Back door!
I was running late for class and a bus happened to reach a stop just as I did, so I hopped on. (Yes, I am one of those annoying U students who takes the bus two stops because they have an unlimited pass - but it is going to stop at both those stops anyway.) Continue reading ‘Back door!’
A good shove
Man with large gym bag gets on bus. Sets bag down on top step. Man will not pay and tries to talk his way onto bus. Driver picks up bag and throws it out the door and off bus. Driver then gives man a good shove and he flies off bus, damn near into the Embers restaurant. Bus continues on it’s duties. Not sure if man was injured as I was on driver’s side of bus. This happened just west of Snelling… Ahhh, the beloved 16 route!
Thank You Sister!
I believe it was 1983 or 1984. The now extinct route 52E. I was to be the last person on the bus at Oak and Washington before it took it’s right turn to head for the freeway and downtown Saint Paul. I had one leg/foot on the bus. There was an extremely large woman in front of me, on the second step. Continue reading ‘Thank You Sister!’
Pajamas and a bath robe
In the early ’80s I had a night route on the 21. Once, at about 11PM, the bus was westbound approaching Lake and 36th. There was a bright moon, making everything stand out in sharp relief. The night was warm for January and there had been a good deal of snow that winter, which was now piled along the curb by repeated plowing of the streets. Continue reading ‘Pajamas and a bath robe’
