It depends how quickly I need to travel. No rush, I stand and enjoy the thinking time.

One time, I didn't need to travel quickly (was drunk and just trying to get to a sandwich shop off Brick Lane), but still managed to clear two thirds of the entire escalator in seconds.

Worse, was going up the escalator when I fell back down it.

Worse yet, being the escalator at Angel, was also Eastern Europe's third longest escalator.

They say your whole life flashes before your eyes during a near death experience. They lie.

All that flashed before my eyes as I plummeted was being approached by strangers if I didn't die / knock myself out before or when I hit the ground. Hence, and despite dinting my skull, still jumped up when I reached the bottom and did jazz hands whilst shouting: I'm fine!

Could've gone straight to A&E. Instead, went on to the sandwich shop...only to discover it was closed.

Not a great day. But not the worst experience I've had on the tube.