You're welcome and no worries about replying at a later time, as I explained earlier I have a sped-up perception of time where half a year can feel like a month and a week can feel like a day. The upside of this is that I don't get bored even if I have to wait in line and have nothing to distract myself with.

I like classical logic but most of the time I use "awalterj logic™ " which is the kind of logic where no matter what happens, I interestingly always end up being right. It can get tediously elaborate and intricate but in the end is super convenient nonetheless, and it can drive people up walls they previously thought of as unclimbable.


They're definitely entertaining reads one way or the other but most of all it makes me contemplate about all the close shaves people have with death and worse. How many times have you seen an almost-catastrophe in traffic? Every now and then, I almost walk across the street but then hesitate at the very last second - and promptly, a fast car or stealthy biker whizzes by. It's probably just subconscious reflex mixed with a bit of intuition but it feels like an invisible guardian angel or other supernatural entity had held me back.
I try to be like a wookie, that is unafraid but careful. My natural tendency is to be an absent-minded daydreamer so I have to actively ground myself into a based state of mind before leaving the house and then I'll mostly be fine as long as I keep a basic level of awareness and don't go into "up in the clouds mode". After practicing sports, I generally feel more grounded and in tune with the environment. If I hadn't practiced any sports for a couple days, I feel as if the environment is an amusing aquarium with oddly realistic graphics of which I'm somehow not really a part of (but I'll still get run over if a car hits me). At home, I often bump face first into a kitchen cupboard that I literally opened 3 seconds earlier, it's quite ridiculous but I'm sure there are quite a few people out there who are similar in that regard.

Most people won't end up as orange grove corpses, it's more likely that we will succumb to stupid carelessness like stepping into traffic etc. Or a simple heart attack or more unpleasant slow disease.




Thanks for this amusing story, best surprise of the day as I didn't think anyone would share any stories after the giveaway was concluded. A point in time after which almost any giveaway thread sinks into the abyss from whence it never returns.
Anyway, mistaking yourself for someone else can be more amusing than being mistaken for someone else. Both situations have the potential to save your life or waste your life but in your case it fortunately had no negative consequences. Since your dad sent you there to get a tool you were technically in the right place, just at the wrong time. It would have been more awkward if the guys were burglars and you accidentally helped them because one of them has the same name as you and you thought they were working there.

Of course your real-life name isn't Phantom, naturally your true name is Φάντασμα or something like that written in those lyrical Greek letters that look cool but are hard to read.