Archive for May, 2007

Freezie debate

As many of you may know, it’s against the rules to bring food on the bus. I usually don’t enforce this, unless someone tries to bring something extremely messy on. I pulled up to a stop in Richfield, and a kid, probably in highschool, was waiting with an already-opened freezie


Same question, just a different day

I was on the 12 heading towards Washington ave along Hennepin when the bus pulled over for a woman. She asked the bus driver if he stopped at some street across the river. He kindly said no, that he turns around before the river, then closed the door and pulled away. He then laughed and […]


Tip-toeing to the bathroom

One morning while on the bus we were stopped at a very busy intersection where two city streets meet. I looked up to see that the light was green for us, and cars were passing us in the left lane. I wondered why we weren’t moving, and I looked out the window to […]


9/11 was an inside job

Last week, I rode next to this college guy, and I noticed before sitting down that he was wearing a t-shirt that said something about 9/11. Usually I ignore the silly things people have stated on their shirts, but on a whim I asked him about it. He showed me that it actually […]


Mildred, the Church Lady

Mildred, the Church Lady, from Minnetonka took the bus every day to connect to the 12 going downtown, to go to Mass at St Olaf’s. One day she wasn’t there. Then a week weny by. I got worried, she usually never missed a day, much less a whole week. I called the local police to […]