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** Bob is a ScatterbrainedSenior who has trouble remembering ''anyone's'' name, not just his employees'.
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** Bob is a ScatterbrainedSenior / ForgetfulJones / {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who has trouble remembering ''anyone's'' name, not just his employees'.
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** Bob is an arrogant {{jerkass}} who doesn't really care about Alice.
** Bob has over a hundred people working for him; it's hard to remember so many names.
** Bob has over a hundred people working for him; it's hard to remember so many names.
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'''Basic Trope:''' A wealthy and powerful character doesn't bother to remember the name of anyone less important than them.
* '''Straight:''' Robert "Bob" Richworthy III employs Alice as a maid, but he never learns her name and just calls her "Maid" or "You there."
* '''Exaggerated:''' Alice has been working for Bob's family for decades and was even his nanny as a child, but he never remembers her name.
* '''Downplayed:''' Bob is generally attentive, but occasionally calls Alice "Allie" or "Alma" by mistake.
* '''Justified:'''
** Bob is a ScatterbrainedSenior who has trouble remembering ''anyone's'' name, not just his employees'.
** Alice is a new hire and Bob has not yet acquainted himself with her.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice goes to increasingly outlandish methods to try and make Bob remember her name.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Alice greatly admires Bob, but has a BrokenPedestal moment when she realizes he looks down upon her as another nameless servant.
* '''Inverted:''' Bob makes sure to remember all of his employees' names, as well as other key information about them, like birthdays and family members.
* '''Subverted:''' Bob pretends not to remember Alice's name as a SecretTestOfCharacter to see whether she can maintain her professionalism.
* '''Double Subverted:''' Bob's whole "test of character" claim was just an excuse because he actually can't remember her name.
* '''Deconstructed:''' Alice wonders just how [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish and narcissistic]] Bob is that he can't bother to remember something as simple as a name.
* '''Averted:''' Bob remembers the names of employees without issue, and no attention is called to it.
* '''Defied:''' Bob makes the effort to remember Alice's name so he doesn't come off as an out-of-touch UpperClassTwit.
* '''Lampshaded:''' Alice asks Bob, "You ''do'' remember my name, don't you sir?"
* '''Straight:''' Robert "Bob" Richworthy III employs Alice as a maid, but he never learns her name and just calls her "Maid" or "You there."
* '''Exaggerated:''' Alice has been working for Bob's family for decades and was even his nanny as a child, but he never remembers her name.
* '''Downplayed:''' Bob is generally attentive, but occasionally calls Alice "Allie" or "Alma" by mistake.
* '''Justified:'''
** Bob is a ScatterbrainedSenior who has trouble remembering ''anyone's'' name, not just his employees'.
** Alice is a new hire and Bob has not yet acquainted himself with her.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Alice goes to increasingly outlandish methods to try and make Bob remember her name.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Alice greatly admires Bob, but has a BrokenPedestal moment when she realizes he looks down upon her as another nameless servant.
* '''Inverted:''' Bob makes sure to remember all of his employees' names, as well as other key information about them, like birthdays and family members.
* '''Subverted:''' Bob pretends not to remember Alice's name as a SecretTestOfCharacter to see whether she can maintain her professionalism.
* '''Double Subverted:''' Bob's whole "test of character" claim was just an excuse because he actually can't remember her name.
* '''Deconstructed:''' Alice wonders just how [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish and narcissistic]] Bob is that he can't bother to remember something as simple as a name.
* '''Averted:''' Bob remembers the names of employees without issue, and no attention is called to it.
* '''Defied:''' Bob makes the effort to remember Alice's name so he doesn't come off as an out-of-touch UpperClassTwit.
* '''Lampshaded:''' Alice asks Bob, "You ''do'' remember my name, don't you sir?"
