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It’s the cops!
In the spring of ’05 my friend Rebecca and I were taking the 4 southbound to meet some friends at the Bulldog. The route usually heads out of downtown Minneapolis on Hennepin and then Lyndale, in an exchange that proves to be a bit hairy in rush hour, but usually passes without incident. Continue reading ‘It’s the cops!’
50 lbs of cat feces
I actually don’t live in St Paul or Minn but I do regularly ride the bus here in Charlotte, NC. I have been doing so for 3 years and not much has happened but there is a woman on my route, in her late 50′s I guess, who wears a bright, blond wig that goes halfway down her back. It’s huge. But the thing that kills me is the odor she brings on the bus. I kid you not, she smells like she is carrying 50 lbs of cat feces. The smell of ammonia and cat crap. Riders just look at each other while their eyes are watering, trying to fine a way to breathe. She must own a bunch of cats. I am an animal lover too but damn it is hard to breathe on that bus.
Revenge of the rejected
I was commuting to work as usual, when a small group of people boarded the bus, and the last gal to get on was suddenly harrassed by the bus driver. He told her that he wouldn’t drive the bus if she got on. She got on, paid and sat down up front and he continued to repeat himself. The bus went silent because none of us knew what on earth was going on. Continue reading ‘Revenge of the rejected’
The Tour Guide
Give a man a microphone and a captive audience and you’re asking for trouble. Unfortunately, this is the case for one of the drivers on my afternoon return route. I call him “Tour Guide Driver”. Continue reading ‘The Tour Guide’
