Bring out the Paddy-Wagon!

Got on the bus yesterday to head home over at the Woodward stop. We pulled up to the next stop to discover a police van working on picking up a guy who was so sauced he couldn't even stand. He sat on the ground watching the police officer snap on his gloves to come over and get him. You luck police officer, you!

Tried To Be Early... Really

This past Tuesday I actually woke without hitting the snooze several times and proceeded to get ready for my day in the usual fashion.  I was on a roll out the door into the cooler than I'm used to morning air and on my way to the 1/2 mile bus stop.  I was early enough to catch the last limited bus downtown and with time to spare.  I waited, watching the horizon and the multitude of vehicles passing by.  I spotted the bus about a half mile away and reached for my wallet to get my bus card. WHAT?! No wallet? You got to be kidding! No wallet means no taking the bus. So in a pissed off at myself mood I trotted home to fetch the wallet and take the next bus.  So much for being early that morning.
bus rides = entertainment.

Morning icebreaker

There were a couple people with me at the stop this morning so when I got on it was crowded in the aisle. I turned around to go toward the front and an older woman said to me, "we didn't sleep together last night for you to have your butt in my face." She offered the seat next to her and I sat down. I said, "if you would have sat here near the window my butt wouldn't have been in your face." She made small talk with a lady next to her and afterward told me she didn't mean any harm by her comment. She was a nice lady and made me smile this morning.
Bus rides equal entertainment.

Loud Morning Conversation

It's amazing how some people have no boundaries in public. These two middle aged women sitting several seats apart were obviously acquainted and were reminiscing about former lovers, family members and friends. Some of the conversation was not what I'd be blabbing out loud on a quiet morning commute. A regular morning rider turned around and caught me smirking and she started to smile and slightly shake her head as if to say, this is too much!
Bus rides equal entertainment.

Saved by my fellow riders from sitting on...

Raisins. I think. At least, I hope that is what that was. At least it didn't smell, but regardless, I don't think sweeping them off and sitting in a potential sticky spot was an option! Thank you, 530 riders!

Less than a week!

So much fun this morning on the 530 route. Young man comes running up to the bus so he wouldn't miss it. He asks everyone on the bus if they have change for a $5. I did not, so I didn't say anything. Two guys up front were kind enough to cobble together the change that he needed. He took the change and put it into the fare-box and started to the back. One of the guys was like, "Hey where is my $5?" This idiot never had any money to begin with. He said, "I never asked for change." and several of us were like, "Uh, yeah, you did!" Needless to say, he basically scammed two hard-working individuals out of their hard earned money. And the sad thing is, they will think twice before helping out another fellow passenger. Jerk.

I'm Back!!

Well, after more than a year, I am riding the bus once again. Back downtown this time, to Deloitte, one of the world's largest financial firms! I'm hoping to be posting all about interesting people and other's that ride SMART's bus system, so stay tuned!