19 Polk

Oh the dilemma. It's been a while since I've taken the 19. As you may have previously read, I loathe this line for its filth and more than its share of people with imaginary friends. However, it does get me home faster and I needed to get to a class. I did my quasi-sit in hopes of not touching as many surfaces as I had to. 

Are more people taking the bus? This is good news for the environment, but not so good for my feet. I typically get a seat in the morning since I am fairly near the start of my line, but I stood the whole way to work. Again in the afternoon on the 19, it was crowded, but at least I snagged a seat. Perhaps I shouldn't be to happy about it. I hardly sat on it anyway. 

At any rate, my question of the day is: Do all Muni drivers have spastic feet? Because I have yet to be on a bus where the drive isn't comprised of lurches rather than a smooth acceleration and a deceleration (instead of stomping on the brakes). It can't be good maintenance-wise for the bus and it is most certainly not good for my insides. This is true of all the above ground buses. I laughed as I got on the underground this morning. I had picked up an Examiner and there on the front page, a Muni driver with a headline stating that the city is cracking down on bad drivers. I'm curious what their definition of bad is because my stomach votes for the lurch-y drivers although I would hope they find the red light runners and the ones that screw up the timetables. How often do you suppose city decision makers take the bus?