Photo Gallery: Inaccurate or Outdated Muni Signage 08.13.09
Found this amazingly neato photo set on Flickr the other day. It was shot and assembled by Octoferret, to whom we owe a humble thank you. In light of upcoming Muni lines slated for extinction, we feel this is a moving tribute to the routes that time has forgotten.
Attack of the Dragon on the 38-Geary 08.13.09
Photo by Flicker user Maramusine
I get it, San Francisco is a town full of geeks. Moscone plays hosts to Wonder-Con or Comic-Con or some type of Geek-Con. As we do with all walks of life, San Francisco welcomes the Geeks. So I wasn’t surprised to be riding the 38-Geary and overhear a teenage boy on his cell phone talking about wizards and dragons. It seemed pretty normal actually, until a minute later when his conversation took a turn for the worse.
My ears perked up when he said, “Well, you know, at first when he said he was from another planet I thought he was a gamer, I mean dragons and war lords from other planets are pretty rare, you know.”
(Writer’s note: “Pretty rare?” I think they’re up there with the unicorns my grandma thinks are real, but I digress.)
From what I could gather from his phone conversation, some really scary dragon and alien war lord have arrived in San Francisco and contacted our young friend on the Internet and now want to kill his whole family. It’s unclear why they chose this random kid to have a battle with but my guess is because he’s telling a bus full of people all their alien secrets. With my luck, the dragon will attack the 38 bus while I’m on it.
Photo Diary: Cherries on the 21 08.12.09
Appears to me it’s a cherry condom AND a cherry cough drop! Yummy! I am just sharing…
Contrition and Acceptance on the 10 08.12.09
Photo by Flickr user heather
Lady by door gets bumped, says to offender: You could say “excuse me.”
Offender: I did say excuse me!
Lady: You could say it louder.
Offender: EXCUSE ME. How’s that?
Lady: It’s over. Hello, goodbye.
Offender: UGH. *exits*
Lady: Whatever. Bitch.
Newsworthy Muni-Accident Streak Stands at 2 Days (updates) 08.11.09
Photo by Whole Wheat Toast
Update (4:12 p.m. Wednesday): SF Appeal reports that the pedestrian in this incident is expected to recover.
Update (5:55 p.m.): SF Gate quotes Judson True as saying that early indications have the incident being caused by the pedestrian.
Original post: In what is becoming too routine, SF Appeal reports that the F-Market/Wharves line has been disrupted due to an accident involving a pedestrian. Early reports indicate that the pedestrian’s injuries are not life-threatening. Shuttle buses are running between the Embarcadero and Van Ness. Stay tuned for updates …
Confused Riders on the Outbound J 08.11.09
Photo by Flickr user dennis
This hilarious-yet-sad anecdote came to the Muni Diaries inbox last week from Muni rider Eric G:
I got on the J at 34th and Judah. For those not in the know, the N sometimes goes outbound to Ocean Beach, then becomes an outbound J. This means it turns onto Church St instead of going into the tunnel.
Of course, this confuses a lot of people. One woman asked me if it would go to Civic Center. “Nope,” I replied.
A few minutes later, a second woman asked if the whole train was going into the tunnel, or just the first half. “This train will turn at the next stop,” I explained.
Thing is, this woman wasn’t just a regular Muni rider. She was a fare inspector. And to make matters worse, she was leading a group of fare inspectors.
I don’t blame her for not knowing. But I think this is symptomatic of Muni not training their employees nearly well enough.
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Wedding Party (Where Else?) on the N-Judah 08.11.09
We found this joyful photo series of a wedding party on Muni, courtesy of photog Lawrence. And congrats, Chantilly and Dominique!
Muni Crash: N-Judah at Church and Duboce — Car at Fault? 08.10.09
Scraped up N-Judah from today's collision.
Photo by Joe Eskenazi
Here comes another one: N-Judah train and a car crashed up on Church and Duboce this afternoon, SFWeekly reports. Looks like so far nobody’s hurt and it might have been the car driver’s fault, not the other way around. As the Weekly points out, this crash happened almost at the same time as the Muni safety hearing this afternoon. Karma is…well, you know what they say.
Looks like everybody got off okay from today’s crash, we hope, but meanwhile, back at the ranch, I mean the Muni safety meeting, we are learning that perhaps no one was talking to the driver in the F-Market crash last week, SFAppeal reports. Previous witness reports to various media had suggested that the Muni driver was distracted by a conversation just before the crash, but another witness disputes that at today’s hearing.
Chaos on the 6-Parnassus 08.10.09
Photo by Flickr user heather
This unnerving story came to the Muni Diaries inbox from Muni rider “The Default Attorney”:
I have lived in the city now for about 8 years. Last night, going home on the 6, I witnessed one of the more disturbing incidents I have seen on Muni to date.
A woman, holding her child, gets on the somewhat already crowded bus, followed by a man who appears to be the father of the child, though he looks much younger than the woman. As they walk toward the rear of the bus, she pushes past a young woman who is standing, holding a stroller, and trying to get out of the way. The woman, still holding her child, pushes past the other mother saying rather loudly, “Get out of my way, you dumb bitch.”
Then she walks by two Muni fare inspectors who are already on the bus.
Apparently her male companion is trying to calm her down. All I can then hear is, “Fuck you, don’t tell me to calm down, I’m not fucking tripping.”
Photo Diary: A case of the Mondays 08.10.09
This rather Twittertastic note came to the Muni Diaries inbox the other day from Muni rider Ari:
there was a lady passed out on the floor of embarcadero station obviously not having a good night. happened around 11pm on august 3rd.
Thanks for the info, Ari. Tough Monday for this woman …
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