person A: I made a really inappropriate joke about a coworker to some other people I work with and it got back to him.
person B: Oops. I hate when that happens. Did they say anything to you?
person A: No_comma_ but the person who told him confessed. So I decided to be the bigger person and apologize to my coworker before things got too out of hand. He actually wasn't that upset and appreciated that I owned up to it_comma_ but I still felt bad for it_comma_ mostly that I did it behind his back.
person B: That was really nice of you to apologize like that. Some people would have just ignored it. I know that could have been embarrassing.