I figure that with all the stories I have of drunk people doing stupid things, why not enter them into the blog? So the other day at Hudsons Campus (where I work as a Bouncer) I had yet another note-worthy experience. It mainly caught me off guard and surprised/shocked me.
I was walking the room doing my rounds and checking on things when a group at a table called me over. The first guy says "Your name is Derek Berger... right?" to which I replied in the affirmative. "How'd you know that?" I asked, somewhat puzzled. He went on to tell me how we were in the same graduating class in high school. I figured that was pretty legit.
Then people from the next table over call out "You swam for the Edmonton Keyano Swim Club, and you're a backstroker!" Now things are getting a little weird for me because obviously everyone knows me but I don't know them. "How'd you know that?" I asked again. The second guy responded with "I'm from the Red Deer Swim Club and we used to race each other sometimes." I'm thinking that this is also pretty legit.
Now the girl sitting to the last guy's right pipes in with "Your mom's name is Sandra." This is where I begin to lose my shit. I was so shocked that I just had to walk away for a second, and I booked it around a door. Clearly someone is now reading my mind, so I have to break their eye contact or something.
A few minutes pass and I've regained my composure. I return to the second table and ask once again "How'd you know my mom's name?" to which with responds with "Really, that was just a shot in the dark! I just wanted to get in on the conversation!"
My mom's name isn't rare or anything, but it doesn't really jump out at you either. In any case, the three events in the space of less than 5 minutes really rattled me and had my heart rate up a little.
