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silverpig
Lifer
One time I was on a bus home from work and something pretty funny happened. I was playing with my ipod touch but not listening to music. As such, I could hear, but my vision and attention were on the ipod. So the bus stops and lets some people on and I hear these kids walking towards me at the back of the bus.
"Yo ma awesome dude, you gots ma cd dat i gave ya?"
"Na na dawg, i gots it still at home yo."
"Shit awesome dude, I gots to get dat cd back." etc etc
I looked up and it was a couple of native indian kids all decked out in fubu gear. I don't really know why, but for some reason I was slightly offended
"Yo ma awesome dude, you gots ma cd dat i gave ya?"
"Na na dawg, i gots it still at home yo."
"Shit awesome dude, I gots to get dat cd back." etc etc
I looked up and it was a couple of native indian kids all decked out in fubu gear. I don't really know why, but for some reason I was slightly offended
InflatableBuddha
Diamond Member
Yep. Welcome to Vancouver (well, and Winnipeg and Regina too). What a joke.
imported_Imp
Diamond Member
One isn't my story, but someone else's experience. There was a middle-aged woman on the streetcar, slightly "off" personality, and some guy apparently brushes up against her. She then proceeds to say out very loudly "Don't touch me now you dirty dog, I'm not some toy!". Every looked...
The second one is more weird than funny, actually completely wrong. The car was empty, and some crazy guy comes onboard. He then starts harrassing a teenage girl non-verbally. He never touched her, but it was very wrong. Ok, that's not funny at all, I was completely creeped out. And as to why I did nothing, I was 11-ish.
The second one is more weird than funny, actually completely wrong. The car was empty, and some crazy guy comes onboard. He then starts harrassing a teenage girl non-verbally. He never touched her, but it was very wrong. Ok, that's not funny at all, I was completely creeped out. And as to why I did nothing, I was 11-ish.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
LOL public transportation can really lead to interesting stories.
Here's my best one. There was this huge native guy (not fat, but built and just overall big) that had some kind of mental disibility and he had a smaller guy with him helping him. He kept spazzing out and hitting the seat and jumping up and down and hitting the floor very hard. It made the whole bus shake and people around were nurvous. I was one seat behind him with my friend, but in the opposite row. At one point he kept punching the window and I can see the people behind shielding their eyes in anticipation of a shards of glass flying. Then one last punch did it, and there was a huge crack with a bit of blood on it. He kept hitting but at this point the other guy managed to contain him. (he was doing his best this whole time, but the native guy is like twice his size). The bus driver seemed to be aware but did not appear to be doing anything. I think she did not want to start any commotion to render the situation worse, and she probably called the cops so they can get him when the bus arrives at the terminal.
Then we finally arrive at the terminal and I've never seen a bus empty this quick. Not sure what happened from there, I just know the two guys stayed while everyone left, so I'm guessing the cops were coming.
Here's my best one. There was this huge native guy (not fat, but built and just overall big) that had some kind of mental disibility and he had a smaller guy with him helping him. He kept spazzing out and hitting the seat and jumping up and down and hitting the floor very hard. It made the whole bus shake and people around were nurvous. I was one seat behind him with my friend, but in the opposite row. At one point he kept punching the window and I can see the people behind shielding their eyes in anticipation of a shards of glass flying. Then one last punch did it, and there was a huge crack with a bit of blood on it. He kept hitting but at this point the other guy managed to contain him. (he was doing his best this whole time, but the native guy is like twice his size). The bus driver seemed to be aware but did not appear to be doing anything. I think she did not want to start any commotion to render the situation worse, and she probably called the cops so they can get him when the bus arrives at the terminal.
Then we finally arrive at the terminal and I've never seen a bus empty this quick. Not sure what happened from there, I just know the two guys stayed while everyone left, so I'm guessing the cops were coming.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Oh another weird one. So I'm waiting at the bus stop in the morning, so I'm naturally very tired and all given it's the morning, and also really cold. (typical to wait 15 minutes in blowing snow etc) So I get on the bus and just sit near the front and mind my own business. This bus stop was at a 4 way stop intersection. Picking me up technically counts as a stop, so the bus starts to go and this truck is coming but did not make his stop yet, this lady right at the front totally freaks out "STOP STOP STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IT'S A STOP SIGN AND A TRUCK IS COMING YOU'RE GONA GET US KILLED!" and the driver tells her to calm down and that she already stopped and that truck was slowing down for his stop.
