Is it fate, or is my last name more common than I thought?
(Back story: My last name is pretty uncommon. In fact, I haven't ever met a [last name] that I wasn't related to. I haven't met all of them, but we're all pretty much related, at least distantly.
So I've been doing some talking with some reception sites and vendors, trying to get an idea of our options for the wedding (Hotel or somewhere else? Chicago or England? Burning questions, people!) Today I got a phone call from a wedding coordinator at a downtown hotel that I had left a message for. We chatted for a minute, and then there was a pause. Finally he said, "I'm sorry, I feel awkward asking you this, but did you ever work at Northwestern University?"
"No, I interviewed there, but I never worked there," I said.
"It's just that your name seems very familiar to me."
"Well, I did work at the University of Chicago. Could that be it?"
"No, it's actually...well, I don't really know how to ask you this. A few years ago, I was doing offsite catering, and I put in a bid to coordinate a wedding for a Heather [same last name.} It was a really uncommon name, so when your name came up, I couldn't believe that it was the same person again. I was wondering if something had happened the first time around, but I didn't know how to ask without being rude."
"Actually, it didn't take the first time," I joked.
Then we all had a hearty laugh.
Spooky! I have a doppelganger! With the same wedding coordinator!
So I've been doing some talking with some reception sites and vendors, trying to get an idea of our options for the wedding (Hotel or somewhere else? Chicago or England? Burning questions, people!) Today I got a phone call from a wedding coordinator at a downtown hotel that I had left a message for. We chatted for a minute, and then there was a pause. Finally he said, "I'm sorry, I feel awkward asking you this, but did you ever work at Northwestern University?"
"No, I interviewed there, but I never worked there," I said.
"It's just that your name seems very familiar to me."
"Well, I did work at the University of Chicago. Could that be it?"
"No, it's actually...well, I don't really know how to ask you this. A few years ago, I was doing offsite catering, and I put in a bid to coordinate a wedding for a Heather [same last name.} It was a really uncommon name, so when your name came up, I couldn't believe that it was the same person again. I was wondering if something had happened the first time around, but I didn't know how to ask without being rude."
"Actually, it didn't take the first time," I joked.
Then we all had a hearty laugh.
Spooky! I have a doppelganger! With the same wedding coordinator!