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Title: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: duckwrench13 on August 05, 2008, 11:12:48 AM
This is just plain f*cking crazy!!! :o I had always joked about Greyhound being the "Axe Murderers Anonymous" club, and I think this proves it.

Unless, of course, you consider that this happened in Canada, it's probably just an average day.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080731/Manitoba_bus_080731/20080731?hub=TopStories

Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: desmoquattro on August 05, 2008, 11:15:32 AM
Take greyhound...and leave the beheading to us!

My mother used to put me on a Greyhound to SF every other weekend to visit my dad. It was seedy then, and it's even seedier now  [puke]

Of course, this was probably just a VerticalScope employee on holiday ;)
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: duckwrench13 on August 05, 2008, 11:22:07 AM
Quote from: desmoquattro on August 05, 2008, 11:15:32 AM
Of course, this was probably just a VerticalScope employee on holiday ;)

I don't think so. There was no mention of drowning in maple syrup, nor rabid moose trampling. [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: mostrobelle on August 05, 2008, 11:41:44 AM
I listened to an interview with the guy sitting in front of Jack the Ripper there... pretty effin' gruesome.  Just another reason to hate Canada!   [cheeky]
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: sh on August 05, 2008, 12:02:38 PM
That is pretty tragic and disturbing.  On a lighter note ...

Anyone ever ride the 14 mission?  I've had some amazingly bizarre moments on that bus.  It is well worth the cost of admission.
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: desmoquattro on August 05, 2008, 12:05:17 PM
Quote from: sh on August 05, 2008, 12:02:38 PM
That is pretty tragic and disturbing.  On a lighter note ...

Anyone ever ride the 14 mission?  I've had some amazingly bizarre moments on that bus.  It is well worth the cost of admission.

I live just off the route (14th & Mission) and am always amused as it goes by  ;D
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: MendoDave on August 05, 2008, 01:08:50 PM
Quote from: sh on August 05, 2008, 12:02:38 PM
That is pretty tragic and disturbing.  On a lighter note ...

Anyone ever ride the 14 mission?  I've had some amazingly bizarre moments on that bus.  It is well worth the cost of admission.

No but I found the 49 Van Ness - Mission to be quite an eye opener. After some of the crap those drivers Have to put up with, I'm thinking they either don't get paid enough, or they need to take a Valium before their shift.  [cheeky]
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: BikerGoddess on August 05, 2008, 02:59:01 PM
Quote from: sh on August 05, 2008, 12:02:38 PM
Anyone ever ride the 14 mission?  I've had some amazingly bizarre moments on that bus.  It is well worth the cost of admission.

I try to avoid it at all costs. The 22 Fillmore and 38 Geary are consistently freak shows on wheels.
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: Desmostro on August 05, 2008, 05:08:23 PM

No no no no... 14, 22, 38, no.

19 my friends. Take the 19 Naval Ship yard @ 7pm. There's not even a Naval ship yard there any more. That thing scoops up the nut-cases all across the city from the overly bling to the pee-on-self-in-seat-bananas and poops them out in the void south of the city. You want to bring some protection with you. Like a body condom a gallon of mace and some ear plugs.

That said, it doesn't hold a candle to greyhound. Did you know that at each station there is a direct portal to hell's 1/2 acer? Ya, its true.

Quote from: BikerGoddess on August 05, 2008, 02:59:01 PM
I try to avoid it at all costs. The 22 Fillmore and 38 Geary are consistently freak shows on wheels.
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: MendoDave on August 06, 2008, 09:10:35 AM
You ever notice How the greyhound bus station is "Behind someplace" on a back street in a not so nice part of town?
Title: Re: OT: And people wonder why I hate taking busses?
Post by: Desmostro on August 06, 2008, 09:28:01 AM
Quote from: MendoDave on August 06, 2008, 09:10:35 AM
You ever notice How the greyhound bus station is "Behind someplace" on a back street in a not so nice part of town?

...and it smells like sulfur brimstone and pee.   [puke]

One of the reasons those buses are so bad is because of the "greyhound therapy" and the "ride out of here." that are regulars to it. That is : Cities often take those characters they don't really want and stick them on a greyhound bus going someplace more tolerant...like San Francisco. Otherwise, those who've been in prison long enough not to know anyone any longer on the outside, usually get stuck on a greyhound to be shipped "away." Even in a nice place like San Rafael, you get the freshly picked San Quintin crowd joining the bus. The bus drivers get to deal with that. What a job. They must be hell's minions there to recruit.