I was on a ski trip in Banf Canada and on this particular day we were skiing at Lake Louise. My group consisted of three siblings, two brothers and their sister. Then me and one other guy. At this point I should note that their father of the siblings was a zone manager for Chrysler at the time.
The sister decided to spend the day in Banff so wasn’t skiing. The two brothers were very advanced skiers and wanted to spend the day in the back bowls. Which was way above my skill level as well as the other guy. So he and I spent the day skiing together.
At lunch time we decided to eat at the chalet up on the mountain which was only accessible by ski. It was crowded and by chance sat across from two older men and we started chatting. It came out that they owned automobile dealerships. My friend mentioned that the father of the people we were here with was a zone manager for Chrysler. The two men looked at each other and one asked; “You’re here with -name of siblings dad- kids?” We hadn’t mentioned their names at all and the man went down the list of all the siblings names (they came from a very large family that has 6 kids). The guys knew ALL of them by name.
So here we were 3000 miles from home at a ski chalet only accessible by skiing to it. And sat across from two men that not only knew the siblings father, but worked with him and knew their names too.
They took us out to a very nice restaurant in Banff later that week. It still remains one of the greatest occasion of happenstance I have ever experienced in my life.
I was on a ski trip in Banf Canada and on this particular day we were skiing at Lake Louise. My group consisted of three siblings, two brothers and their sister. Then me and one other guy. At this point I should note that their father of the siblings was a zone manager for Chrysler at the time.
The sister decided to spend the day in Banff so wasn’t skiing. The two brothers were very advanced skiers and wanted to spend the day in the back bowls. Which was way above my skill level as well as the other guy. So he and I spent the day skiing together.
At lunch time we decided to eat at the chalet up on the mountain which was only accessible by ski. It was crowded and by chance sat across from two older men and we started chatting. It came out that they owned automobile dealerships. My friend mentioned that the father of the people we were here with was a zone manager for Chrysler. The two men looked at each other and one asked; “You’re here with -name of siblings dad- kids?” We hadn’t mentioned their names at all and the man went down the list of all the siblings names (they came from a very large family that has 6 kids). The guys knew ALL of them by name.
So here we were 3000 miles from home at a ski chalet only accessible by skiing to it. And sat across from two men that not only knew the siblings father, but worked with him and knew their names too.
They took us out to a very nice restaurant in Banff later that week. It still remains one of the greatest occasion of happenstance I have ever experienced in my life.