The J-Church ‘Got Meat’ 07.27.11
Muni rider Jazmin says, “July 7, 2011, the J line had free raw meat up for grabs.”
Not sure about you, but I wouldn’t dare “grab” that hunk of steak.
Other gross things that’ve appeared on Muni Diaries:
Matching condom and cough drops
Rats
Fingernail clipping, ad infinitum
A brownie
But what else does F stand for? 06.09.11
Photo by jon|k
Fun stuff in Twitterlandia @munidiaries: the alphabet according to Muni Metro.
@_mola_mola: #muni driver says: L is for late, M is for missing, T is for tardy.
@Bordash: is the N for never? i can’t come up with anything better.
@Owenchristoff: N: Non-existant. J: joke. K: Knocked-out :)
@simplelife9: And J and K is for Just Kidding, there really is no Muni in 5 minutes lol…
This all reminds us of that silly kerfuffle over T-shirts that mocked Muni routes.
Care to fill in the rest or add some to the list? F and S (Shuttle) are feeling left out of the party.
Shoes on the J-Church Send Me on a Flashback 06.01.11
Muni rider Mike waxes nostalgic:
The orange Converse pictured were my ticket to this flashback journey.
Great stuff. Share your Muni stories here on Muni Diaries.
Fare Evasion, MacGyver Style 05.16.11
Photo Diary: Ghost Train 05.12.11
Photo by Bob of All City
For you photogs out there, Bob explains the exposure he used for this photograph in his All City post.
Interleague baseball love on Muni 03.29.11
According to Dolores:
when the J-Church pulled out of Montgomery and the operator announced that it would be continuing to the ballpark, not terminating at Embarcadero- the whole trained CHEERED.
Akit has some helpful tips for taking Muni to the ballpark.
And clearly, go, Giants!
Photo Diary: Muni in the Rain 03.23.11
Photo by friedmanlynn
Remember to drop your photos in our Muni Photos Flickr Pool.
Photo by jasontakesphotos
Photo by Andrew Whalley
Photo by Arlette
BREAKING: Tree falls into wires, disrupts J-Church (update) 12.03.10
Update (2:57 p.m.): SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose says that SFFD crews removed the tree and that J-Church was restored around 1:00 p.m.
Original post: Muni rider Christine sends the following alert:
Looks like a moving truck hit a tree bringing it down and into electrical wires on the outbound J line between the 22nd and 24th street stops. Police are working to cut the tree down but we were told to exit the train because it would be awhile. 12:30pm.
We’ll bring you service updates as we receive them.
Email or tweet us if you see anything happening that you think can make your fellow riders’ commute easier.
How not to get jacked in the back of the bus 12.02.10
Photo by Yesica
Two people at the SOMArts exhibit of I Live Here: SF had back-of-the-bus tales to share:
They grinned in response and said, “We could jack you. But you’re nice so we’re not going to jack you.”
We all laughed and I learned again that it pays to be nice. At least on Muni.
This one’s from Christine:
While riding the J, I noticed that a man behind me reeked of cigarette smoke. That wasn’t unusual, but it started getting stronger. Finally, I heard another passenger say, “Ok, we all sat here while you smoked the first one, but that’s enough!”
I turned around just as the guy crushed out his second cigarette.
Reminds us of one of the first diaries not written by us: Rob’s story from July 2008 of breaking all the rules on Muni.
J-Church Food Fight! 10.29.10
Photo by J. McPherson
Tuchmanna tells a story from this morning’s commute. Alas …
Two 15-16-year-old girls climb on at Church and Market, grab a seat directly across the aisle from me, and break open a container of deli wraps filled with an assortment of meats. 15 minutes later when we’re finally between Van Ness and Civic Center, one of the girls starts dropping pieces of meat in the aisle. We make eye contact, she stares me down, I go back to reading. Out of the corner of my eye I see this girl hold up a big piece of meat, dangle it next to me and drop it right next to my bag. I turn to her and politely ask her to please not drop her meat on the floor. Typical spiel about sharing a public space, yada yada yada. The guy sitting next to me chimes in, calls them rude, she starts telling us to pick it up for her, and her friend just sits there laughing.
We’re delayed a few more minutes and are sitting in the train between Civic Center and Powell now, when the meat offender flicks a piece of roast beef that lands on the guy in front of me. He turns to her, and says, “Excuse Me?” She stares him down and says, “WHAT?” All of a sudden this dude erupts. He jumps up, knocks the container of sandwiches into the air so that pieces of lunch meat and wrap go flying everywhere, and starts going after this girl. Her friend jumps in and a full on brawl ensues on Muni. All your typical yuppie riders are engaged in a mix of laughing, screaming, and pulling everyone apart.
After all the meat-heads run off the train, one guy starts muttering about the degeneration of society into a future of barnyard animals and prehistoric creatures.
Then, once everyone calmed down, we all set to picking up the lunch meat and bonding over the ridiculousness of SF. If this doesn’t say, Good Morning, San Francisco, I sure don’t know what does.
We can’t promise food fights, but tonight’s Muni Diaries Live should be no less entertaining. Hope to see you there!
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