It happens to me all the time...not remembering which waiter or clerk, and yes,
I don't even remember what race. Also, and I mentioned this here too, I have
had an incident where kids were playing golf, with real hard golf balls,
whipping
them up against my home, and when refusing to stop, I called the police. Police
arrived and on foot, the overweight cop chased the kids down. Brought them
before
me and asked me to identify them. I couldn't. He had to let them go and was real
angry at me assuming that I got cold feet. Not like these kids were going to
jail
etc. They would have been dragged to their parents and the riot act read before
them by the cop. But, anyway, he had physically chased them down and was
very upset with me for having him do it for nothing.

I honestly couldn't identify them, but could a couple of their shirts..and
offered
up the very honest statement that I could identify the shirts at least. Boy was
he mad.

The other incident, just occurred reciently here..and I mentioned that
too....kids
turning up my bricks that border my flower garden looking for bugs. Came and did
it daily. I asked them not to as they were damaging my flowers and not putting
them,
the bricks back right. They still kept doing it. I couldn't go to their parents
because...well,
I couldn't remember what they looked like...these two boys, even while they kept
returning to do it over and over again. See them playing on the street and I
couldn't pick
them out of the crowd of kids. Could only 'recognize' them when they were bent
over
my garden with bricks in hand.?

This makes me feel vulnerable...what if robbed, attacked, etc....mugged... I
couldn't
identify my assailent. What if I whitnessed it happening to another...same
issue.
No one would believe me and this would anger them..possibly even get me in legal
trouble... and what about me..if folks actually knew I was this vulnerable.?
Might intice
them to take advantage. Of course we have house alarmed and big dog... but,
still.

Marcy




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From: "vcreek2002" <vcreek2002@...>



>

> The punch line: I could describe nothing about him except his body

> shape--I did not know what RACE he was!



That has happened to me at work (retail) when I was waiting on one customer,

got side-tracked, then returned to the customer I'd been helping and didn't

remember whether it was the black man or the white man who was standing

there.



>

> 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.



The police departments better educate themselves about prosopagnosia. I hope

I'm never the victim or witness of a crime.



D.


























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