Equilibrium, Italians and Human Tetris

Most of the time, the world hangs in perfect balance; and whilst us little humans toddle about like ants, trying to leave our own little mark, from space it is just a blur, and the Earth continues it's flawless rotation on an invisible axis, thus maintaining a state of equilibrium. Here is some hard-hitting science to prove my point:

Hmm, so true, so true. This morning, however, three unsuspecting Italian women disrupted this equilibrium, sending a thin fracture though the course of space and time.

Every morning I step onto the bus, and head straight to the back seat, and sit in the left hand corner. Not because I am tough, (although I am), but to be as far away from the rest of the passengers as I possibly can. From this point, the regular passengers continue to get on the bus, and take their usual seats. The bus thus fills, neatly, and according to routine.

This morning, three Italian women sat in the way of this routine. Being the gentleman that I am, I politely allowed them to get on first. You can therefor understand my horror when I saw them walk right past the vacant four-seater, and go for the back seat. And not in a neat, appropriate way either. One sat in the middle, another beside her, and the last one in the seat in front, turned sideways with her legs blocking further back seat access.

Now I don't have anything against Italians per se, just these particular three. I was forced to take a strange, foreign two- seater, midway down the bus. From here the fracture continued to grow. The horror was visible, as each successive passenger got on the bus, and saw the disarray. Like human Tetris pieces they came down the aisle, desperately rotating to find a new place to call home.

Two words. Butterfly effect. It's incomprehensible to imagine the repercussions this could have. All I can say, Valued Reader, is start stockpiling your canned goods.