Mind the Gap

A very frightening thing happened today to someone standing in front of me at the tube station today. Because the train I normally take was suspended this evening (and this morning- due to a power outage), there was a made rush of people trying to get on another train that goes in a similar direction. I queued up with the rest of them- the line being about 10 people deep, all squished in like sardines ...

Two trains arrived, people got out and pushed their way through the crowds, people got in, and finally I was pushed to the front. The next train arrived and people continued to push their way on the train - as they did this, the woman standing in front of me ended up falling in the gap between the platform and the train. Luckily, the guy that was with her saw her fall and was able to grab her arm just in time- had he noticed a fraction of a second later, she would have been on the tracks with no way to get out.

Being a true fashion Londoner (or wanna-be-Londoner?), all she had to say when she was back on her feet was, "I lost a shoe".

A near death experience for her. Heed my words- MIND THE GAP!!