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Just when I thought I had seen it all.
Quick story: Mayonnaise is disgusting. It is acceptable only in tuna and chicken salad. It is certain not acceptable to eat that barfotastic crap straight from the jar. To say nothing of doing this on Muni.
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The Muni catwalk just doesn’t let up, and thank goodness for that. Via Muni rider Jason, we have someone wearing Ryan Gosling. You can kindly enter your jealousy _____ (<— yep, there). Another option is making some more Hey, Girl/Ryan Gosling memes with a Muni twist. I’ll start:
Hey, girl…
That SFMTA citation was total crap. I’ll go with you to the hearing and buy you lunch and flowers afterward to make you feel better.
October Jones (of Texts from Dog fame) is our kind of transit hero. His Post-It doodles can transform any long, hellish commute into something light-hearted, even enjoyable.
Above, Jones’ Where’s Waldo. Below, Spider-Man.
Kudos, Mr. Jones.
Via Laughing Squid.
Photo via SF Streetsblog
Last week a driver drove into the Duboce Muni tunnel again, despite numerous warning signs. And again, Muni riders got out to lift the car off of the tracks. SF Streetsblog‘s Aaron was on the scene and captured it on video. Here’s Aaron’s account of what happened:
Last night, the N-Judah train I was on with my fiancee (whom I happened to meet on the N) was approaching the east portal of the Sunset Tunnel when my fellow riders and I spotted a set of tail lights up ahead. We pretty much all knew what it meant — another driver tried to enter the transit tunnel.
We all got out to find the woman’s car lodged on the edge of the concrete. Pretty soon, another train showed up headed in the other direction, and she was blocking Muni’s busiest line, both inbound and outbound. Fortunately, some good Samaritans from our train decided not to wait for a tow truck — seven men lifted the front of the car back on top of the ledge, allowing the woman to drive the car away (I don’t know if she got a citation).
This is by far not the first time that a driver accidentally entered the tunnel, and not the first time that riders got involved to get the car off of the tracks. Last June, Haighteration reported a similar incident. And at Muni Diaries Live in 2010, Derek Powazek told the story of stranded Muni riders rising to the occasion (go to 11:07 in the video).
Seriously, though, what’s it gonna take to get drivers to stop driving into these “DO NOT ENTER” tunnels?
Photo by torbakhopper
Muni rider Aaron has this report from the weekend:
“This woman is either paranoid about the rain, or has the best strategy to get a full bench to herself”
I’m thinking it has to be the same person featured here on Muni Diaries back in 2011. Muni rider Katie had the background on the story then.
That black umbrella was not deployed to deflect rain from Muni’s leaking tunnels or even to stave off the threat of being sucked out an open door in the tunnel. It was there to separate a woman and her feet from the likes of me.
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