Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
Photo by courtchops
Kind of the opposite of “it’s not you, it’s me,” which of course means it’s really…you.
A random sticker spotted by courtchops on the 18-46th Avenue.
Other important messages found on Muni:
Photo via Fast Company
What’s your Muni shelter done for you lately? Relieve your stress? Cure your seasonal depression? We found two incredibly considerate bus stop projects around the world. Read more
Photo (not a Facebook bus) by Paul Sullivan
Ed tipped us to the following act of heroism (or idiocy? you decide):
“Holy crap, someone just yelled at a Facebook shuttle driver & blocked the door to fb’ers for stopping in muni stop. While no muni was around” (via @rotron)
Last we heard in the Public vs. Private Transportation Wars, a Muni operator was on the front lines laying down the law.
Photo by Lynn Friedman
Reader Kelsey W. found a good use of her time during the recent shutdowns in the subway (first for flooding then for a blown transformer). She set the lyrics to the tune of Jingle Bells and The First Noel. Should you be caroling with these tunes (maybe at Santacon this Saturday?): videos or it didn’t happen!
Here are Kelsey’s Muni Christimas Carol Lyrics. Read more
Photo by Jeremy Brooks
In which @hotchallah enumerates her lessons:
“Things I’ve been taught by my #muni friend on this ride: a chimpanzee can turn a 16″ truck tire inside out with his bare hands.” (via)
“Things I’ve been taught by my #muni friend on this ride: rich people buy chimpanzees as pets bc the rich have nothing upstairs” (via)
“Things I’ve been taught by my #muni friend on this ride: his name is Michael.” (via)
“Things I’ve been taught by my #muni friend on this ride: he had an apple donut this morning but he usually doesn’t eat sugar.” (via)
What did you learn on Muni today?
Photo by Steve Rhodes
First things first: WTF?
Paige brings the light of day to one of the weirdest/creepiest stories we’ve seen in our years of rounding up weird/creepy stuff on Muni. Here’s Paige:
I was riding the 33 bus line and sat in the open seat next to a man who looked to be in his mid 20s. I sat down, got out my headphones, plugged them into my phone, started playing music, then proceeded to play Temple Run. I was minding my own business while my friends were in other parts of the bus in seats. My friend came up and said something to me and then we began chatting a little as I had the headphone facing the man sitting next to me still in.
The man was talking to his friend on his phone, which I believe was a Galaxy. He accidentally dropped his phone between us while talking, then picked it up and said “sorry” and I replied with a laugh and “it’s okay”. The man then took the headphones out from the plug in his phone, tapped my shoulder, and said to his friend, “hey, here, talk to this girl sitting next to me”. He made me talk to his friend on the phone …