Author: Tara

Tara Ramroop has laughed, cried, and commiserated with this amazing community from the start. She's been writing for as long as she can remember and riding Muni for more than a decade.

Australian transit “ads” we could use for Muni and BART

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I hate to be the one to say this isn’t a real transit ad, but this isn’t a real transit ad. It should be, yes, but it’s not.

Patricia called our attention to these brutally honest parody ads via Happy Place. The ads explain how you can easily not be an asshole on Down Undah’s Queensland Rail. They’re meant to mock the exceedingly polite — and accidentally passive-aggressive, right? — Queensland Rail etiquette tips. Have a look at what Happy Place describes as, “…five examples that much more closely resemble our subway experiences, plus or minus a few breast-gropers and/or gibberish-spouting homeless women.”

My favorite Bay Area transit etiquette rules: “Don’t give your giant Styrofoam its own seat on crowded trains,” “BART isn’t your living room, mister,” and “It’s impolite to take up extra bus seats and flip people off.”

What are yours?

Category: diaries, Funny: Muni LOLs

“Hi, sandwich. How are you?”

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Photo: Mike Willis

100 Muni StoriesYou’re technically not supposed to eat or drink on Muni, but you’re technically not supposed to do a lot of things on Muni that happen anyway. We’ve had lots of stories of rogue bus eating — fact: eating Skittles ≠ eating soup — some of the most quintessential Muni moments. To whit:

I think I speak for all of us when I ask, “What kind of sandwich?” and say, “Of course she was.” We love public transit, too.

Category: 100 Muni Stories, diaries, Funny: Muni LOLs

Muni’s Magical Kingdom

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*Photo: echoes71

100 Muni StoriesUr doing it rong if you don’t find something interesting to look at on Muni. There are even points of interest for the most magical niches:

Muni easily reaches lvl 90 when it comes to people-watching, that’s for damn sure.

*Note: I picked this photo because it says Balbo, a very “hobbity” alternative to Balboa, indeed.

What’s your Muni-est, Muni moment? Tweet it to @munidiaries, hashtag #100MuniStories, or send us your Muni story the old-fashioned ways. Get inspired by reading our 100 Days, 100 Stories entries so far.

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John Waters: ‘You Meet All the Interesting People’ on Muni

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Photo: John Waters and Peaches Christ in San Francisco, by butterforfilm.

John Waters is occasionally (and awesomely) spotted on Muni. One time, in fact, he told us he’d love to be John Waters, Muni spokesman. That very story was one of our 100 Days, 100 Muni Stories centennial favorites. Lo and behold, commenter Turner ran into him in May on the 49-Van Ness after we reposted that story. He says:

I ran into Mr. Waters on the 49 last week — he was very polite and seemed kind of tickled that he got recognized by someone who was polite enough not to hassle him. I actually expressed surprise that I ran into him on the bus and his response was (roughly — I’m afraid I didn’t take notes) ‘I LOVE the bus! You meet all the interesting people on the bus.‘ I’d love to see him as the spokesman of Muni — or as the voice of Muni.

There’s some more incentive in case you need it, Mr. Waters. We’re behind you 100-percent.

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No, No, Don’t Get Up: Cozy on BART

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So, this guy. Perhaps the most This Guy of all This Guys on BART.

Snapped this one later in the 6-o’clock hour: toward the end of the evening rush. The train wasn’t sardines-crowded, but there were several people entering, exiting, and standing around.

In other words, maybe don’t sit like this on BART, in the interest of seat-having for fellow passengers.

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Ready-for-Primetime Muni Driver Sings the Connecting Lines

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Photo: The Holy Hand Grenade

100 Muni StoriesA Broadway-ready Muni driver gets creative with the announcements:

@bhautikj: The driver on the 27-Bryant is theatrically singing the names of connecting lines. Awesome!

Is it the same singing Muni driver from last year? When he’s bigtime famous, we can say we knew him when.

Heard or experienced something quintessentially Muni? A centennial-worthy tale, perhaps? Send us your story via the Muni Diaries submission form or tweet @munidiaries with hashtag #100MuniStories. Read the rest of our 100 Days, 100 Muni Stories entries for inspiration.

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