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It seems like (and this is constant, I can recall this dozens of times) I will show up somewhere be it a checkout line, return line, get gas, go into a store come out and the place is all the sudden packed when it was dead empty when I got there. It's weird.

Today I was returning some stuff at a big box hardware store and the place was dead. We walked up right to counter and the guy immediately starting helping us. We had to wait for a manager to approve the return and between that call the made and us leaving (like 2 or 3 mins) a line of 20 people appeared behind us. It went from just us to 20 people. I counted. This happens all the time. Does this happen to anyone else or some other kind of strange shit with the NPCs? I'll get gas and not a single pump is in use and then when I leave there is a line of cars waiting for a pump. I'll go to the self check out at the grocery store and all of the sudden a line appears. Did the whole fucking store decide to checkout at the exact same time?

I have no explanation for it.

It seems like (and this is constant, I can recall this dozens of times) I will show up somewhere be it a checkout line, return line, get gas, go into a store come out and the place is all the sudden packed when it was dead empty when I got there. It's weird. Today I was returning some stuff at a big box hardware store and the place was dead. We walked up right to counter and the guy immediately starting helping us. We had to wait for a manager to approve the return and between that call the made and us leaving (like 2 or 3 mins) a line of 20 people appeared behind us. It went from just us to 20 people. I counted. This happens all the time. Does this happen to anyone else or some other kind of strange shit with the NPCs? I'll get gas and not a single pump is in use and then when I leave there is a line of cars waiting for a pump. I'll go to the self check out at the grocery store and all of the sudden a line appears. Did the whole fucking store decide to checkout at the exact same time? I have no explanation for it.

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My personal thing is when I actively park some, any, or everywhere, or when I return to my vehicle to depart, someone is in the process or parking next to me or entering their right-next-to-mine vehicle to leave. No matter if I choose the South 40 of large lots or in get in close. Daylight, darkness or the wee hours. City or rural. Rain or fucking shine. This has been a quirk in my world for decades. So much so, that it's a running observational joke amongst my circle of family and friends who experience it when they're with me.

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same here I seriously thought it was just me