Mind the closing doors...

This happened some time ago but i thought to share....

When they announce this famous statement "Mind the closing doors..." i think it applies to both passengers boarding in as well as leaving the train. But some people just don't get it right.

The trains arrived on White City(Central Line station) and doors opened. All passengers are obviously expected to leave the train when door open and not wait till the last moment. This young girl couldn't be bothered. She kept reading her newspaper and looked like she wanted to finish it quickly before leaving the train rather that taking the newspaper with her. Just when the announcement came, she ran out of the train. And quite expectedly, her purse couldn't get through. So here she was, standing on the platform with her purse caught in between door.

For some unknown reason, she just believed that the trains operators are there to just serve her only. So he expected the door would open again and release her purse. But of course, the train started moving! Now i am not sure how much attached the girls are to their purses, but this girl was really not going to give it up. She started to pull harder and started running with the train!!! Passenger around her started giving shocked and surprised looks. But she kept running until the train was too fast for her to keep up. Finally she let the purse remain in the train to be collected at the next station.

So, lets understand that we all must mind the closing doors and not let the closing doors mind our belongings....