A Rhode Island lesson for Minnesotans?

Growing up in a state approximately the same size as any county in Minnesota, but with over a million people in it, my parents always instilled in me to be careful what you say in public.
Those who regularly read my column know I didn’t grow up in a small town, but as in small communities, it wasn’t uncommon to run into people I knew at the market or elsewhere growing up.
Is it a lesson some Minnesotans can learn?
Several months ago, our friend asked my wife and I if we wanted to go to the Atmosphere & Friends concert at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand.
I don’t really follow any particular bands, and I am so bad at knowing who plays what songs, but I decided to give it a chance (spoiler alert, it was an amazing concert and day).
My wife and our friend have been close since they were in grade school, going to CCD together. A couple of years ago, they ended up working at the same place together.
The other day, my wife told me she was making small talk with her boss, and they realized they were going to the same concert.
Back to lesson number one from the guy who lived in one of the most densely populated places in the country… sure, there’s tons of concerts happening in the Twin Cities, doesn’t mean you won’t run into people you know at the one you’re at.
I don’t recall exactly what I said, but I know it was something to the effect of, “Did you ask her where she would be sitting, honey?”
She said no, assuming it could be anywhere.
Our friend was approached by their boss, too, to let her know she heard they’d be at the same concert.
I asked her, too, “Did you ask the boss where she would be sitting?”
Welp, as it would turn out, the answer was, in fact, less than five rows from us in a section of the venue that has not many seats.
I couldn’t stop laughing, as I had a feeling that was going to happen.
The concert was awesome, and the weather was something you could only draw up in a movie.
But the real question is, will Minnesotans, like my wife, finally listen to lessons from Rhode Islanders?
My guess is, the chances are probably the same as sitting next to your boss at a State Fair concert—about 1 in 15,000.