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I want some Play Dough
I was on my usual daily commute on the bus, and my freindly bus driver always called out the names of the streets. One of the streets in our area is Plato street. As he called “plato” a little girl riding with her grandmother whines- I want some Play Dough. Everyone on the bus cracked [...]
Will you marry me?
I got on the Selby-Lake bus heading toward Minneapolis and a man sat down in front of me and began proposing marriage and even went so far as to try to put a ring on my finger.
Thank God for College Students
College students are the next great hope of the world. I was taking the 84 two weeks ago and this elderly lady was begging for change on the bus. She would wish you a Happy New Year and then ask for some money to eat. I didn’t have any change on me but politely said [...]
Smooth Operator
I take this route 2 or 3 times per week and must say the driver (don’t know his name) that stops at Grand & Dale at 8:13AM is the smoothest driver. I mean, there is no jerky braking or swerving of the steering wheel. It’s as if he drives like he’s a passenger too. It’s [...]
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 [...]
Love is on the bus
While I was going to college in downtown Minneapolis, I lived in Dinky Town and I rode the bus to school every day. There’s always interesting looking people riding but one day I noticed an albino guy at my bus stop. He was about 20 yrs old, clean and dressed nice
A bus full of characters
I finished training last July. When a driver is approved to end training and start driving routes (or “turns in” as MT calls it), they get to pick what routes and times they want to work from a patched-together selection of work that none of the longer-tenured drivers chose. My first work included a morning [...]