Throughout the whole ride to the terminal this lady is spazzing out over the driving and even shielded her eyes once we got on the highway and the bus was going slightly over the limit. If I would of been more awake I would of probably went up to her and told her off and tell her the driver knows what she's doing as she drives a bus all day. But I did not want to get into anything. If I had been the driver though I would of booted her off. Imagine trying to drive when someone is nit picking you're every move. That has gtot to be annoying.
Throughout the whole ride to the terminal this lady is spazzing out over the driving and even shielded her eyes once we got on the highway and the bus was going slightly over the limit. If I would of been more awake I would of probably went up to her and told her off and tell her the driver knows what she's doing as she drives a bus all day. But I did not want to get into anything. If I had been the driver though I would of booted her off. Imagine trying to drive when someone is nit picking you're every move. That has gtot to be annoying.
My friends and I would ride trains during the mid eighties in Boston, except we rode on the outside of them. I didn?t have any money as a teenager, so despite the fatal risks involved, it seemed like an economical option at the time. At first, we just rode on the back of the train, standing on the hitch and holding on to the windshield wipers at 50-60 mph. But as we realized that we were immortal, we began to explore other options. These included getting on the roof of an electrically powered train and laying 6 inches below a very dangerous electrical wire. This was usually used when there was a significant group of us and we needed to make space on the hitch for the less experienced or athletic. Our record was 14 people clinging on the train for a few miles.
I did some things that were spectacularly stupid, though. Riding the side of a train as an opposing train passed. This left me scant space between a 120 mph mathematical theory. I never did that again. I also used to ride the rail in wet or snowy weather. The rain or wet snow left a surface that heeled boots could glide on when you stood on the steel rails. I did this for more than a mile at 50-60 mph, holding on to the train, numerous times.
I became a nuisance to the MBTA police and they began to set traps to catch us. A train abruptly stopping where the police were waiting would result in a flurry of 14-17 year old kids outrunning the cops. This one time in particular, sticks in my mind 24 years later, though. I was on the mirror assembly on the side-ish part of the train when some passengers were pointing and smiling from the inside. They were cute college aged women taking pictures of me. I guess the train operator heard them, or some cops at the station noticed us, and began slowing the train. It abruptly stopped in a fenced corridor of tracks when a couple of cops came running towards us from the station we just left. I was so cocky that I stayed on the back of the train flirting with a woman inside of it, glancing occasionally at the police running closer. The woman was looking at them and appeared concerned, too. When I was done playing chicken, I said goodbye and smiled to the girl, leaped over a 6 foot hurricane fence and was a foot away from the cop with and fence between us, when I smiled and jogged away. Ah, youth. To be 15 again.
I did some things that were spectacularly stupid, though. Riding the side of a train as an opposing train passed. This left me scant space between a 120 mph mathematical theory. I never did that again. I also used to ride the rail in wet or snowy weather. The rain or wet snow left a surface that heeled boots could glide on when you stood on the steel rails. I did this for more than a mile at 50-60 mph, holding on to the train, numerous times.
I became a nuisance to the MBTA police and they began to set traps to catch us. A train abruptly stopping where the police were waiting would result in a flurry of 14-17 year old kids outrunning the cops. This one time in particular, sticks in my mind 24 years later, though. I was on the mirror assembly on the side-ish part of the train when some passengers were pointing and smiling from the inside. They were cute college aged women taking pictures of me. I guess the train operator heard them, or some cops at the station noticed us, and began slowing the train. It abruptly stopped in a fenced corridor of tracks when a couple of cops came running towards us from the station we just left. I was so cocky that I stayed on the back of the train flirting with a woman inside of it, glancing occasionally at the police running closer. The woman was looking at them and appeared concerned, too. When I was done playing chicken, I said goodbye and smiled to the girl, leaped over a 6 foot hurricane fence and was a foot away from the cop with and fence between us, when I smiled and jogged away. Ah, youth. To be 15 again.
xanis
Lifer
You get semi-racist middle-aged women on your public transportation? Psh, I get people bludgeoning each other randomly with hammers. I win.
http://cbs3.com/local/SEPTA.Train.Broad.2.812965.html <-- for reference
http://cbs3.com/local/SEPTA.Train.Broad.2.812965.html <-- for reference
AreaCode707
Lifer
Standing at a bus stop (commuter bus from Seattle to the Eastside, clientele is mostly business people heading home from work) this 10 or 11 year old kid strikes up a conversation by asking for help figuring out what bus he's supposed to be on, staring at the route map (mind you, it's 5:30pm in the international district across the street from what I refer to as the crack whore bar).
