Interview jitters?

One day while waiting to board the 16 eastbound on Nicollet and 4th, I noticed the guy waiting next to me looked awfully nervous. He kept shifting his weight from one foot to the other, and appeared to be concentrating hard. Occasionally he would clip open a briefcase, shuffle the papers inside as if to be sure he hadn’t forgotten anything important, and then clip it closed again. Continue reading ‘Interview jitters?’


First day of college

My first day of college at the U of M will be a day that will live on in my mind as of the worst days of my life. I was very nervous about taking the bus as I had only taken the bus to the Mall of America two or three times and those time were the only times that I had taken public transportation. My sister is two years older than me and a U of M student agreed to go on the bus with me the first day to show me the ropes. Continue reading ‘First day of college’


Poor yellow cord

Today, I was assigned a brand spanking new bus to drive. Ahhhhh, that “New Bus Smell!” Now, this is one of those “short” buses, used on suburban regional rts. Its a glorified Club Wagon. Also known as a “cut-away” basically looks like a Metro Mobility bus, except a little longer. Continue reading ‘Poor yellow cord’