Stranger Schedule

We were on our way to a restaurant for dinner. While stopped at a traffic light, I noticed a couple of guys at the gas station on the right corner of the intersection. They were standing at the front of their black SUV talking, and one of them pulled a wad of cash out of his pocket and dumped it on the hood of their truck. They continued talking while the one counted out the bills.

The light ahead turned green and we pulled away. We went to the restaurant and had a pleasant meal. On our way back home, almost an hour later, on the completely opposite side of town, we stopped at another red light. I glanced over beside me in the left lane and saw those same two guys from the gas station in their truck beside us. This light turned green and we pulled away. Before we reached the next light, they had turned off in another direction.

What are the odds of that coincidence? I notice two guys I had never seen before, just minding their own business at a random intersection, happen to wind up beside me again an hour later at a different intersection in a different part of town.

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