Caltrain Snack Train 05.10.12
He said,
You know who you are.
I am underwhelmed by your dedicated courtesy-ness.
Thanks for the wondrous treat which greeted me as I boarded car 1 (just behind the engine) of Train 134 this morning just before 9:00.
Who do you think cleaned up your messy-mess?
Hey it wasn’t me, CopperJet. That looks like Starbucks and I’m a slave to last-minute Caltrain Station coffee.
*See this debate about the definition of a Caltrain pimp seat.
Drawn on Muni 05.10.12
Victor had an unusual ride on Muni recently.
I suppose that’s why I hardly noticed him. He didn’t make much eye contact with me and I didn’t with him either. We were on the bus together for maybe seven minutes.
My stop arrived. I got up and stepped down the backdoor stairs. Suddenly, I felt a hand grabbing my shoulder pulling me back. In a quick “WTF!” reaction, I spun around and saw the Asian kid standing above me holding a piece of paper. He didn’t say anything. He just moved the paper closer to me and slightly cocked his head down.
Read the conclusion to Victor’s story on his website.
Muni Music: D3FBOT’s “SF Muni Party Bus” 05.09.12
We stumbled across this bit of Muni-inspired music the other day via @illestbaybeeh. Seat-dancing ensued.
The Muni Taxman Cometh 05.09.12
Watch out, Wall Street. The taxman cometh.
chewbeezie snapped this one on the Metro. Liz Taylor (is that Liz Taylor?) seemed like an odd addition to this medley. But this is, well, an odd medley. Smile points for this dude.
Strange (and Awesome?) Emirate Caltrain Takeover 05.08.12
Photo by Todd Lappin
Have you seen the Emirate airline ads wrap on Caltrain? Todd from Bernalwood sent us these photos of the vivid advertisement.
What do you think of the Emirate ads? Strange? Creepy? Awesome? All of the above?
There, I fixed Muni 05.08.12
7 Months of Muni: Transfer Art 05.08.12
Man Successfully Reaches New Low at Millbrae BART 05.07.12
Photo by Charles Haynes
No, seriously. This was my morning: BART was running at least 15 minutes late to Millbrae, so people on my BART train making the Millbrae Caltrain connection were getting visibly antsy. It looked like we would miss the bullet train, after which the local Caltrain only comes every hour. As the Millbrae BART train pulled in, we could see that a Caltrain was already waiting at the opposite platform, but we would have to go upstairs to cross the platform and then down another set of stairs to catch it.
The BART train stops and everybody makes a mad scramble to the fare gates. As I walked up to the faregate and reached out to scan my Clipper card, a young man (Silicon Valley type, corporate backpack), leaped over two other people to jump in front of me to scan his Clipper card.
His Clipper card didn’t scan so the fare gate was still closed, so he hoisted himself up to jump the gate, kicking up his feet to nick me right in the shin, breaking skin (I was wearing a skirt and heels on account of the great weather today). No apologies.
None of us made the train.
How about this for an etiquette rule: don’t take fellow riders out at the knees (or the shins). Now does anyone have a Band-Aid for me?
More Strange Muni Cargo 05.07.12
Rider Rhonda saw yet more curious luggage on Muni and reports:
After a moment of curiosity, I realized that the bags were both filled to capacity with – trash. Plastic bottles and such.
Think this rider has seen her counterpart who rides the bus with the recycle bin? Perhaps this cargo is not so strange — I’ve seen more than a few people around town collecting bottles and cans to make some extra cash. Part of an underground economy?
Weekend Photos: Going to the Mountains 05.04.12
Photo by Nimamoru
Enjoy these photos and your weekend!
Photo by mayortoby
Photo by Andrew Dalton
Photo by Robert B Livingston
Photo by jennanns
Ride Muni like a boss. Our Fast Pass Clipper card holders and Muni Diaries T-shirts are on sale 
