Name tags should not be overlooked as a solution, though, in situations where their use would be socially feasible. In some employment situations, security badges which contain the name are accepted by everyone without much resistance, so this approach has been successfully implemented in some workplaces. This may make them not of much help in some settings. This means that sorting people out based on what's written on their name tags is very awkward compared to sorting people out by what they look like. Baseball players, for example, have their names blazoned on them, and I still can't tell them apart fast enough to make use of the information.
Most people get glimpses of their faces, and they can build a file on that.
All the people had identical hair and clothing styles, and I was hopelessly overloaded. The use of name tags, which everybody had, was wholly inadequate to the task. All people, not just face blind people, feel strongly about their own appearance. In many social settings, most people would be very uncomfortable wearing name tags. Dress Codes Elimination of hair codes, dress codes, and uniform requirements is more palatable to others than is the use of name tags.