‘We can do this’ on the N-Judah

Derek Powazek has almost always lived on the N-Judah line in the many years he has lived in San Francisco. And he saw an amazing feat of spontaneous public unity when the N rumbled by one day. In this video from Muni Diaries Live at the Make-Out Room a few weeks ago, Derek tells that story. Derek is the editor of Fray, the magazine of true stories and original art.

P.S. We know you’re not really working this week, so adjust the volume, put on the headphones, and enjoy Derek’s hilarious and possibly uplifting tale.

MUNI HULK!

There’s a powerful new force on Twitter you should know about. @MUNI_HULK has been smashing pixels on Twitter since late October.

Here’s Hulk’s tweet that goes with the photo above, just to give you a nibble:

“CLIPPER PUT UP XMAS LIGHTS BEFORE THANKSGIVING. HULK HATE COMMERCIALIZATION OF HOLIDAYS.”

Follow MUNI_HULK.

*Pardon the all-caps, folks.

Jumper on the 38BX!

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Photo by Tom Prete

Anthony saw some shit go down on the 38BX the other day.

The 38BX-Geary B Express heading downtown in the morning goes along the same route as the regular 38-Geary for a while, then turns off of Geary, onto Presidio and continues down Bush. Almost every day someone gets on and looks dumbstruck when the bus makes that turn (off of Geary). It’s an oh-crap-i’m-on-the-wrong-bus face.

So one morning, this young thugged-out kid is wearing that face as the bus approaches the turn, passing his requested stop. He starts freaking out and hitting the back doors … and then poof! The doors open … while the bus is still going about 10-15 mph.

The kid leans out the doors and ponders his next move. Meanwhile, some lady right behind him doesn’t move toward him at all but reaches out her arm and yells, “NOOOOOOOOOOO!” and then he leaps from the bus, tries to land on his feet, and fails miserably.

He does a few rolls and quickly gets up. Luckily, he doesn’t get hit by a car. Then, about 30 feet later, the bus stops at its next scheduled stop. The oblivious driver says, “Did somebody just jump off?” and someone else says, “Yeah, but he’s okay.” And we just keep on truckin’.

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