2 Layoffs, 1 Date
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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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On June 21, 2011, I was unfortunately laid off from my job as a newspaper editor, where I had worked for 8 years. After six months of job hunting, I landed a position as a marketing manager. I worked there for a year and a half, until exactly two years later, on June 21, 2013, when I was again laid off.
Each of the back-to-back layoffs were heartbreaking in their own rights, but the coincidence of losing the second job on the same date loomed over me for years. Both years, that date was also the summer solstice, for what that's worth.
June 21 will always be significant to me now, especially in odd-numbered years. In fact, I was very anxious leading up to June 21, 2015, but I was spared a third dose of this unwelcome coincidence. (In all fairness to probability laws, in 2015 the date fell on a Sunday!)
Date submitted:Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:27:20 +0000Coincidence ID:8457