We get his bus options sorted out and I asked why he was out on his own at 5:30. "I just got out of school." (at 5:30, in Seattle, when he lives on the Eastside?) Do your parents usually pick you up? "No, I take the bus." (But he doesn't know his route.) Then he looks up at me and says, "Can you give me a ride?" WTF? Here's a 10 year old kid at a bus stop soliciting rides from strangers. Ummmm... no. Are you ok, kid? "Yeah! Yeah, I'm fine."
He suddenly gets pretty nervous and then gets on the next bus that pulls up, even though it wasn't the bus we'd figured out he needed to be on (mine). Oh well... I get on my bus when it comes.
My bus goes two stops and then guess who gets on... kid needing a ride! He avoids me but starts asking other passengers for rides when we get to the bus stop. Ok, call the cops time.
So I called the cops as I got off on my stop, notified the driver, and hopefully they helped him get sorted out. It was a bit of a weird situation.
We get his bus options sorted out and I asked why he was out on his own at 5:30. "I just got out of school." (at 5:30, in Seattle, when he lives on the Eastside?) Do your parents usually pick you up? "No, I take the bus." (But he doesn't know his route.) Then he looks up at me and says, "Can you give me a ride?" WTF? Here's a 10 year old kid at a bus stop soliciting rides from strangers. Ummmm... no. Are you ok, kid? "Yeah! Yeah, I'm fine."
He suddenly gets pretty nervous and then gets on the next bus that pulls up, even though it wasn't the bus we'd figured out he needed to be on (mine). Oh well... I get on my bus when it comes.
My bus goes two stops and then guess who gets on... kid needing a ride! He avoids me but starts asking other passengers for rides when we get to the bus stop. Ok, call the cops time.
So I called the cops as I got off on my stop, notified the driver, and hopefully they helped him get sorted out. It was a bit of a weird situation.
I can think of two things off the top of my head.
First one really wasn't something that happened on public transit, rather something I saw from public transit. I was on the Brown Line L (near the Belmont area for those that care) in Chicago in the middle of the afternoon and the train stopped for whatever random reason. I look out the window and I see a man run out of a bar, a second later a man in a giant bear costume (pedobear perhaps, couldn't really tell), the man then runs into another store with the bear right behind him. A big WTF moment.
The second time was again on the same train in the same area except it was late at night (maybe 1am). Some drunk couple comes on board and I'll spare the details, but lets say that they were standing right next to me and doing something that you normally don't do in public.
First one really wasn't something that happened on public transit, rather something I saw from public transit. I was on the Brown Line L (near the Belmont area for those that care) in Chicago in the middle of the afternoon and the train stopped for whatever random reason. I look out the window and I see a man run out of a bar, a second later a man in a giant bear costume (pedobear perhaps, couldn't really tell), the man then runs into another store with the bear right behind him. A big WTF moment.
The second time was again on the same train in the same area except it was late at night (maybe 1am). Some drunk couple comes on board and I'll spare the details, but lets say that they were standing right next to me and doing something that you normally don't do in public.
SandEagle
Lifer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRbgRffXvHk
crazy peopo on de buses
EDIT: Darn, SSSnail beat me to it 🙁
crazy peopo on de buses
EDIT: Darn, SSSnail beat me to it 🙁
there is always some idiot(s) on the bus here.
there is this old woman who gets on the bus and bitches that the bus is late, even when its on time. She goes on and on about it and won't shut the hell up, making a simple bus ride a big annoyance.
once a pair of ugly ass lesbians got on the bus and bitched about hetero guys that might come on to them. Yeah, straight guys are just falling all over themselves to bang ugly lesbians.
every Friday or Saturday there are at least 3 loud mouthed drunks annoying me and others on the bus.
there is this old woman who gets on the bus and bitches that the bus is late, even when its on time. She goes on and on about it and won't shut the hell up, making a simple bus ride a big annoyance.
once a pair of ugly ass lesbians got on the bus and bitched about hetero guys that might come on to them. Yeah, straight guys are just falling all over themselves to bang ugly lesbians.
every Friday or Saturday there are at least 3 loud mouthed drunks annoying me and others on the bus.
