Contingency upon contingency

This morning I was planning to ride my bike to work for the first time. I had psyched myself up and everything. However, when I went out back to get my bike, I found that the front tyre was completely flat. Since I didn't have time to pump it up and check how quick the leak was, I decided to take the tram. This made me angry because it was a really nice day and I had been looking forward to getting home quicker on my bike at the end of the day. After I had been waiting at the tram stop for about five minutes, I noticed that the approaching trams were not getting any closer than two stops away before heading back in the other direction. The notice board began to say, 'Service disruption, expect delays.' At first I thought this might make me very late for work and I got even angier, but then I reaslised all I could do was laugh. If I had seen this series of unlikely coincidences happen in a sit-com, I would have said it was unrealistic. Who has two incidents of such bad luck happen in the same morning? So, shaking my head in disbelief, I walked home, got in my car (feeling thankful my husband wasn't around to share it) and drove to work instead.