Hi Jon--

This incident doesn't really qualify as as "notorious" but it is funny.

I have read a lot of crime and espionage fiction my entire life and I always
wanted to be a witness in a very small harmless crime :)

So, I was! My husband and I were waiting to be seated in an otherwise empty
restaurant when a man grabbed money out of the cash register and ran right past
us.

It was confusing because we didn't see him grab the money. We heard the owner
yell for him to stop but he yelled back, "I'll be right back." So, we thought
it was an argument and not a robbery.

The punch line: I could describe nothing about him except his body shape--I did
not know what RACE he was!

There has been another much more serious incident discussed on this site where
the police refused to belief that a person with PA was unable to identify a
criminal suspect.

Vivian



--- In faceblind@yahoogroups.com, "jonronson2002" <jon@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope this finds you well. I'm a UK author, and I'm currently researching my
new book, which will include a short section on prosopagnosia. I was hoping
someone might be able to answer the following question...
>
> What I was wondering was about the occasions in which the loved ones or
neighbours of workmates of sufferers ever get really offended that they're not
recognized, even if they consciously know it's the fault of the disorder, not
the sufferer.
>
> What are the knock-on domestic implications of having this disorder? Are
there any notorious incidents well known within the prosopagnosia community when
feuds with neighbours, for instance, have arisen and spiraled because of this
misunderstanding?
>
> It would be great to hear from you, either on this threat or an email to me?
at jon @ jonronson . com
>
> With very best wishes
>
> Jon Ronson
>