Hindering the rotation

There is a chinese saying for people who are slow, in the way, or otherwise pokey. It basically says that they're hindering the rotation of the earth. To state that one is buggering up the system so much as to prevent the natural pace of things. I was that one who hindered the rotation of the earth.

On the LRT, there are fancy new power ramps to accomodate wheel chair access to each train. I wanted to activated it so a stroller can get off easier, but pressed the big red emergency assistance button by mistake. Part of me was panicking because it says "penalty for misuse", but part of me was curious if assistance would actually come.

The train just sat at the platform, motionless, for what seemed like forever. Until finally someone from the lead car came out to investigate. I then explained it was an accident and no penalty was issued. But really, for the amount of time it took them to get out and look, any emergency would have escalated.

There's no moral to this story. Just something embarrassing that happened to me. Piercing eyes were everywhere.