Are you sometimes absent-minded ?

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A lot,for example two hours ago. and i was delivering mail ( i am a postman) and a man said "Hello !"
I heard the word but my mind was far off,so i forgot to answer.
Then he said "Are you deaf"?" I thought what a strange question. Why on earth is he asking if i am deaf.
Can this man recognize deaf people,but i am not deaf i thought
Then i connect the "dots",but these things can happen when you very absent minded.
And in general i lose on a regular basis my keys,forget things to buy in a shop and so on.

42 - He sounds like a jerk, actually. Anyone could be in the middle of a thought and not notice something as small as a hello.

Anyway... Yes, I am absent-minded. It's the rule, not the exception. It is a matter of almost absolute certainty that if I think of something I want to remember it will be gone as soon as I look at something else. Sometimes I recover it and write it down, sometimes I have to wait until circumstances bring it to the surface again. This can go on for weeks if I don't get a pen fast enough. It is especially awkward in the case of toilet rolls.