Impeccable Timing

Last week Tuesday I was in Winnipeg for work and had 2 moments of impeccable timing. At the end of the day I just laughed...and thought I should share the experiences.

Experience #1
A co-worker and I had just finished lunch in the exchange district in Winnipeg and were heading back to my car to get some samples before our next meeting. As we approached the car, we both saw a parking meter dude hanging around the car. I didn't feel nervous, as I still had over an hour before I ran out of time. As we approached he asked, "Is this your car?" to which I answered "yes". "If that's the case, then I'd want to move it up about 10 feet".
Unbeknownst to me, we parked in a restricted area. You see, when we pulled into the spot we were initially parked right behind the car in front of us. It looked a bit tight for that guy if he were to try & get out, so I decided to back up and leave a bit of extra room. Just trying to be a nice guy. As I reversed, I ended up backing into the restricted zone without seeing the sign.
All this to say, if either us or the meter guy had been a minute quicker or slower I'd be looking at a ticket in the range of $150.
(On a side note - who runs into a meter dude that suggests you move your car up instead of giving you a ticket?!)

Experience #2
My co-worker and I continued to our meeting following the parking meter experience. I often use the calendar on my phone when talking about project schedules. I this during our meeting and decided to leave the phone on my lap. This way if I forgot about it when I was leaving, I would feel it slide on my leg or it would fall to the ground. Neither happened. Instead, it fell on the couch I was sitting on and I didn't feel a thing.
If you know me, being without my cell phone isn't the greatest thing. And being without my cell phone during a day of meetings in Winnipeg is probably the worst thing.
So, not noticing that I don't have my phone we leave the meeting and begin walking down the stairs. We're half way down the 2nd flight of stairs when my customer comes running out of their office and says "your phone is ringing". Andrea was calling to check in on something for that evening.
The interesting timing in this case is that had Andrea called 5 minutes later or if we would have left 5 minutes earlier, I may have been halfway around the city before I realized my phone was gone. Which would not have been cool.

Let's just say that karma (or whatever you want to call it) was on my side that day. Very nice.