nothing of any consequence

On Saturday me and Trish were in John Lewis in Reading, As I spelt my name out for the chap at the till (I was picking up the item from the warehouse). 

A voice from behind me said.

“excuse me – did you say RALSTON”

“Errr Yes”

“So am I – I have never met another Ralston down here, so I thought I should say Hi”

I turned round and we shook hands, said Hello, where are you from – that sort of thing (as you do to a complete stranger).

I thought I should tell him my first name.

“John”

He looked at me and slowly repeated

“John”

It took us a minute to realise were both actually  called John…

We said goodbye (as I was by now holding up the queue, and getting some puzzled looks from other shoppers) and both went on our way. 

It was a real Dave Gorman kind of moment, spooky or what.