Thanks, Muni Community

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For everyone who thinks Muni-riding city folks are kid-hating meanies, Sheila reminds us otherwise:

This isn’t really so much a story but just a shout out to all the kind people I’ve encountered on Muni. I ride Muni quite regularly with these two girls: my daughter and her best friend. It’s not easy going across town with two toddlers, but I have to say the entire community has been great to us. From the City College student who held the door for us so we wouldn’t miss our train, to the drivers and station agents who are always ready with a smile and lots of patience, to the guy who offered us a seat even though he had heavy bags of groceries. I couldn’t do it without these wonderfully kind people that I encounter daily. Yesterday, while entertaining the girls with a round of ABCs, three elderly ladies joined us while they rode back from and early morning visit to Chinatown. So, thanks, everyone!

And thank you for sharing, Sheila. Three elderly ladies helping the girls with their ABCs always qualifies as a story.

We all needed a reminder this week of good things in the world, right? Do something nice for your fellow Muni riders today and let Muni Diaries know all about it.

Just your everyday gentleman-sporting-orange-beard

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Update: Thanks to Muni Diaries commenter fermata, I learned the reason behind this Muni rider’s dyed beard: Dyeing beards was practice among Muslim soldiers to make them look younger. We love learning new things, so if you know more, fill us in. Muni, it teaches us things about one another.

Original post: I admire the hell out of this, hard-core San Francisco Giants fan or not.

Photo via @trappfotos

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The 22-Fillmore was rather packed this morning. Stephanie was forced into an intimate moment with her Muni driver, as seen above.

“I am thisclose to the #bus #driver today cuz the 22 is so #crowded #munidiaries #sf #muni”

Shortly after that, she says, “Now some lil old lady who needs to get off is hitting me over and over again and i cant go anywhere.”

We hope things got better for ya, Stephanie!

He wore a raspberry beret

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One! Two! One, two, three, HUH!

jcsnotes sent this our way, noting, simply, “He wore a raspberry beret.”

OK, you guys, let’s see how many more “Raspberry Beret” references I can get into this post:

  • Do you think he found it in a second-hand store?
  • He probably walked in through the out back door.
  • Overcast days always turn us on, actually. It’s San Francisco, for crying out loud.

I think I looooove this.

Here are the lyrics to this ’80s Prince classic so you don’t think I’m insane.

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