As the doctor emerged from the room, he glanced at the Urgency Map, previously filled with patients' names. One nurse blurted out, 'You’ve got a patient, and guess who it is? It's your mom!' The doctor froze, panic setting in as he processed the implications of what had been played off as a harmless prank. The absurdity intertwined with his growing anxiety created a moment of heightened synchronicity that felt both eerie and humorous at once.
'I randomly ended up sitting next to the same stranger on three different flights in two days - without planning it. We joked that the universe was forcing us to become friends.'