r/coincidence • u/Ordinary-Boot-7887 • 7h ago
I don't need to count
Had originally posted on r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix but they took it down fsr so I'm just curious if anyone has this happen.
Probably nothing, but something so strange has been happening since 2023. I used to work at Starbucks where a lot of counting was involved for date stickers and prep. Ex. Whipped cream cans, that for each required several components: the cans, lids, gaskets, canisters, and sticker date dots. The cans, lids and gaskets were fairly easy to keep track of but I got annoyed counting anywhere from 12-25 stickers when I had to make whips while trying to take orders at the same time over drive thru. The number varied because some cans were still used and others were cleaned. We never kept a solid number available just whenever we felt like they were low. I eventually just blindly pulled from the roll of date stickers and it happened to be the exact amount needed. I figured it was a coincidence but it kept happening. More often that not the amount was exactly what I needed. I left Starbucks and moved to a BBQ joint where I was required to fill various amounts of containers ranging from 2oz to a pint with BBQ sauce to get orders. A few hundred individual 2oz containers and anywhere from 12-50 various other sizes. The lids were kept separate from the containers. Stupid design but it was so customers could grab one or the other when needed. This meant I would go from the furthest point in the BOH to the floor. Naturally I just stopped counting and the same phenomenon happened, continuing to do so until I left the business. A little while later I joined a bakery where we create our own printed labels and package things we make in house. Packaging cookies especially where there are dozens of the individual sleeves to put them in and print stickers for each. I tested this theory and lo and behold the exact same phenomena. I would say not every single time this happens but 8 times out of 10 it does. I'm horrible at math and always wonder why this could possibly be happening. Doesn't cause distress or anything just a very odd series of coincidence to the point I feel like maybe it's not a coincidence.
TLDR: I magically know the correct number of things of need in large and small quantities without counting.