soliek, what a thought-provoking, well-written, charming little piece.
As Logician pointed out, this piece begs a response to how one should deal with others on a regular basis, and your response definitely shed light on that. If I may add on a little, and say that it goes hand in hand with being perceptive, and thinking about others. The man in the track suit seemed to seriously lack in that area. He considered himself more important than anyone else. Couple that with his obvious impatience, and that’s what you end up with.
It is difficult to deal with people who consider themselves more important than anyone else, because they will never listen to “mussar”, since they consider themselves perfect. It all comes down to haughtiness. If we were more perceptive, more aware of the situations of others, we wouldn’t have to jump to conclusions, we would be more patient, more understanding, and in general, much better people to be around.