A 'queue rage' rail passenger - frustrated by train delays during last winter's snowfall - attacked an information desk assistant who made him wait.
Pianist Anthony Bullett, 63, (pic.top) of Victoria Court, Victoria Road, South Woodford exploded in rage after other passengers were dealt with before him at Waterloo Station.
"He pushed me twice in the shoulder, it caused me a lot of stress, I was tearful and had migraines for three days," victim Miss Beata Lokaj (pic.bottom) told City of London Magistrates' Court.
"I think he was frustrated because of the snowfall and people were acting differently than they normally do.
"He was already angry when he approached me. His first question was in an aggressive manner, in an angry and rude voice."
A colleague jumped between the defendant and Miss Lokaj as he followed her around the desk while she back-pedalled and he was handcuffed and arrested by British Transport Police.
Bullett was booked to perform at an old peoples home in Oxshott, Surrey and as he was led away said: "I am going to lose a job. I was next."
He told the court: "I looked at the departure board, but there was nothing at all so I went to the information desk.
"I genuinely thought I was next and I was annoyed that she was not talking to me as I thought she should. I said: 'No. You will serve me'.
"There were one hundred people waiting for me to play the piano so there was an urgency for me to get there and provide entertainment."
Bullett insisted he did not push Miss Lokaj, but the magistrates found him guilty of assault.
The defendant, whose £7,000 a year earnings are topped-up by £480 a month pension credit, was fined £140, with £215 costs and was ordered to pay £100 compensation to the victim.
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