Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Still Brooding
Yes, a day later I'm still brooding over the total abuse I received yesterday on a bus. As a young, non-WhiteTrash, working professional, I don't think I'm better than anybody else. I just wish other people thought the same way. How fuckin' rude!!
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
1 California To Howard & Main
Given the outrageous cost of our apartment here in the city, I elect to not own a car (NO PARKING) and take San Francisco public transit. Having said this, you should know that I prefer to walk whenever possible. One co-worker said, "I am a much happier person now that I don't take the bus to work." My husband echoed this idea just a few days ago by saying, "I'd rather walk. On the bus I am half-dead."
No one wants to take public transit in San Fran. Sometimes it's not that bad though. For example, when I leave my apartment between 7:20 and 7:35am. The MUNI (bus) is not at all bad at this hour. The emissions-free bus on route 1 California is full of quiet, iPod-listening, business suit-wearing folks. We quietly and peacefully ride down the hills to the Financial District without interruption. Ride the 1 any other time of day, forget it. There are people screaming, pushing, yelling in Chinese, and falling over.
Learn from my mistake. I boarded a bus mid-afternoon for an interview. A fat woman was sitting in the front of the bus. The bus was crowded when I got so I had to stand. I held on to the only open pole (no easy task on such a fast moving bus going down a hill!). This nasty woman STEPS ON MY FOOT. I ignored it, although I shot her a confused look. She asked me, "Are you getting off?" Stupid question- I just got on. Then she told me to move! I just rolled my eyes at her and she called me WHITE TRASH. Hahaha, me, in a business suit, collared shirt, and hoes. Her in a dirty white T-shirt and sneakers, and fat. She may have been insane because she kept talking to no one about nothing- a pretty typical happening here in San Francisco. Moral of the story: Take the bus early in the morning with the silent professionals.
Transbay Blog has brought this to our attention:
Now annoyed middle- and upper-class MUNI-riders can wear their feelings on their chest: MUNI is a mess! The T-shirt designer, Mule Design, will hopefully make a handsome profit (hopefully the proceeds are going to improve the MUNI system for all its riders?????).
No one wants to take public transit in San Fran. Sometimes it's not that bad though. For example, when I leave my apartment between 7:20 and 7:35am. The MUNI (bus) is not at all bad at this hour. The emissions-free bus on route 1 California is full of quiet, iPod-listening, business suit-wearing folks. We quietly and peacefully ride down the hills to the Financial District without interruption. Ride the 1 any other time of day, forget it. There are people screaming, pushing, yelling in Chinese, and falling over.
Learn from my mistake. I boarded a bus mid-afternoon for an interview. A fat woman was sitting in the front of the bus. The bus was crowded when I got so I had to stand. I held on to the only open pole (no easy task on such a fast moving bus going down a hill!). This nasty woman STEPS ON MY FOOT. I ignored it, although I shot her a confused look. She asked me, "Are you getting off?" Stupid question- I just got on. Then she told me to move! I just rolled my eyes at her and she called me WHITE TRASH. Hahaha, me, in a business suit, collared shirt, and hoes. Her in a dirty white T-shirt and sneakers, and fat. She may have been insane because she kept talking to no one about nothing- a pretty typical happening here in San Francisco. Moral of the story: Take the bus early in the morning with the silent professionals.
Transbay Blog has brought this to our attention:
Now annoyed middle- and upper-class MUNI-riders can wear their feelings on their chest: MUNI is a mess! The T-shirt designer, Mule Design, will hopefully make a handsome profit (hopefully the proceeds are going to improve the MUNI system for all its riders?????).
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