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It was bound to happen sooner or later. Buzz-item/fetish tech object Google Glass was just bound to be spotted on Muni one of these days. Here, then, is the first time we’re recording a sighting.
We hope he fared better than, well, you know who.
Via Muni rider Juan Karlos: “2/28/14: People wearing Google Glass on Muni Glasstrend is starting*”
*As always, your editor removed hashtags because he loves you.
Photo by Jeremy Brooks
And if we needed another reason to keep bookstores open …
This isn’t the first time someone has found a Muni transfer in a used book. We should all be so lucky.
Via reddit user oopsifistedyou, “Browsing at Adobe Books, an original Muni ticket from 1967 popped out!”
h/t: @CMRforall
Via Apotek Hjärtat – Blowing in The Wind from Ourwork
A recent ad campaign in Sweden left subway riders doing a double take thanks to one of the coolest electronic billboards ever. Created for Apotek Hjärtat’s Apolosophy hair products, the billboard was rigged so that a model’s hair would begin blowing every time a train entered the station.
If only we had something to make waiting a bit more interesting around here. Muni and BART advertisers, it’s time to step it up.
Via Adweek
Photo by mediaboytodd
Most of the time when a stranger talks to you on Muni, your first reaction is probably to gaze at your shoes and pretend you didn’t hear them, right? But sometimes you meet someone with a pretty good heart. Muni rider D submitted their own encounter of meeting someone cool on the bus:
I was minding my own business along with everyone else on an inbound 1 California the other day. After stopping at Laure St. I heard a man loudly saying, “GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY WAY I’M A CALIFORNIAN!!!”
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Photo by phil dokas
Even those who take themselves seriously, amirite?
This week’s Things on Muni is brought to you by fellow Muni riders @VA_Holliday, @pinkopaque22, @chrizanchez, @skimtheocean, and @jessicalegault. Share your slice of life on Muni at @munidiaries.