muni freak of the week
this freak is actually from a few weeks back, but the story’s still worth telling. this is the tale of the meanest bus driver ever. so i was at the corner of mission & 24th, & i hopped onto this bus that i hoped would go the direction i wanted to go. i considered asking the driver, but something (fortunately) held me back. the guy behind me evidently didn’t have my finely tuned intuition, because he asked the driver, ‘hey, do you go down to 29th street?’ to which the bus driver roared, ‘WHICH WAY IS THIS BUS POINTING?!? WHAT DOES IT SAY ON THE FRONT OF THIS BUS???’ (here i might add that there was nothing on the front of the bus indicating that it went to 29th street). to which the guy immediately gets this super-injured tone & goes, ‘hey man, i just asked you a question. you don’t have to get so mean about it. i mean, how do i know if you turn before 29th street?’ bus driver: “I AM NOT AUTHORIZED TO TURN BEFORE 29TH STREET!!!’. guy whines: ‘well, how am i supposed to know that?’ the guy sits down & sulks. we go about three blocks before he decides to get off. as he’s leaving he just can’t resist adding one more ‘ i just asked you a question, man.’ the bus driver replies: ‘THANK YOU GOOD NIGHT GET OFF MY BUS.’ as he gets off the guy gets the bus driver’s number & yells ‘i’m gonna report you!’ at this point the bus is starting to move & the guy is pounding on the glass bus door, meanwhile the bus driver is yelling things like ‘YEAH, GO AHEAD & TAKE MY NUMBER. YOU AIN’T GONNA CALL. YOU AIN’T MAN ENOUGH TO CALL’

huh? all of this took place, btw, directly beneath a sign that reads, ‘information gladly given…”.