Metra: People that Run to Their Cars are Idiots!

I was in a hurry to get home last night. The train was running late and I had to eat dinner before running off to soccer practice. I decided, wrongly of course, to hustle to the car like the rest of the lemmings off the cliff. As I quickly descended the stairs from the train car, I tried to make an evasive move around some woman at the bottom moving at a slower pace than me. I nearly made a clean pass when she suddenly she shifted her purse to one side. Subsequently, my Blackberry got caught on her purse strap and ejected itself from the holster. Next thing I hear is the horrid crunch of plastic meeting asphalt as my Blackberry skids across the sidewalk in multiple pieces. The main unit is in front of me on the ground. The back cover and battery have located themselves somewhere under the chain link fence that separates the train platform from the parking lot. I quickly picked up the main unit and thankfully the screen is not damaged. I then jockey around the fence to gather the other parts. I am such a dumbass.

This may be karma though. I regularly laugh at the idiots running to their cars from the train to get out of the parking lot one second sooner. I firmly believe that middle aged men should not run unless they are playing a sport or being chased. But here I am, not only one of those idiots but also an idiot that has pulled a stupid stunt and has to crawl on their hands and knees because of it. I think this makes me worse than them. Oh well, such is life.

Note: There is no way this will stop me from laughing at them from now. In fact, going forward, I think I'll look for someone to fall now that I know that it's a distinct possibility.