I once got punched on the bus way back when I was in middle school. I still don't know wtf happened; the dude just came on the bus, punched me and hopped off. Another time a guy got robbed. I didn't know what was happening, cause I had earphones on, until everyone started looking back.
And another time I head screaming then everyone became frantic and pushing to the front of the bus. I seriously thought someone had a gun till a view cleared and it was a bunch of teens messing with a mentally challenged kid.
This last one takes the cake. I was on a subway then this dude just took off his pants and just started peeing on the seats. Needless to say, I got the fuck out of there.
Shit gets dangerous sometimes. There's even been a lot of local news lately where people keep getting beat up on the bus.
And another time I head screaming then everyone became frantic and pushing to the front of the bus. I seriously thought someone had a gun till a view cleared and it was a bunch of teens messing with a mentally challenged kid.
This last one takes the cake. I was on a subway then this dude just took off his pants and just started peeing on the seats. Needless to say, I got the fuck out of there.
Shit gets dangerous sometimes. There's even been a lot of local news lately where people keep getting beat up on the bus.
mAdMaLuDaWg
Platinum Member
HAHAHAH!! Best one in this thread yet!
I was on the T in Boston with my family. My Mom starts talking in her native tongue and an old guy across from us is visibly annoyed, as the doors open he mumbles ,"Its America, speak English DAMN IT!" Another passenger calls him Stupid.
In NYC, this guy gets on the trains and starts screaming:"All of you are Gods! All of you! Don't let anyone fool you" then he would scream "Motherf*ckers, you suck!". He would constantly go back and forth between the two phrases.
Another time this homeless guy gets on the train and heads towards the door between two cars. He ducks down and then opens the door again to come back in the train. This time his pants are down and he grabs a bunch of tissue papers from his bag. Now he's sticking a whole bunch of them in his boxers.... yeah, he was taking a crap between the two subway trains. Since then, I've always avoided sitting down at the very end of trains because thats where the homeless people usually sit.
InflatableBuddha
Diamond Member
I'm beyond feeling insulted about stupid shit like that; it causes unnecessary stress. Just laugh it off.
CZroe
Lifer
Someone I know once told me that he ventured into Atlanta and rode one of the MARTA busses. True story!
ZING!
Yeah, MARTA sucks, but seriously... he did ride and he tells me that something crazy did happen. He said that some complete stranger showed him a wad of obviously fake $100 bills and said "watch this." The stranger then approached one of the latino day-laborers on the bus, presented one of the fake bills, and asked for change (because we all know that they are likely to carry the day's wages on their person [/lolstereotype]). The man reached in his pocket, pulled out a wad of $20 bills, and handed him five of them for the fake $100.
I dunno about his story though... it seems kind of fishy. An undocumented illegal immigrant that carries around wads of cash probably knows what a US $100 bill looks like, considering that he would be carrying more/larger bills than most people getting paid with checks and auto-deposits. Heck, he'd be MORE likely to recognize it than most high-schoolers/teenagers I'd imagine. Plus, why wouldn't this guy watching speak up? I asked him and he just kinda shrugged it off like he didn;t want the con-man to drag him into it. If it really happened, I'd suspect that the whole thing was staged to see if average citizens would stand up for the man being ripped off. Why else one the scammer involve a stranger?
ZING!
Yeah, MARTA sucks, but seriously... he did ride and he tells me that something crazy did happen. He said that some complete stranger showed him a wad of obviously fake $100 bills and said "watch this." The stranger then approached one of the latino day-laborers on the bus, presented one of the fake bills, and asked for change (because we all know that they are likely to carry the day's wages on their person [/lolstereotype]). The man reached in his pocket, pulled out a wad of $20 bills, and handed him five of them for the fake $100.
I dunno about his story though... it seems kind of fishy. An undocumented illegal immigrant that carries around wads of cash probably knows what a US $100 bill looks like, considering that he would be carrying more/larger bills than most people getting paid with checks and auto-deposits. Heck, he'd be MORE likely to recognize it than most high-schoolers/teenagers I'd imagine. Plus, why wouldn't this guy watching speak up? I asked him and he just kinda shrugged it off like he didn;t want the con-man to drag him into it. If it really happened, I'd suspect that the whole thing was staged to see if average citizens would stand up for the man being ripped off. Why else one the scammer involve a stranger?
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