history: I made a really inappropriate joke about someone I work with to other coworkers and it got back to them. I feel really bad about it. I made a really inappropriate joke about a coworker to some other people I work with and it got back to him. Oops. I hate when that happens. Did they say anything to you?
current: No, 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, but I still felt bad for it, mostly that I did it behind his back.
next: That was really nice of you to apologize like that. Some people would have just ignored it. I know that could have been embarrassing.