Snail commutes at snail’s pace on Muni
After much deliberation, this here snail decided it would hitch a ride on the recently un-sickout’d Muni. We sure hope the snail made it to snail work on time (doubtful, but so it goes).
Via Muni rider Louise
Show at Blackbird Bar features Muni art
How would you like to drink some yummy housemade cocktails and look at fresh San Francisco art? Muni Diaries friend Nate1 (who designed our fav T-shirts) is having an art opening at Blackbird bar on Saturday. Hosted by Secession Art and Design, the new show is called Stay Awhile:
Motion and typography create a world that is electric. Splashes of spray paint purposefully pixelate a Bay Area landscape. The warmer days of summer make the evening cocktails sparkle. Nate 1 has developed a new style with a nod to old-school San Francisco graffiti that paints a city in motion having a beautiful time. Drinks, please!
Celebrate and meet Nate 1 at the opening party Saturday. All art is available for purchase online too at the Secession online store.
Details
Stay Awhile, art opening at Blackbird Bar
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 6 p.m.
2124 Market St
Take Muni there: Church Street Station, or take 22 or 37 lines.
Five Photos to Help You Recover From the Muni Sickout
Photo by gladysf
Sick of the sickout? Same here. Enjoy these five gorgeous photos of San Francisco looking pretty, and maybe it’ll help you forget that on Monday morning when two packed 2-Clement buses pass you by and you have an 8 a.m. meeting.
Have a cool picture you took? Tag us on Instagram or Flickr with @munidiaries. Have a great weekend, everybody. Read more
Bored kid in Russia appoints himself bus driver, takes off with vehicle
Photo via Daily Star
A kid in Russia decided to steal a bus last month and take it on a joyride around town. Unsatisfied with tagging, rock throwing, or whatever it is eight-year-old boys do on their lunch break at school, Andrey Grimov stole the bus when the driver left the keys in the ignition to go on a break.
According to the U.K.’s Daily Star, the boy drove the bus through a hedge, a field, and across a lawn in Veliky Novgorod, before taking it out on the road. Police eventually stopped him by setting up a roadblock. According to the boy’s mother, Andrey said he was bored and looking for an ‘adventure.’
We seem to recall something like this has happened before in San Francisco in the days before Muni Diaries was around. Anyone remember the details?
Dog in a box on BART is all, ‘What sickout?’
This ridiculous cuteness in a little green dress comes to us from BART rider Amy. She says this sharp-dressed ma’am didn’t seem like a new acquisition, but, as our hearts melt:
You could tell he was very proud of the dog and [that] it was special by the way he pet it.
BART is totally trying to be my new boyfriend. Muni and I aren’t talking right now.
Muni Sickout, Day 3: All the latest news
Photo by Kyu Kim
Here’s a roundup of everything you need to know about the Muni Sickout as it enters its third day. KCBS’s Elaine Leung reports that today, 75 percent of Muni vehicles are in service. Hey, it’s a start.
Muni Sickout: Drivers Who Worked Monday Getting Extra Pay
SF Weekly reports that SFMTA will not pay those workers who participated in the Monday version of the sickout (no word yet on Tuesday or Wednesday). And the agency will reportedly use those savings to pay workers who did show up that day, Flying Spaghetti Monster bless ’em.
SFMTA Asks Muni Workers Out Sick To Provide Doctor’s Note Or Not Get Paid
CBS Bay Area reports that SFMTA is basically calling the operators’ bluff. “Oh, you’re sick? PROVE IT.” Also, get ready to seethe and sharpen those pitchforks: As is, Muni workers get 13 sick days per year.
Mayor Ed Lee condemns Muni worker ‘sickout’ as major delays continue
Add another body to the side of “Cut it out, Muni operators.” The Examiner reports that Mayor Ed Lee is essentially saying, “ur doin it rong.”
Union Advises Muni Drivers To Get Back To Work
Yeah, so yesterday we reported that the union didn’t call for the sickout. Now CBS Bay Area reports that they’ve gone a step further and told members to return to work. We can get on board with that. You?