Your place to share stories on and off the bus.
To pass the time on the bus, you might busy yourself with your phone, your iPod, read a book, Tweet us about what you see, or here’s an idea: Rider Joaquin Jutt sketches what’s around him. He sent us the above quick sketch of his fellow passengers on the 22.
I know I’ve seen several artistically-inclined people sketching on the bus. If you use your Muni time doodling away on your sketch pad, won’t you please send us your masterpiece?
Here’s another video shot at last week’s opening of Outbound at Secession Art and Design. Tracy told us about a Muni ride early in his SF tenure. In a borrowed tuxedo, he witnessed what can happen when two women argue over who gets the one open seat on the bus. And what the rest of us do when that happens, sadly.
Other video diaries from the Outbound opening:
– Mary: The boombox vs. The New Yorker
– Zore: What Happens When a Chicagoan Gets on Muni
Photo by Flickr user davitydave
How can someone so young look so wistful? I hope he’s just lamenting the dearth of chocolate chip cookies at snack time today in kindergarten.
Photo by Flickr user The Holy Hand Granade
“And baby when it’s love, if it’s not rough, it isn’t fun.” We flippin’ love it when random strangers start singing together on Muni.
This funny experience happened to me and a group of friends on the eve of Valentine’s Day. We were on the F Market streetcar at Fisherman’s Wharf and the streetcar was very crowded. My friends were from the East Bay and have never experienced Muni life, but this streetcar ride made it very interesting.
A man in the back of the train was very loud and kept saying random things, like “KEEP YOUR BAGS AND WALLETS CLOSE TO YOU.” I thought, “Oh God, not one of these rides again.” But my friends were actually having a good time, enjoying his loudness.
The train was moving slowly out of the Wharf area and the man in the back of the streetcar started singing parts of a song. Well, he was combining two of Lady Gaga’s songs, “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face,” and it was only a small section of the songs. My friends and I couldn’t stop laughing, nor could the other passengers.
Suddenly, my friends started singing “Poker Face” from the beginning. I joined in and then more passengers joined our choir group. The song ended when the man in the back totally killed the song by singing that small section out loud and off-key. Things were going pretty okay until the man walked over to the front of the streetcar. By now he was being really loud, announcing that “I believe in Satan” and started to get closer to me.
My friends seemed a little freaked out, but soon it was our stop, and we got out of that streetcar quick. This was an experience that we would never forget.
P-p-p-poker face p-p-poker face…Got another Muni story to share? Do it here.
Photo by Flickr user davitydave
I’ve been staring at this picture for the last 20 minutes now and can’t make out how the young woman ended up in such an odd and surreal way in this photograph. I need more coffee, maybe?
Photo by Agent Akit
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