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In which "art" and "life" meet in a freaky coincidence. · 11:33pm May 20th, 2013
... and in which I shamelessly rip off Blue_Paladin42's style of titling blog posts.
Had a bit of a coincidence happen earlier this week. Managed to land myself a new job in the maintenance department of a factory (just a temporary admin role til I can get something a bit better!). Just had my employee/payroll number through... it's 1017. Yes, that's right, I'm in a maintenance dept and I'm number 1017. Bearing in mind that none of my characters are self-inserts, this really is rather a coincidence!
So... I put it to you, have you ever had something that's happened to you out in the real world that's reminded you of a story you've written/read on here?
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to work on forgetting how to pronounce "S" sounds.
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PointlessGizmo · 437 views
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Dude.
That's freaky.
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And while I can't say I can think of anything at the moment that fits the exact question, I can say that I've incorporated some of my experiences into my writing... My futile search for a job is mirrored in 'Renwick seeks Employment'.
Try not to screw up, but with that quirk of fate there, the odds are stacked against you.
What's the number? I forget.
And um... probably. Can't think of any such coincidences at the moment...
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In my stories, Leech is also known as Maintenance Drone #1017. And it would seem I too am #1017 in a maintenance department!
1094886 lol... COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!
Good to hear you are doing OK after the "not-a-tumour medical craziness" last month.
You need to deliver at least one status report in Waspinator's voice.
As far as coincidences go:
1. The day I started channelling my inner Pinkie Pie and experimenting with baking desert pastries was the day I discovered this little gem of a story. Of course I started with an apple strudel recipe...
2. At work Derpy has been my division's unofficial mascot (not entirely sure if that is a good thing or bad thing...). Imagine our (pleasant) surprise when our newly ordered piece of equipment had a serial number containing DERPY DOO. Naturally we added a tasteful, discrete vinyl sticker of Derpy's cutie mark to the control panel and changed one of the custom stop messages to "I just don't know what went wrong!".
Go-go-gadget necro thread!
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
Our "Derpy" machine was taken down this morning for maintenance. My totally awesome floor manager, who happens to be a brony, let me take a picture of the machine with my phone. (I think it was the sad puppy eyes I gave him).
Anyway, without further ado:
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This is probably ancient history, but its the principal of the thing damnit! "Pics or it didn't happen" and all that.
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If that machine ever breaks. you MUST tell the manager that you "just don't know what went wrong." It is the law.
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Way ahead of you there. Floor Manager is a brony, so he is familiar with all the Derpy memes.
Naturally we try to use that line as much as possible.
- I created a little vinyl sticker of Derpy's cutie mark and stuck it on a side panel
- Co-worker #1 added "I just don't know what went wrong" as a custom stop message for the machine's control panel.
- Co-worker #2 sellotaped a little notice that says "Muffins" on one of the input feeds, and another one that says "Raisins" on one of the divert units.