Does these happens to you ?

Have you ever noticed that there are few things which always create a scene with you in the centre, for no fault of yours?

One of my favourite in that segment is the ‘access gates’. They never seem to behave properly when I am about to cross them. I have had this happen enough to me on several occasions, at different places, to rule out the co-incidence explanation. Always when I will swipe my access card, ticket, or any tag it will never be accepted in the first attempt. Either the door will not open or light will turn red or worse, it will start howling. All of it will happen in the public place so as to create a scene. The latest to happen was couple of weeks back. I had gone to a nearby city to the Spa. After a nice relaxed couple of hours, I was coming out of the spa area to reach the counter to clear my bills. I saw the gates and knew that something interesting will happen. I showed the RFID tag and true to me, the light turned red and started beeping. Now there is no reason for that to happen when someone is coming out. In my frustration I could only say “God, why this always happens to me?” This whole incident totally amused the women at the counter who was seeing this scene. I could see her barely managing to conceal her laughter when I was paying my bills. I wanted to say that don’t be hard on yourself, laugh as much as you want. There are numerous incidents like this but I don’t want to remember them now.

The other such thing is ‘static electricity’. Yeah it happens a lot in Finland and they are not minor shock. They can be of high intensity and just when you least expect it. In winter I know that happens due to layers of clothing which we wear. But why in summer? This weekend, I was in the supermarket doing the regular grocery shopping. After finishing the job and carrying the heavy grocery bag, I reached the exit. No, this is not access kind of door but with sensor so that it opens by itself. The door was opening, the frames parting, I don’t know what happened to me and I touched the metallic centre lock. I got a huge static electricity shock. I jumped backward and squeaked rather loudly “Jesus Christ, damn you static electricity”. Just then I realized I was in a public place and I turned back. I saw a girl behind me. I didn’t even stop to see whether she was laughing but scurried from there. I have got lot of static electricity shocks, but first time I managed to get myself so embarrassed.

One more thing happens to me often. But I have excused it on seeing that others also face same predicament. This is slipping on the snow. I have slipped on almost all the streets in Hameenlinna. But most of the streets, most of the time are deserted so I always managed to escape without any scene. On one weekend last December, when I was in Stockholm, I saw one lady also slip on the snow. And the street was pretty crowded. No one laughed and a gentleman helped her getting up. So now I know that this happens to others as well. Hence I don’t mind slipping on the snow anymore.

If I know that the other two things, which I mentioned, also happens to others then I will be greatly relieved. So please do tell. Thanks in advance.