The truth about NextBus is finally revealed
And all it took was a hand-written sign. Thanks, oh enlightened one who posted this. Score another victory for the Luddites!
h/t: Muni rider Julian
Category: Funny: Muni LOLs
Before Larry Baer was the corporate head of the Giants …
Photo by Clem Albers/San Francisco Chronicle Nice shirts!
We’ve heard countless tales of folks attempting to ride all Muni routes in a single day. Some are successful; others, not so much.
As our buddy Peter Hartlaub reports over on his blog, The Big Event, San Francisco Giants President and CEO Larry Baer was once a wee lad. In August 1980, some 30 years before his baseball team won its first championship in San Francisco, Baer and a friend rode all 71 Muni lines in a single day. Take it away, Peter:
Some facts about Larry Baer’s Muni stunt, according to the Aug. 30, 1980, Chronicle article:
1. It took Baer and Coblentz eight hours just to plan a route to ride every Muni bus, rail and cable car line in one day. Muni gave the pair a free all-day pass.
2. The T-shirts cost $9 each, their total investment in the project.
3. Baer and Coblentz woke up at 4:45 a.m., and finished at 6 p.m., celebrating with a drink at the Bus Stop in the Marina. (Which is still a strong Giants bar almost 35 years later.)
T-shirts!!!! Iron-ons! The ’80s!!!!1!
Peter goes on to “ambush” Baer publicly, asking him, among other things, “Why haven’t you done a Muni Diaries Live yet?” Indeed, sir, why?
Read the rest of Peter’s rad post here. And if you work with Larry or with the Giants in general, please to inquire on our and Peter’s behalf. kthxbai
4 New Unofficial Rules on Muni
Photo by Lynn Friedman
According to you guys on Twitter, there are some new important unofficial rules on Muni.
1. Don’t ever ask why it smells like rotten fish. (via @meganjelene)
2. When the bus is empty, for god’s sake, don’t sit next to someone. (@ericshin)
3. Summer officially begins when tourists take Muni to Fisherman’s Wharf (@c_vogelsang)
4. People who talk on speakerphone on Muni are the worst (and will be publicly shamed?). (@KaiKronfield)
What’s your Muni fight club rule? Inquiring minds want to know!
Charming, but the answer is ‘No’
Unfortunate facts of Muni life
Photo by analogskirt
I suppose it depends on your point of view. Some of these could be positive experiences. If so, good on ya. I guess?
- It smells like poop on this bus. #goodmorning #yuck
- Look lady, I’m sry that yr bag had to give up its seat so a human being could use it, but you need to get over it. #SFMuni
- Munifears: seemingly irrational fears you have riding the bus, like someone ‘accidentally’ sitting in your lap #sfmuni
- I don’t know what’s worse, that my #SFMuni driver is on the phone, or that it’s on speaker for us all to hear.
- 22-Fillmore stalled while woman enlists help of strangers to carry her 9 Starbucks drinks. This a social science experiment?
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Of boxers, fishnets, legs, backpacks, and fanny packs on Muni
Lots of things falling off, being complimented, opening, hitting people on the head, and just generally being worn by tourists this week. Behold:
- guy on #sfmuni w/pants sagging so low you can see the end of his boxers. He sat down and the pants fell to his ankles.
- On the 14, man next to me got up, complimented my fishnets, patted my arm, then accidentally bonked me on the head. #Sfmuni
- Overheard on the 14 “BACKDOOR! BACKDOOR! My legs open easier than these doors” #backdoor #munisf
- how many times do you need to be hit in the head while seated by a backpack wearer on muni to start a bad day?
- Surrounded by tourists wearing fanny packs who got on the wrong bus. It’s officially summer
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