Flying Tire

As I was walking up to the bus stop a pickup truck was losing it's rear tire. It came off flying in my direction and landed against a Coney island. I watched it barrel on through as if they had no idea they were riding in their rim. Pretty exciting morning. Wacky Wednesday.
Bus rides - entertainment.

Warning to all Riders about your phones

It was conveyed to me about two separate incidents of attempted robberies on Smart Buses. Be aware of your surroundings at all times. People with Smart phones are being targeted. As people on the bus are using their phones the alleged perpetrators are trying to swipe the phones as they exit the bus. I was told by eye witnesses that the phones were not taken but there were assaults in the attempts. If you are so into your phone be aware that you may be targeted if you are near an exit. This post is only meant as a precaution and to be aware at all times in public with your phones.

Kudos to the bus driver

Some sort of accident on Gratiot this morning was making us sit there. The driver took charge and detoured on some side streets around the backup. Love the take charge attitude! Back on schedule.
Bus rides/entertainment.

Jammin'

Watching a woman totally getting down to her music. Quite enjoyable watching her fist pump and dancing.

Nosey Woman

This mornings bus commute was an interesting one. The bus was running a half hour late and I caught the first one to stop and boarded to find to no surprise that it was quite crowded.  After some passengers got off at 8 Mile I made my way to the very back of the bus and sat at the available seat that faces in toward the aisle.  I pulled out my phone and proceeded to check out the latest message on Facebook from my friend.  I could feel the woman to my side (behind and side) move forward but thought nothing of it. Perhaps she is adjusting her posture. I put the phone away and immediately she says, "What was on Facebook?".  I turned around with a look of being perturbed and said, "It was a personal message from my friend". She in a rather loud, indignant tone says, "Well you don't have to get all huffy about it." and I said, "Oh." to which she mocked me by saying, "Ooohhhh!".  So at this point I just sit quietly. "Does anyone have change for a dollar?",she says. The two people near the back and myself respond "no" after checking. "That's a real nice purse, mam, what store did you buy it at? It's a real nice color." The woman responds while clutching her purse a little tighter, "From Great Lakes Crossing". The prying woman asks her if she went to a particular store Beads and something or other and she responded she didn't buy it there. In a loud voice, "I didn't ask you that. You didn't hear the question correctly." The lady raised her eyebrows and didn't respond. "Excuse me, mam, have you been to that store?" she asked the other woman who was trying to look ahead. "No I haven't." Meanwhile, I was talking to one of the regular riders next to me about the approximate time we would arrive downtown. He was fretting over the fact that this morning was his evaluation and of all days to be late. The woman leaned forward and interrupted our conversation, "Do you have change for a dollar, sir?" he responded,"no."  Another regular passenger who was sitting two seats in front of us turned around and said to her, "do you need change for a dollar?" Her extremely loud response was, "I didn't ask you up there. I asked the people around me. You keep your money up there." He raised his eyebrows and turned around.  The man next to him turned around and addressed her by name and said, "You're looking for change?" She said again in a real loud voice, "I need change for THE CITY BUS. That's what it's called, THE CITY BUS it says that on the front of the BUS."  It quieted down for a while. All of a sudden I feel she is behind be scrapping the frost from the window. I just turned around to see what she was doing and she said, "Excuse me, I need to do this." She tried to talk small talk about traveling with the two women in the back but it didn't last long. They were probably very cautious about interacting with this interesting person. All I can say is:
bus rides = entertainment.