Leap bus needs a tow on Day 2: Is there an app for that?

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Update: A quick phone call to Courtesy Tow, who performed the removal seen above, confirms that the bus did, indeed, break down. It’s hard out there for a pimp bus.

Original post (March 19, 12:02 p.m.): Well, this is embarrassing.

While any number of words can be used to describe this unfortunate situation, such as “irony” or “schadenfreude,” it’s a little weird that this Leap bus broke, right? Did the people on it have to use Muni? Muni certainly doesn’t refund your cashola if the bus breaks (LOL!), but would the premium bus refund that premium fare? Or does it just roll out a red carpet as you exit the spotless vehicle? That doggie-looking logo is pretty cute, though, we reward points for that.

Previously (as in, yesterday): New private bus wants you to avoid the crowded 30-Stockton, Blue Bottle coffee optional

Photo by Yarbs, on Spear near Howard

The people who ride Muni with you

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The people riding the bus are like 99 percent of our inspiration for doing this silly little website. This week’s nominees are …

  • As heard on #SFMuni “IM A NYMPHO, DONT GET ME WRONG HEH HEH BUUUUUT…”
  • buttcracks and budweisers on the 22 outbound. Classic for so early!
  • Why did you get on the 22 bus with an unpackaged sheet cake? Are you trying to turn the ride into a Disney caper?
  • When the person obnoxiously playing music from their phone on #sfmuni IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW OMG SO EMBARRASSING
  • Man in back of 27 just baa’d like a sheep. No apparent reason.

This week’s Things on Muni is brought to you by fellow Muni riders @elphant_, @TheresaGarnero, @mamcart, @cool_becca_, and @thegreatzone. Follow Muni Diaries on Twitter and contribute to next week’s roundup.

George Takei’s Sulu wants you to ride public transit

In the future/past of 1984, when we wasn’t busy doing Captain Kirk’s bidding and steering the Starship Enterprise, Mr. Sulu (George Takei) shilled for Milwaukee’s version of Muni. How cool is that? That velvety baritone telling you to buy a bus pass, to ride public transit. Yes, sir.

His connections to the Bay Area include the fact that Takei’s father was born in San Francisco, his mother was both in Sacramento, and he himself attended UC Berkeley for a spell.

SFMTA: Please take note. Hire someone half as cool as George Takei if you want more people to ride Muni.

Last we checked in with Starfleet, we saw Spock (RIP Nimoy) not understanding the concept of exact change.

Muni poetry as coping mechanism

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You guys sure are a creative lot. What better way to deal with the existential crisis that is our public transit, I ask?

  • “Lord it’s too crowded, not just this bus. The whole damn world. People need to lighten up!” driver waxing poetic. #SFMuni
  • The 38 is a earthquake test on wheels. Took awhile to even type this tweet. It’s more bumpin’ than a Lil Jon concert.
  • I used to wash my hands after my #sfmuni #NJudah commute. Now, I take a shower and burn my clothes.
  • Smelling like a dive bar is not cute. #Munidiaries
  • #SFMuni haiku: Castro Street Station; The 35-Eureka; Overcrowded train.

This week’s Things on Muni is brought to you by your fellow Muni riders @cherilusive, @DaneYoshida, @lisadawn2000, @pinkhandgrenade, and @Paul_J_Lucas. Be awesome like them and follow Muni Diaries on Twitter.

Photo by Brennan Browne

This graffiti on Muni is the shit!

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On the one hand, if Muni rider Ashley is right, it would convince me that if we give it enough time, everything in the realm of possibility will occur on Muni. If she’s wrong, well, it’s kinda cool-lookin’, no?

Ashley says, “Pretty sure this graffiti is written in actual poop”

She also used the tag #MuniNightmares. Do we really wanna start using that? It’s up to you guys.

Impromptu ‘Happy Birthday’ serenade on Muni

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Admit it: All you really want out of life is for people to sing “Happy Birthday” to you all day every time it’s your birthday. Well, that plus cake and puppies. WE DON’T ASK FOR MUCH, you guys.

And so it happened, and Muni rider Chad was on the scene: “Girl on #sfmuni wants everyone to sing her Happy Birthday; impromptu band forms with personalized bday song #magic”

Way to avoid having to pay royalties, you dudes.

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