I love this. In a slightly less dramatic variation, I was on holiday in Italy once and a local train arrived in Rome about 3 minutes late. As we came into the

I love this. In a slightly less dramatic variation, I was on holiday in Italy once and a local train arrived in Rome about 3 minutes late. As we came into the station, the loudspeaker offered Trenitalia's apologies in no fewer than three different languages. Here in the UK, I think trains have to be at least 17 hours overdue before they're considered late, approximately 2 lifetimes overdue before you get any compensation, and somewhere around the death of our sun before you'll see anything done to make good any resulting harm beyond the price of a ticket...