You won't forget me

[sb70012]

Conversation:

Alex: I wonder if you could please do me a favor.
John: I'll try.
Alex: Well, I've been waiting in line here for a really long time now, and .... well .... I'd like to use the bathroom. Do you mind?
John: No problem, no problem. Go ahead.
Alex: Thanks a lot. You won't forget me when I get back, will you?
John: (haha, laughing), of course not. Don't worry about it.

Source: Summit 2, by Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher, Printed in the USA, unit 6, Travel hassles and experiences.

Hello,
Does the bold written part have spacial meaning? Why does he say like that?

Thank you

 

[bhaisahab]

Conversation:

Alex: I wonder if you could please do me a favor.
John: I'll try.
Alex: Well, I've been waiting in line here for a really long time now, and .... well .... I'd like to use the bathroom. Do you mind?
John: No problem, no problem. Go ahead.
Alex: Thanks a lot. You won't forget me when I get back, will you?
John: (haha, laughing), of course not. Don't worry about it.

Source: Summit 2, by Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher, Printed in the USA, unit 6, Travel hassles and experiences.

Hello,
Does the bold written part have spacial meaning? Why does he say like that?

Thank you

No, it doesn't have any "special meaning". It means what it says.

 

[sb70012]

No, it doesn't have any "special meaning". It means what it says.

Then why does he say like that?
I mean, if you notice, John laughs after Alex say "You won't forget me"
I know what "You won't forget me" means but in the context given it's irrelevant to say something like that.
That's why I am confused with.

Thank you.

 

[5jj]

I know what "You won't forget me" means but in the context given it's irrelevant to say something like that.

If we restricted real-life conversation to relevant, meaningful utterances, very little would ever be said.

 

[5jj]

See also: Phatic expression - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[charliedeut]

In this case, Alex needs to go to the bathroom. He is asking John to keep his place at the line (which he has been holding for a long time), and as a joke he is telling John "You won't forget me", meaning John will give Alex his place in the line back once Alex returns from the bathroom, because John will still remember Alex's face (that is, John will not have forgotten him, and the fact that the place was his).