‘Here, talk to the girl next to me on Muni’


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 …

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Christopher Imagines Muni’s Ghost Trains


Photo by dannyman

Ever wonder what’s really behind all the things Muni does that frustrate you? Christopher knows the answer.

I got a seat on the Muni underground today and for I think the first time ever I had a clear view of the tunnel as we traveled along. It was pretty cool, although annoying when we stopped because another train was going through the tunnel. Then I thought that maybe all of MUNI’s troubles are due to ghost trains coming and going all night and all day, and then I thought about how that would make for a new TV show.

Read the rest of this daydream at Christopher’s Tumblr.

Tampax Pearl ad (sort of) on Muni


Photo: @glopdemon on Twitter and Instagram

I, just, I have so many questions. Sometimes, it’s senseless gummy bear death. Sometimes, it’s this.

For the uninitiated, this is a tampon applicator. There used to be a new tampon in this, but there is no longer a tampon (of any kind) in it. As far as I can tell, anyway.

Per @glopdemon on Twitter: “Here’s a cool thing to find in the window of the bus.”

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Clipper Card Reader Tagged the Wrong Time?


Photo by Agent Akit

Have you gotten a ticket because the Clipper card reader tagged the wrong time? One of our readers said this happened to him, and he wasn’t able to fight the fine. Read Sean R.’s account.

A few weeks ago my wife and a friend of ours boarded Muni at about 5:45 p.m. in the Inner Sunset. When they got off at Civic Center a little after 6 p.m., they were stopped by fare inspectors who scanned their Clipper cards. It was then that they were told the system registered them having boarded at 4 p.m., and that they’d be issued a ticket for riding with an expired fare.

Their well-documented petition was denied, and to even fight it they have to pay the $103 fine.

If this has happened to you, were you able to petition the ticket? Let us know what happened.

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