Triple birthday coincidence
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In the late 1980s, I worked behind the front desk at a small boutique hotel in Toronto. In total, there were 6 of us on staff who manned the front desk at various times, no more than 2 at a time. It came up in conversation during a shift that it was my birthday, and my co-worker said, "no way, it's my birthday too!" She showed me her driver's license to prove it because that seemed like a big coincidence. At the end of our shift when the night guy came to take over for us and asked what was new, we told him, still reeling a bit in amazement, that we'd just discovered that it was both of our birthdays today. He said, "No way. It's my birthday too." And, of course, we demanded to see his i.d.--and it was true.
Date submitted:Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:03:15 +0000Coincidence ID:8418
