I got a job with another company and put in my two weeks’ notice with my manager. “I’ve been offered another job, and I’m taking it. I’m putting in my notice,” I told my manager.
He replied: “Oh, well, we hate to lose you.
Do you mind me asking where you will be going?”
I mentioned the name of the company, and he made this face, adding that he had applied for the same position.
Then, I ended the conversation by saying: “I’m sorry to tell you that you didn’t get it.” © Contorto103 / Reddit
We were both born and raised in the same mid-sized city. I didn’t think much of it beyond the obvious “Oh, that’s a completely coincidental happenstance!”
Fast-forward two or three months, she and I are dating. I meet her parents, and her dad ’swears’ he’s met me before.
A couple of weeks later, I go to visit Jacqueline at work and am greeted with the following: “So, I know why my dad thinks you look familiar.
Turns out, he dated your mom in high school, then named his daughter after her.” © FabricateReality / Reddit
Days after we sent all the final paperwork, we found out my wife was also expecting.
Twins. I now have three 11-year-olds that are seven weeks apart in age. © RoboNinjaPirate / Reddit
We had dated once, but it didn’t end very well.
I was going to a party with a mutual friend of ours, and he told me that my best friend was going to propose to this girl I couldn’t stand that night.
He told me where he was going to propose, so I rushed there to stop him and proclaim my love for him, you know how it goes.
When I get up there, I see that he has everything set up: candles, rose petals, the NYC skyline, everything that would make a girl melt.
I pick up a piece of paper he had placed on the ground, read it, and when I look up, he’s down on one knee proposing to ME. © IZ3820 / Reddit
When I was leaving for basic training, my sister was dating an old friend of mine named George.
After basic and tech school, I came back to find out George had married my mom while I was away.
The marriage lasted less than a year, but they still live together 30 years later. © fellar111 / Reddit
Turns out she was running a multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme. But that’s not the real plot twist.
That aunt that I remembered was actually her twin sister who had started the pyramid scheme; she is the evil twin who stole it from her. © Hunterlovespb / Reddit
There was this very cute guy who came in maybe 4-6 times a week. A little often, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I flirted like mad. He flirted back. It was all great.
Then he comes in with his fiancée.
I was betrayed and treated him coldly from then on.
A month later, two of him come in together, and I find out that they are twins, and I’d shot down any chance I had with the single one. © mindovermacabre / Reddit
On the day that she was to give birth, they had doctors and everything prepared to assist in the birth.
Turns out that after she birthed my brother, the doctor turns around and says, “Oh, there’s another one,” and that was me. Surprise twins! © luckyz / Reddit
One month later, I got a new job.
The first day I show up at my office, my boss introduces me to the person who will be training me.
Lo and behold, it was this girl.
We became friends later, so it wasn’t too bad. © i_rae_shun / Reddit
He explains his symptoms to the doctor.
The doctor picks up a medical book on eye problems.
He finds the kind of symptoms my dad is describing.
The doctor shows him the book. In the book, there is a whole medical page explaining what he is experiencing and a picture of a kid from the 1960s.
My dad looks at the picture and says, “Doc, that’s me!” The doctor says, “Yes, those are the symptoms you are showing.” My dad says, “No, really, that’s me in the picture!” It turns out my dad had this eye problem when he was a kid, and it was so rare that they took his picture in the 1960s and slapped him in a book of rare eye problems.
He doesn’t remember much about taking the picture, but he did manage to get a copy of it to take home. © flounceymagoo / Reddit
One month later, I got a new job. The first day I show up at my office, my boss introduces me to the person who will be training me.
Lo and behold, it was this girl. We became friends later, so it wasn’t too bad. © i_rae_shun / Reddit
His eyes lit up, and he burst out laughing. He was a security guard at the shopping center where I live.
He name-dropped the place and also the shops he patrols. I couldn’t believe it. This proved to me for the first time ever that the world really is a small place. © TheTwoHands10 / Reddit
As soon as I arrive, there’s the girl.
At the exact same time, we both say, “I am SO sorry… Wait, what are you sorry for?” Turns out she’d overslept too.
The airline changed our tickets for us, at no charge, and we got to Barcelona a few hours late. © moak0 / Reddit
I got all the contacts out of it and then turned the phone off for the last time and put it in a drawer in my office. I spent that first week sort of in shock and planning for the funeral and settling his estate.
At one point, I had wondered why I hadn’t felt that he was around me.
About 5 minutes later, my phone rang. Caller ID showed it was my Dad calling from his cell phone number.
What!!!
I just sat there in shock for a couple of rings, trying to process it. I answered the phone and there was nobody there.
I rushed from my house to my office and his phone was still in the drawer and still turned off. © Gordon Miller / Quora
