Picture the scene. I’m with a client at Marble Arch tube station. We’ve just left a meeting and we’re heading back to their office.
At the top of an escalator we scoot past a huge group of school children to reach the escalator ahead of them. There we resume our conversation as we travel down towards the platform.
As we near the bottom I pick up my maxi dress, as you do when you go up stairs, only to discover it was stuck. In the escalator. And I couldn’t pull it free.
At the foot of the escalator, as it started to loop, more of my dress was sucked up. The pulling sensation became stronger and stronger. All I could do was stand there holding my dress with one arm and in turn gripping my thigh tightly. The other arm useless having recently come out of plaster.
It was only a matter of time before the dress ripped and set me free. But where would it rip? The pulling was so strong at that point, panic started to set in.
I’d be left in Central London in my bra and pants. In rush hour. It would be mortifying.
Suddenly a man appeared from nowhere. He yanked my dress out of the escalator just as fellow commuters began to topple like dominoes behind me. The stranger was gone as quickly as he’d arrived but not before I said thank you very much.
We laughed like hyenas all the way back to the office. I *might have* snorted. There were definitely tears. Likely relief I left that escalator still clothed.
OH MY LORD that is the actual stuff of my nightmares!
Shocking shocking moment but caused much hilarity afterwards 🙂
Oh my, how awful but how funny. Sat here sniggering 🙂
So wasn’t funny at the time – afterwards yes 🙂
OH MY GOSH! I would have been crying!!
From now on I shall only wear my best pants and bra to the tubes…. just in case! lol…
I’m so glad you were freed!!!
I’m amazed I wasn’t tbh, I didn’t think that could even happen anymore. Good plan with the pants and bra 🙂
Oh my word…I actually felt really tense at the end of this…so glad you were rescued!!!
Bless you Kelly – such a horrible thing to happen but what a great story 🙂
You absolute lunatic. I am sitting here killing myself laughing as I am picturing you….. very funny!! Knowing you I can safely say you were definitely snorting!! as I am now….. Cathx
So glad I kept you entertained this evening – to be fair there is little choice on the television! We must do drinks soon, it’s been too long 🙂
That is it! I am wearing underwear everywhere I go now!! I am so glad that you did share the story with us. I thought it was in a department store – which would have been bad enough but in a tube?! Mortifying!! Thank you for letting me share this on the BritMums Carnival xx
Do you not normally wear underwear LOL?! I’m so glad I could entertain everyone with my mortifying story 🙂
Aaah! What if it had ripped along the bustline! It doesn’t bear thinking about. I hope you were wearing your best pants! And my big question is: was the client impressed? 🙂
The thought of it makes me feel quite ill to be honest! The client has (thankfully!) known me for a long time so we laughed all the way back to the office – then the story was relived for the team 🙂
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Oh my word. I had to click through from your 2013 round up.
How mortifying for you but also I bet u can laugh now.
Oh I am so glad you knight in shining armour appeared! I bet this episode still makes you smile!