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Boy, do I love a good mistaken identity story!

There are so many good ones to choose from, but I gotta say, this one is up near the top of the pack!

The guy who wrote this story was just trying to be friendly with the workers at a hotel, but he got quite a surprise after he helped himself to some chow at the buffet.

Check out what happened!

Could have had a job offer…

“I was attending and giving a talk at a scientific conference in Bar Harbor Maine, and the attendees were staying at an inn in town.

I was up late the night before (as you do when at a conference), but always an early riser. Kind of tired, hit the restaurant where the breakfast is, but too early. The staff was making coffee and setting up, so I started chatting and started to help them out a bit.

I’m from Vermont, but lived in Maine for a few years, so being down to earth and having an accent came right to the front. Got stuff going, got my coffee, and just made small talk about a late night etc etc and they were great fun, but looked at my coffee strangely.

Breakfast comes out, and I say great meeting you guys, I’m going to grab a bite and go and grab a plate.

This is hilarious…

Gets real quiet, and the gal in charge says, you know, we aren’t supposed to eat on the job, and the set up is for guests…

I look at my coffee, and she says it looked like I needed it, but now I have to clock in.

Turns out they thought I was the new guy that was supposed to start that day for first shift, and with my making time and joking with them they assumed I was that, or local, or both.

It was an honest mistake!

We had a good laugh when it all straightened out, and she offered me a job because the new guy was a no show.

Said they were a great bunch, and would be fun to work with, but sadly no, I was a scientist and just in town for the conference.

I did offer to help with coffee set up for the week (self serving) and got a good laugh.

She said that I was about to be docked for the coffee but as my first day, they would read me up on the rules later…

Sometimes just being helpful will do that, like knowing something at the hardware store…”

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

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Now, that was funny!

Well, at least everyone was a good sport about it!

I’m sure they’ll be laughing about this story for years to come.

Another hilarious case of mistaken identity!