Didn't you work on Saturday by chance - options

[AlexAD]

Hi.

I've got a pretty straightforward question, does this sound natural,

1. "Didn't you work on Saturday by chance?" or
2. "Didn't you happen to work on Saturday?"
3. "Did you happen to work on Saturday"?

Thank you!

AD.

 

[Tdol]

Not really- work schedules are not accidental.

 

[JMurray]

As Tdol says, "happen to do something" has the sense of "by chance", "accidentally" or "incidentally".

But a variant of (1) could make sense. "Did you work on Saturday, by any chance?"
This means something like, "It may be unlikely, but did you work on Saturday?"

not a teacher

 

[AlexAD]

JMurray, thank you very much for suggesting me a variant!
That's exactly what I needed.