Fireplace toolset on BART
Perhaps these fireplace implements are on their way to somewhere in the United States, where it’s very cold right now. Hey, better there than here!
BART rider Toviyah spotted this on the Richmond line around Christmas.
Dog as my Muni copilot
Me? I want some funky music to go along with the photo above. And I’m pretending that this dog is somehow actually steering the great ship Muni. Yeah, that’s just me.
Via Muni rider David, who says, “I think the dog forgot his phone at doggie day care.”
Attn. pirates: Are cats the new parrots?
I think we can safely say that these two complete each other. No, really, block out one or the other, and it’s not the same.
This comes via our correspondent Amy, who spotted it on Facebook after someone (Mark Gorney, and thank jeebus he did) spotted it in the wild. A simply heartwarming photograph called for a simple accompaniment:
“Sometimes, there are those times, where you are going home, and there is a guy with a cat, and, well…”
…And then what do you suppose happened? Mull it over while considering these other important contributions to the cats-on-transit category.
Post-holiday party Muni surprise
My company makes us play bingo at the holiday party in order to try to win our annual bonus. First-world problems, to be sure, but there you go.
A few weeks ago, I was talking with a coworker about the party the next day. Little did I know what I was in for.
“Get this—[friend in common] found a Golden Ticket in her bag the next day. I wonder if it was for one of the big prizes?! She’s hoping she can still redeem it…
The only thing I found in my bag was a business card with a picture of a half-naked, grinning, flexing man on it. Yep, the creeper on my bus ride home slipped that nice prize in.”
Two Commuter Haikus From Far-Away Lands
Photo by @evangoldin
In a land way off of my zip code (ok, on the edge of 4th and King), our Twitter mistress Laura runs @caltraindiaries, where you can find these two quality haikus and more to start off your weekend. Laura also documents all cringe-worthy startup gossip and nail clipping you can overhear on your way down to suburbia.
@traciwilbanks
Many crumbs in your seat
Yet, you weren’t eating at all
Someone else’s meal?
@davidmpatterson:
Unpredictable.
Late on a daily basis.
NB 221.
Another friendly Muni driver-honker
Photo by Ian Fisher
They teach us in driving school that car horns are only to be used in emergency situations, not as a catch-all communication device. But until telepathy rules the day, that ain’t happening. No, it’s all in how you use your vehicle’s tooter. Muni rider TransitMan found one bus driver who sounds like a master.
I was riding the 1-California outbound on a weekday and came across a honk-happy driver. This driver’s honks weren’t rude but just two light taps.
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