I only know one venue that actually does this ie Stockport Town Hall via sticky labels. To me it's a good idea as it can be annoying, especially when you've known someone for ages yet can't remember your name.
So is this a one off at this venue or do other venues do it? And would you put your real name?
(decided on two polls!)
I hate name tags (one of my pet hates). I figure if someone wants to know my name they should ask me, and likewise if I want to know theirs.
What's even more irritating is if you've been forced to wear a name tag for whatever reason and then the person you're talking to, upon finishing their sentence, stares at your chest to read you name and then says "isn't that right...... *insert name*?".
I agree. It seems a bit pants. I don't really need to know someone's name to dance with them so why does it really matter?
Forum gathering name t-shirts can be cool to place a face to the name of someone you've been chatting to online but that's more about connecting the history of someone you know on a forum to a given person in real life rather than putting a name to something. If that makes any sense?
I don't have an adversion to wearing name tags per se, although I'd rather not wear one at a night out dancing, especially if I'm wearing a nice shirt.
It is annoying when you forget someone's name who you really should know, but it's gone past the stage at which you can ask again. Worst is when they constantly call you by yours.
Dan
I told you, my decision. The only way you can add to my current SF0 score is if you dance with me and tell me face to face that I deserve an extra SF point. There is another way but I'm not telling you
maybe "they" dress like that just to trap us and secretly enjoy ticking us off!it's always to tempting to read a message/wording on a top as they can often be a funny tag line. It' just carries a risk...
Depends on the context, but I've been in workshops where nametags are used, and I like it. It doesn't help that I'm appallingly bad with names / faces, but if I'm in a workshop with 40-odd unfamiliar or vaguely familiar faces, there is just no way I'm going to be able to learn many names without nametags or something similar.
In freestyles... I'm less keen on the idea. Although I can't think of any sensible reasons why that is.
That's different - I assumed the OP was referring to social dancing, rather than a learning environment?
In a learning environment, it's fine - you may be talking with lots of different people, and it's very difficult for the teacher to learn dozens of new names in a couple of minutes.
"Coz it's silly"?
Or, more eloquently, because it's a dumbing-down step which removes the onus on us to actually ask and remember names of people we're interested in interacting with. Which in turn is part of a general degradation of social skills in society.
No, I'm useless at remembering names. I'd match my forgetfulness against anybody.
For example, there's a couple of sisters who dance locally, I've known them for about 8 years now, I know both their names, and I still can't remember which one's which
But that doesn't mean I should try to implement some artificial crutch - it means I should work at it more.
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