The new T line

So, I was really excited about this new T train that will go from the Castro Street Station all the way to the ballpark. Previously, I had to catch the packed K,L or M train to Embarcadero Station. Then I had to get off and wait for the N Judah – which went to the Ballpark. The new line meant that I would get to board one empty train and ride all the way to my destination.

Yeah, I WAS excited. Now, I am just irritated. The stupid thing made me late for work every day last week. Each day, I left earlier. Each day, I arrived later. I got trapped between the Castro & Church Street Stations for 50 minutes one day!! Apparently, it seems that Muni is having some switching problems or something…Ugh.

Until they get it worked out, I guess I will be shelling out $12 a day to park…RATS. Man, just looked at the calendar and discovered that there is a stupid day game (Giants) on Thursday. This means that I cannot drive that day, as the parking lots quadruple their prices on game days…dicks.

The only cool thing about this ordeal is that I have discovered a weird sense of kinship with my fellow Muni patrons.

well..I am a young and God-fearing lady and there is no way i would stay on here day and night getting myself into illegal acts..Okay

honeyrey_ukrep1 9:23 AM BUZZ!!!
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:23 AM Hello,
I am honey reynolds from England and we are looking for a representative in the United States who will be working for us as a partime worker and we are willing to pay 10% for every transaction,which wouldnt affect your present state of work,if you are interested please am online you can chat with me now,sincerely.honey
charleneshouse 9:26 AM do people really fall for this?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:26 AM how do you mean?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:26 AM we have lot of reps that work for us
charleneshouse 9:27 AM what does one have to do to work for you?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:27 AM Okay fine
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:27 AM First, i would like to know your Age, Sex and Location, and what you do for a living. I am 25 female from England and i work for Rose household Textiles Ltd Uk in the Human Resource Dept.
charleneshouse 9:28 AM You need my age, sex and location to tell me what work people do for you?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:28 AM we are looking for a representative in the United state and some other part of the world , someone who would help us recieve payments from our customers in the United state and other branch around the world.
charleneshouse 9:29 AM Just the one United state?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:29 AM What?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:29 AM we have representatives in Uk and our production factory is in west africa
charleneshouse 9:30 AM What is your business?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:30 AM We are willing to pay 10% per every payment you recieve and you can still keep your regular job while you work for us as a payment collection agent
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:30 AM The company name of is Rose Household Textiles Ltd. Uk and we are located in Khan House, Chattley Street in Manchester, Lancashire Uk.
charleneshouse 9:31 AM But what business does this company conduct?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:31 AM We manufacture duvets,pillows,bedlinen, covers, mink blankets, satin bedspread. These are the main Products which we manufacture and supply to our customers.
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:31 AM These products are being supplied to our customers who are in the united states and some other countries around the world.
charleneshouse 9:32 AM Do the products gets shipped from your company or from your associates in the US?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:33 AM we have represntatives and customers everywhere
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:33 AM These products are being supplied to our customers who are in the united states
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:33 AM Our main factory and head offie is located in Uk were but we also have a factory in wst Africa where we get most of the cotton which we use in manufacturing our products.
charleneshouse 9:34 AM but from where do the products ship?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:34 AM we have a factory in wet Africa where we get most of the cotton which we use in manufacturing our products.
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:35 AM It’s been shipped from our production factory to the uk….so the products are distributed from our head office in london Uk to any part of the world
charleneshouse 9:37 AM and the payments people here accept for you
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:37 AM Yes
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:37 AM As a private transaction, this program is Legitimate from the US Securities Act of 1933, the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the US Investment Company Act of 1940 and all other rules, regulations and amendments therefore…………. We are a licensed firm.
charleneshouse 9:37 AM to what account do these payments get deposited
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:38 AM Every payment you received considered to be a private transaction between the Rose Household Textiles Ltd and its Member.
charleneshouse 9:38 AM which means?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:38 AM These payments are in US verified certifiy Cheque and they would come to you in your name to your location.
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:38 AM So all you need to do is to stay at home to receive the Cheque. It would be delivered to you by FEDEX or UPS courier service to your present location
