Finding my own business card in the middle of London
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In February 2009 I went to see a comedian at the Arts theatre near Leicester Square (LS), London. Afterwards we left, walked to LS tube where my friend went into the tube and I started walking up Charing Cross Road to Tottenham Court Road tube. There were lots of people walking towards me so I crossed the road to the other side and continued walking. I passed an Aberdeen Angus steak house (AASH) and noticed outside 5 or 6 business cards lying on the floor as if they had been dropped. Some face up some face down. I walked past, then decided to return to them. I picked up one that was lying face down....turned it over....and it was my business card!!!
It was very eerie indeed.
I checked out a couple of the other cards and didn't recognise the names but did see they were of different people. Some were from the (insurance - ironically) industry that I worked in at the time. I worked near St Pauls - so not near the AASH. And I had got to the comedy club by a totally different route that night so had not passed the AASH on the way. I hadn't even given many business cards out. It still seems wholly unlikely even now.
Date submitted:Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:13:46 +0000Coincidence ID:6586
