Feel the braid

Reading the bus tale ‘Comb my hair‘ reminded me of the creepiest thing that I’ve ever seen on the bus. There was a man sitting across the aisle from me, he was average-looking, wearing a dress shirt and slacks and in front of him was a woman with braided hair. Her braids were hanging over the back of her seat and into his area and I noticed that he was touching one of the braids. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was totally creepy!


Comb my hair

Riding home on the bus I sat in front of a guy and a girl, both young adults. After hearing them laugh for about 2 minutes straight I decided to put my headphones on. As I was nearing my stop I took off my headphones just in time to hear this gem of a conversation: Continue reading ‘Comb my hair’


4 male ponytails

The other morning, when I sat down at the back bench of the #4 bus, there were only 2 male ponytails on the entire bus, one up front (Ponytail #1), then one sitting near ME, who had thin, unkempt hair, kinda fuzzy and balding on top, then as you go down the length of the ponytail, you can see where the gray used to be red not so long ago… Fastener of Choice? Continue reading ‘4 male ponytails’


Braided rugs on her head

Does anyone know what the story was/is with the woman who would ride the bus with about a foot of what looked like braided rugs or something stacked on her head, tied down to her head with a scarf type thing? Probably around 1992 last time I saw her. Who am I to say, but it seemed like she was on a field trip. Ahhh, yes, our beloved 16 route, vicinity of Snelling and University.