Choking under low stakes pressure
I'm on the train yesterday (an elevated train in chicago). As it pulls into a stop, I see a guy running up the stairs to the turnstyle. The train stops. Guy is frantically shoving his hands into all his pockets and shouts "HOLD UP HOLD UP HOLD UP." The train conductor comes on the PA system and says "hurry up man I ain't waitin' all day." Guy is in full panic thrashing around looking for his fare card. The conductor waited a good 10 seconds longer than normal just for this guy.
I'm sitting there laughing and thinking how the **** do you not keep your fare card in the same pocket every day? The guy doesn't look like a clueless tourist, he looks like a regular train commuter. Also he was going through an entrance that didn't have a kiosk, so he knew he had a fare card already. Also also, you can tap any credit/debit card that has the NFC or whatever its called chip in it. I sure hope this guy isn't around me if there was an actual emergency.
The train pulled away from the station with the guy still panicking, yelling and cursing, still having not located whatever card he was looking for. Freaking out at the realization that he'll have to wait as much as maybe 12 minutes for the next train.
I'm curious if anyone else has anecdotes about witnessing similarly shameful displays of low stakes choking.
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