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Less talking, more listening

I don’t like talking on the bus. It’s my time to zone out, think, listen to music, whatever. But not to make chit chat. Now maybe as a driver (Leon, care to jump in?) it helps pass the time, but I’ve seen more than a few clingy talkative riders that just won’t leave the driver [...]


Purse dogs want a good view too

I got on the bus yesterday to see a woman with a rather large purse sitting about halfway to the back. Then her purse started moving. Turns out she had a very small dog in the purse. After further observation I saw that this very small purse-dog was wearing a dog-sized down coat, complete with [...]


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 [...]