charleneshouse 9:39 AM and then I would transfer the funds from my own bank account to yours?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:39 AM As soon as you receive it, you take it to your bank and cash it, Then you take 10% of the money and send the balance to us through western union money transfer. The transfer fee would be from our part.
charleneshouse 9:40 AM why wouldn’t you just set up a bank account here and then transfer the funds?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:44 AM Are you still there?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:45 AM BUZZ!!!
charleneshouse 9:50 AM yes
charleneshouse 9:50 AM you didn’t answer my question
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:50 AM what question was that?
charleneshouse 9:50 AM why wouldn’t you just set up a bank account here and then transfer the funds?ukrep1
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:51 AM okay
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:51 AM We have a lot of reps that work for us..and we also have lot of customers in which we supplied goods for
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:51 AM Some pay us via bank transfer and others mode of payment is via Check
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:52 AM so the company set up this oppurtunity as a part time job offer to individuals out there to help them make more money for living
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:52 AM or to those that are unemployed
charleneshouse 9:53 AM then why don’t you open a Bank of America account and have your reps deposit the money there?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:53 AM It will also cost us much getting the check cashed over here in the uk.
charleneshouse 9:53 AM Bank of America branches are all over the US
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:53 AM I know..okay
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:54 AM The company found this way satisfying..and this has been going on for years now
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:54 AM This is 100% real and legit
charleneshouse 9:54 AM oh, I am sure it is
charleneshouse 9:54 AM out of curiosity, though
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:54 AM I can understand
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:55 AM That was why i am trying to let you know more about the company and what you will really be doing for us
charleneshouse 9:55 AM if it was 100% fake and fraudulent, would you really tell me that?
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:56 AM well..I am a young and God-fearing lady and there is no way i would stay on here day and night getting myself into illegal acts..Okay
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:56 AM You’ve just got to count on me and the company also os trusting you and that is why we are offering you the job..okay
charleneshouse 9:56 AM if you were trying to cheat me, I have a feeling you would tell me your business was “100% real and legit”
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:56 AM well…i ain;t trying to cheat you and there is no way i will do such thing
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:56 AM OKay
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:56 AM You can check our website to get more info on what we manufacture and supply and if you wish to know more about us. http://www.rose-household.co.uk
charleneshouse 9:58 AM the site is blank
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:58 AM well…wait for some min for it come up…okay
charleneshouse 9:58 AM oh, wait…it is just very slow
honeyrey_ukrep1 9:59 AM ic
charleneshouse 9:59 AM how do people buy things from you on the site?
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:00 AM They make phone calls…and order for goods online.
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:00 AM you can’tplace an order on our website..okay
charleneshouse 10:01 AM you are British, then?
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:02 AM yeah..i am from Uk london
charleneshouse 10:03 AM because the words you choose make you seem not so
charleneshouse 10:04 AM it’s as if English was not your first language
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:05 AM yeah…..you got that right
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:05 AM I was born in puerto-rican..that was where my dad came from
charleneshouse 10:06 AM you misspell the place where you were born?
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:06 AM peurto- rico
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:06 AM I am a peurto-rican…u got that right?
charleneshouse 10:07 AM wow, still wrong
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:07 AM well…can you spell it right for me then?
charleneshouse 10:08 AM Puerto Ricans are from Puerto Rico
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:09 AM honey reynolds: I was born in puerto-rican..that was where my dad came from
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:09 AM that was what i said at first..okay
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:09 AM I need to know what you’re up to?
charleneshouse 10:10 AM you mean to say that you were born in Puerto Rico?
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:11 AM yes
charleneshouse 10:11 AM and your last name is Reynolds?
charleneshouse 10:11 AM and you are from Puerto Rico
charleneshouse 10:11 AM So you speak French then?
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:12 AM Yeah
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:12 AM well..i don;t
charleneshouse 10:12 AM but your dad does?
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:12 AM yes
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:12 AM My dad speaks french
charleneshouse 10:13 AM that’s odd…they speak Spanish and English in Puerto Rico
honeyrey_ukrep1 10:13 AM well..i know..but my own dad speak a little french

