Lucy Sullivan

Nothing romantic. Strictly friends who are just like, wow, we have so much in common.

Nothing romantic. Strictly friends who are just like, wow, we have so much in common.

So Missy is excited. She goes home and she tells her husband, oh my gosh, I've met this great friend and I found this great coffee shop to work. Like, things couldn't be better. And so for the next few days, Missy and JJ sit together, work together, crucially always at this same spot in the front. But one day she comes in and their usual table is taken.

So Missy is excited. She goes home and she tells her husband, oh my gosh, I've met this great friend and I found this great coffee shop to work. Like, things couldn't be better. And so for the next few days, Missy and JJ sit together, work together, crucially always at this same spot in the front. But one day she comes in and their usual table is taken.

So she just heads to a different one in the back.

So she just heads to a different one in the back.

He ghosts her. She was like, we made eye contact. I was like, maybe he didn't see me, but no. He saw me. Our eyes locked. I went to wave. He turned around. So now Missy's like, what is going on here? Like, she had just met his wife a couple days before, and she's like, maybe the wife wasn't comfortable with, like, or maybe she's thinking something's going on. Maybe I said something weird to him.

He ghosts her. She was like, we made eye contact. I was like, maybe he didn't see me, but no. He saw me. Our eyes locked. I went to wave. He turned around. So now Missy's like, what is going on here? Like, she had just met his wife a couple days before, and she's like, maybe the wife wasn't comfortable with, like, or maybe she's thinking something's going on. Maybe I said something weird to him.

Like, she's really, like, spinning her wheels.

Like, she's really, like, spinning her wheels.

So Missy is obviously super bummed about this.

So Missy is obviously super bummed about this.

She considered trying to find a new place to work, but like I said, the coffee shop is just too good. And so after a few days, she decides, you know what, I'm just going to go back. I'm going to ignore the weirdness. And this time their usual spot in the front is open. So she sits down and then right on cue, JJ walks in.

She considered trying to find a new place to work, but like I said, the coffee shop is just too good. And so after a few days, she decides, you know what, I'm just going to go back. I'm going to ignore the weirdness. And this time their usual spot in the front is open. So she sits down and then right on cue, JJ walks in.

And it wasn't too long after that that she discovered what was really going on and why it seemed like this new friend was just totally ignoring her.

And it wasn't too long after that that she discovered what was really going on and why it seemed like this new friend was just totally ignoring her.

And this is the part that made me think of you, Malcolm, face blindness. Because I've heard that you also might be a little face blind yourself.

And this is the part that made me think of you, Malcolm, face blindness. Because I've heard that you also might be a little face blind yourself.

Like you're not just going to remember someone that you've met once or twice in passing.

Like you're not just going to remember someone that you've met once or twice in passing.