Pizza guy should not feel to bad, he at least got to have something to eat that day. There are of lot of should of, could of, would of, people in the world. I was one of the lucky ones. I was also in the right place at the right time once or twice. I have also been in the wrong place at the wrong time when everything went wrong. It is being flexible to the situations and to life's inconveniences that will keep us whole and stop us from falling apart.
I think that learning the ability to cope under pressure is worth more than the cost of the lesson.