Stunning telphone coincidence.
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Several years ago I was sales manager of a used car dealership.
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<p> We had just bought in about a dozen one year old cars from a local company.
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<p> It was my job to decide what to do with these vehicles , I decided to sell a few of them on to another dealer for a small profit and keep the others to put in our showroom.
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<p> Looking through my little notebook of contacts I saw the name and telephone number of a dealer that I hadn`t spoken to for at least three years but I knew he could be a buyer of the sort of cars i was offering.
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<p> Picking up the phone to call him I realised there was no dialling tone -- somebody was on the end of the phone.
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<p> Suddenly a voice said " Hello , is that you Graham , this is Trevor "
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<p> I was stunned . This was the person I was about to ring and he was on the end of the line.
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<p> He went on to explain that he was needing some more stock and so looked in his little book of contacts , saw my name , realised he hadn`t spoken to me for years so decided to phone me at exactly the same second that I went to phone him.
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<p> I have never forgotten this amazing coincidence,
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<p> Graham Witton
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Date submitted:Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:58:47 +0000Coincidence ID:6875
