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En-Route Ettiquette Takes a Breather
As some of my friends know from my text messages en-route, the personal hell I call mass transit is full of colorful folks on the Downtown-to-Uptown line. Today, I got in line for the #4 bus behind
one such young man. The minute I ascended the stairs, I was enveloped in – not a slight whiff of – but rather drenched in an overpowering invisible cloud of pot. Continue reading ‘En-Route Ettiquette Takes a Breather’
Bus Buddies
I’ve been riding the express from East Lake Street to downtown St Paul for a few years now. Now it is the 53B, prior to that was a 90 something. I’ve met such nice people on the bus, we have a group that we named “Bus Buddies” we do things together, get together to celebrate birthdays and go out for dinner. Continue reading ‘Bus Buddies’
Broken Glass Theory
It’s not actually a bus story, but rather the comments on the bus stops. Everybody knows now the “broken glass” theory, and it is completely relevant in relations to the cleanliness of the bus stops. It is not just the “face” of the Neighborhood, but a public health issue. Continue reading ‘Broken Glass Theory’
Music for everyone
Somehow my ipod decided to delete all of it’s music. Fortunately for me, on this morning’s bus ride the guy sitting to my left was blasting his headphones loud enough that I got to enjoy almost all of disc 1 of Tupac’s “All Eyez on Me.” I’m not being sarcastic, I actually enjoyed it. My only beef was that just as I was starting to get into “How do you want it” featuring K-Ci & Jojo on the chorus, he switched to the next song. I wonder what would happen if their was a shared playlist on the bus (any rider could add songs to the queue) and the music was played over the speakers?
