Your Weekend Photo Diary
Happy a wonderful first weekend of spring, despite the Bay Area weather forecast.
Photo by davidimlaydotcom from the Muni Photos Flickr pool
Author: jeff
Nice people and good coffee …
The following is by Suzanne
Has anyone noticed how the baristas at the Embarcadero Peet’s Coffee are incredibly friendly and nice? I remembered them being peppy. The other morning I walked up to the counter bracing myself, ready to cringe at “happy happy happy” service, but instead I was charmed. This is no Burger World. The workers at Peet’s seemed genuinely nice. Their smiles were real! They made real eye contact. They joked and teased each other. It was mesmerizing. In a silly way, it melted the grumpster in me.
Cynics might say, “Wonder what they put in their coffee.” Sure, the coffee is good. But it was seeing people having a good time at work, being nice and silly to each other and customers alike that put a smile on my face. And then, when the caffeine kicked in … even the dullest doldrums in the T were looking pretty good.
Protesting the War in Iraq by Stopping Muni in Its Tracks? (UPDATES)
Second update: ABC 7 now has a slide show of the war protest up.
First update: Looks like SFGate is the first bigger operation (the kind that pays its staff) to get the story of the Market Street protest online. Nice work, Rubenstein. We still want to know what you think of this sort of protest. Tell us in comments.
Original post: Are you downtown? Do you see this happening?
A couple of tweets on the event:
dreamnotoftoday Four protesters removed from train track and arrested. Tracking now flowing on Market. #sf #iraq
californiabeat DEVELOPING: Anti-War protest blocking Downtown SF intersection at Market & Montgomery Streets. Police preparing for arrests.
Here’s a post with photos from last year’s (pre-President Obama, mind you) Iraq war protest.
What do you think of these Iraq war protests, where people are lying across the F tracks on Market? Let us know your feelings on this, the anniversary of the war, in comments.
Photo by Twitterer dreamnotoftoday
‘Anyone Got Change for a $5?’
What a scam. Some guy on my morning commute presented the driver with a $5 dollar bill, apologizing that that’s all he had. The driver said too bad, pay the fee or get off. Without hesitation, the guy turned his attention to the passengers.
“Anyone got change for a $5?”
No response.
So he dialed up the tone, “Anyone got change for a $5?!”
As I started to reach for my wallet, I realized the bus wasn’t moving. The driver was waiting for change. Unfortunately, no one had change for a $5, which left us all inconvenienced victims of a Muni standoff: The guy wasn’t budging from the bus and neither was the driver until change was produced.
Change guy starting yelling at the bus driver that he was an asshole for not moving. The bus driver seemed unphased, and continued to idle. The riders, including myself, stayed silent. After all, the guy was pretty big and intimidating (did you check out his picture?).
Weekend Photo Diary
Photo by rkallerud from the Muni Photos Flickr group.
Unintended Consequences on the 49
Submitted by Muni rider Erich
The 49. Inbound at 8:45. The bus makes its stop and this guy in wheelchair asks to get off. The driver is kind enough to push him toward the lift but the guy starts bitching him out. He lets the guy go on his own and the guy makes it to the lift. He then proceeds to fuck around in the lift and flip his chair, wedging it in the railing. The bus driver had to stop the bus and call an inspector so they wouldn’t get sued. We walked from there. The guy was still bitching.
If you’ve been stuck, had to walk, or have any other tales from Muni or BART, send it to us.