luv the comments

but don;t be reading more into it than was written...
things were handled... no body's feelin hurt...
I like all these riders (don;t assume the group was all male...) a lot.
I was surprised and taken aback by the instant NASCAR Pit Crew (great analogy), so my response action was slowed. Took a while to become adult again in their eyes.
Funny thing is even though it was NOT some timed ride thing, the tendency is to rush with everything, once out and rollin.
Gettting a ride goin is a whole other ball O wax...
Other funny thing is that 'flatting' is almost like crashing and needing on-site triage.
The whole EMT thing comes out in people.
I am an asshat often enough, and skilled enough, now, to exert some control of myself. Like I said, 20 minutes later it (the annoyance) was gone.
It didn't really hit, until we were on the road, that I was the one rider deemed as 'needing' help; of the five with 'mechanicals'.
My rant - a bit dramatic ? Yeah, maybe, the fun part.
We all ride our own ride, best to keep it that way...

hmmm... seems I remember doin the 'EMT' flat repair thing to someone else, in the not too distant past.
lesson learned.

btw - if the 'zen' part of the name confuses - it'z not about a hippie ridin around smelling the flowers. zen can easily be in the worst, most awful moments, all the way out to any moment of joy, which also doesn;t preclude asshats