Thomas Johnston is irresponsible

Train is leaving. Escalator down is blocked. I am running.

Fake authority figure patrol officer (woman) standing at the bottom sees me spring frantically down the inactive escalator’s stairs: NO!!! SIR PLEASE GO BACK UP, yOU CANT— 

Me (still running): SORRY!!! THE TRAIN IS RIGHT THERE!! 

Her: SORRY?! (in utter disbelief that I would invoke “sorry” as my defense in this situation)

Me: I WONT DO IT AGAIN!!! *athletically leaps over the side rail of the closed off escalator about 5 feet from the floor, expertly clearing the caution-colored structure at the bottom and the exasperated Light Rail Patrol Officer (female)*

Her: …

Me: SORRY!! I WONT DO IT AGAIN!! *sprints past her and shuffles on to the train with seconds to spare, slinking into the very last seat in the back, still late but not as late as i WOULD HAVE BEEN if i turned around and took the elevator and missed the train 

The things I will do to not make my friends wait. To not make them spend 10 minutes of their life sitting there thinking: “Thomas Johnston is irresponsible.”