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RESPECT
A slightly nutty guy wearing a knit hat with the word “RESPECT” emblazoned on it got on the bus and started making fun of me, saying I was “big as hell” and laughing (well, I am fat…), then he started commenting on a couple of girls’ gloves then begged someone for a piece of gum and someone else for some potato chips, and was basically just a pain. I guess the word on his hat was ONLY a fashion statement….
Somewhere a ninja smiles
About a year ago, I decided to have a couple of pints at a pub close to my bus. About 5 hours later, 3 drinks too many, and with a phone number from a very manly looking woman, I realized my last bus was about to leave me stranded downtown. I leaped off my barstool, out the door, and ran down the street to catch my bus. I managed to flag down the driver who had grown accustom to my last ditch efforts to time my drinks to the MTC schedule. I sat in my usual seat in the middle of the bus and looked up to see I was the lone passenger on the bus. I put on my headphones and prepared for an uneventful ride. Continue reading ‘Somewhere a ninja smiles’
Out the window
We were heading downtown, and I was sitting next to a squirming man on the bus. He was crossing his legs (very unmanly) and moving around. Shortly after, the bus driver announced that there was a lot of traffic and it would be at least another few hours because of the heavy snow. Continue reading ‘Out the window’
I Want My Metro Transit
“Twenty dollars,” the man scoffed with a thick accent, “in Columbia we slit your throat for twenty dollars.” It was a balmy Saturday night into Sunday morning, 1998, and the unfortunate gentleman had just fallen victim to a group of young bus hustlers. Continue reading ‘I Want My Metro Transit’
