Coffee Leads To A Community Call Leads To Crazy Coincidence!
There is a “Coffee News” paper that is available at some local restaurants. It has fun facts, jokes, sudoku, “find the difference”, horoscopes, and local ads. I always grab one when I’m at a place that has them because they’re fun. I read the jokes and fun facts, play the games, and nothing else. Except this one time, when I decided to read the community ads. There was an ad for an online support group for people with autism.
So, I joined the group, and I had a fun time.
A few months later, I was at my mom’s on the day the group Zoom chat was held. I logged in, and someone said, “Oh, [Mom], would you like to introduce yourself?”
I waited for a bit for someone with the same name as my mom to introduce themself, until I realized that they were talking to me! I was showing up under her name because I was using her computer and hadn’t logged into my own account before joining the call. I explained that her name wasn’t my name, I was just using my mom’s computer, and somebody else spoke up.
User: “So, your mom is [Mom]?”
Me: “Yeah.”
User: “And she plays the tin whistle?”
Me: “Yeah.”
User: “And she lives in [Town]?”
Me: “Yeah.”
User: “I stayed with her one time for a music festival! Tell her [User] from [State] says hi! Here’s my email!”
Afterward, I walked out, told my mom what had happened, handed her the paper I’d written the email on, and told her that the person she’d hosted over a decade ago said hi.
Small world!
