Thumbs Up Club
I’m a frequent rider of the 824, but I’ve never seen this before, or since. I’m sitting in the back corner of the bus and one of the regulars is all ready on, sitting right about in the middle. Regular #2 gets on and he gives a thumbs up the Regular #1 and continues down the bus and shares the back bench with me. Continue reading ‘Thumbs Up Club’
Man of 1,000 Schedules
About once or twice a week, an elderly gentleman would get on my bus, and ride just two blocks south, to catch the 17 going into the city. That in it’s self isn’t unusual. He would board, pay his fare, and ask for two bus schedules, one for him, and one for his buddy. He did this EVERY time he rode. Continue reading ‘Man of 1,000 Schedules’
It’s that loud fisherman
Over the years, driving west metro regional rts 612 (now defunct) and 604, some riders stand out…Like the LOUD fisherman. Older fella, always has a wheelie-cart w/ him. empty most of the time. He got wind that I fish a lot in the warmer weather. From then on, he’d get on the bus w/ lake map books, and read me the particulars of fishing on metro lakes. While that was nice, he did it sitting in the seat right in back of me, at a decible rating rivaling that of rock concerts! One day, I came up to his stop, when another regular rider saw him waiting there, she cringed and said “it’s that loud fisherman!”
Door-to-Door Service
Paul is a busdriver for Rochester City Lines, who has become a friend over the years. I first met Paul when he drove the last bus that left from the college, and arrived downtown at the transfer station around 10 p.m. My house was still quite aways from downtown, but I could easily walk to Rochester Methodist Hospital, and take a shuttle bus that drove by my house. Not being a clinic employee, I should not have been allowed to ride the shuttle bus, but what did the bus driver know? I was geting to be a regular. Continue reading ‘Door-to-Door Service’
