The temptation to reply "Oh, yes, aren't you the woman from the pet food shop?" or the like, is very great. That forces them to say who they are, and it's never anyone as important as they fondly imagine they are.
A well known, as a matter of fact a legend in her own mind asked a friend of mines daughter in a hotel reception after she fail to recoginise her ."Do you know who I am " Wish she had said it to me .
The temptation to reply "Oh, yes, aren't you the woman from the pet food shop?" or the like, is very great. That forces them to say who they are, and it's never anyone as important as they fondly imagine they are.
I remember years ago a story going round that was about someone famous trying to queue jump at the airport. They kept saying 'do you know who i am?' to the staff at desk... this prompted the staff member to message over the Airport tannoy system that there was a person at desk 14 who did not know who they were, and could anyone help identify them!! Lol