The post you are reporting:
" how many other things are we missing"
Their train, their connection, their start time, their wages, their job, their respect, their future...
I remember Reggie Perrin with his, "10 minutes late, Wildebeest on the line at Penge."
What bonus-driven manager is going to appreciate, "Sorry I'm late, I was listening to a Fugue." ?
What of our authorities and the 'busking' regulations?
On the whole, quite right though. We should be free to wonder at something as lovely as a tree, to "Stand and stare" as the poet has it.
This thread makes a welcome change, if not departure, from the norm.
[I think that the violinist bringing his own till would have been a clue.]