I rode the Bum Bus.
Today I had afternoon tea at Leland Tea Company before my Machine Hemming class. As usual, I ordered the tea lunch complete with a turkey and cheese sandwich cut into little triangles, a fresh pot of tea, side salad, bowl of fruit, and madeleines. With my tea, I added some of these Honey Pearls along with a dash of milk. Perfect. For some reason, the silverware, presentation of the food, and packaging and name “Honey Pearls” was very appealing to me so I ended up taking a snapshot of my meal.
My class went rather well and I learned how to do a blind hem (by hand), a machine blind hem, and how to shorten pants while keeping the original hem. I now have a brand new pair of pants to wear to work tomorrow!!
My classes usually get out between 9:30 and 10:00 so it’s pretty late. I usually take a cab home, which costs me about $11 and I get home in a jiffy. For some reason, I was feeling a little adventurous today and decided to save myself $11 and caught the 47 bus home. It was a free ride home (with my Muni pass) but it was pretty sketchy. After a couple of stops, I realized that I was taking the Bum Bus. It goes down Van Ness, past Market, turns onto Mission, goes down 10th street to Bryant and ends up at the CalTrain Station. With each stop, more and more bums got on and the bus started to smell like everyone was overdue for a bath. At Bryant and 5th, pretty much everyone got off and I realized that it was a homeless shelter. I guess they were all heading “home” after a long day out on the streets. One guy insisted on sitting right next to me even though the bus was pretty empty. I guess he wanted to talk to me and he did. I think he was a little crazy…nice, but crazy. So was it worth saving $11? Technically yes but not sure it’s worth the risk of getting harassed by a crazy dude. At least I can say I tried it out and survived to tell the story of how I rode the Bum Bus.
Johnny
Thursday, May 15, 2008i’ve got like 3 pants that need hemming.
you’ve got some work to do when you come down next month.
Michelle
Thursday, May 15, 2008I ride the bum bus all the time…does that make me a bum? Boo…
beakatude
Thursday, May 15, 2008You’re only a bum if you don’t shower and get off at 5th and Bryant.