A Small World and its Biggest Retailer

On the morning, I am supposed to be off to Chalten, which according to my trip guide Mariano, it is Argentina's version of the Torres Del Paine, only better.
I woke up, got all my stuff out of the room and stayed at the hostel's lounge, hanging out and whatnot...
Mariano, not my trip guide but the owner of the hostel who had lived in Brazil, came out to the lounge to hang out. He began reminiscing about Brazil while trying to convince me that Maradona was better than Pele. We had a few laughs, I never take that stuff seriously.
I asked him what he used to do in Brazil and he pointed towards my shirt, which had an enourmous C&A logo on it.
For Americans, who probably dont know what C&A is, it is a Dutch worldwide retailer.
Mariano goes on to explain how he was part of the C&A management program.
I instantly began to laugh, as I too had been a part of the program, before I was so graciously "let go"...(which is another way of saying I was fired)
No kidding, I said, which store?
Republic, he replied
Me too
No way
Was Carvalho your boss?, he asked
He sure was, I laughed....
Wow, I had just experienced two enormous coincidences in less than 24 hrs. First I ran into Tyler's friend and now I meet this guy who worked in the same store I worked, 3 thousand miles away...
Mariano and I actually had a whole bunch of mutual friends, even though we were so many miles apart and had just coincidentally met 2 days prior.
The world is, regardless of its big glaciers and its big retailers, a pretty small place.