charleneshouse 10:15 AM oh yeah?
charleneshouse 10:16 AM well, I just think the real answer is that you have been lying this whole time
charleneshouse 10:16 AM no big deal, I already knew
charleneshouse 10:16 AM I was just killing time by talk to you
charleneshouse 10:16 AM but I am bored now
charleneshouse 10:17 AM so good luck scamming your next sucker

I thought that was pretty clear, but then “she” replied:

honeyrey_ukrep1 10:17 AM h do you mean?

I may be a Cracker, but I ain’t stupid!!!!

Back story:
I ride the 24 bus from my house (26th & Castro) in the outgoing direction. Then, I get off at 3rd & Palou (VERY bad neighborhood) and get on my 15 bus that goes down 3rd Street. Everybody thinks this is weird & that I should be riding the inbound one to the Castro Street Station (and then the underground to the ballpark). I say that the extra 10 minutes added to my commute by going the long way is well worth the fact that the 2 busses I ride are not crowded and I rarely have to stand…prime reading real estate (them Danielle Steele novels don’t read themselves). The only rub is that 3rd & Palou is an extraordinarily bad neighborhood (unnamed friend saw a double homicide here). Again, everybody who hears that I go here every morning thinks I am cuh-razy. Funnily enough, I have never ever been hassled – not even for spare change. The afore-mentioned spare change purveyors have literally asked the person to my left & right, but skipped me!

Anyways, today was the official last time I will be riding the 15 bus, as the new T Line will be officially opened. This is a streetcar that will run up & down 3rd Street. Kinda sucks on account of the fact that the 15 bus dropped me off 1 step from my building…now, I will have to walk a city block to work, but whatEVAR – it will still be faster (and it forces me to exercise). Plus, it will save me time going home because the T Line will go all the way to Castro Street Station (I used to have to get on N, then K, L, or M at Embarcadero & then get bus at Market & Castro).

Remember how I mentioned I have ridden the bus from 3rd & Palou without incident for the entire year I have take this route? This morning, this record was marred…forever.

So I was standing at the bus stop, patiently waiting for my bus. My morning had already been interesting because the 24 bus I was riding broke down at Mission & 30th – making us all have to get off and wait for the next one. This was actually the second time this week I had experienced this, but I digress. After 10 minutes, the bus arrived and we were happily on our way.

Upon arriving at 3rd & Palou, I get off the bus and walk over to the stop for the 15. I waited about 5 minutes & up it rolls. I happen to be standing right where the front door lands, so I step slightly aside to let the people get off the bus. As soon as the last person disembarks, I fat ass my way back over to in front of the door. Of course, everyone else does this, as there is no sanctity in technically being the first one there. I notice that an older fella is to my left, so I let him get on before me. Then, I take my turn. Before I could even realize what was happening, the woman behind me said, OUT LOUD, “Oh I see, white people first.” Because I am a hothead, I whipped around to say something. Unfortunately, she refuses to make eye contact, so I keep on a-walkin. At this point, I convince myself that I was imagining it & trudge on to look for a vacant seat. THEN, I unmistakably heard, “Stupid Cracker!” Again, I whip around & the beyotch looked down again. She had the guts to spew, but not to engage me. Once I sat down, I was so tempted to tell my neighbors what had just happened to be, but they didn’t look like they would be too sympathetic.

Ugh.

Dry Spell Over With a Vengeance

There was a night Giants game tonight, so I knew walking to the N Judah train would be annoying (it is right in front of the ballpark). On game days, one has to routinely wade through a sea of:
a) scalpers
b) people who act like they’ve never been to the “Big City” (or even out in public for that matter)
c) drunks
d) humungous crowds
So I get to the platform, fight through the crowd that just walked off the inbound train & wait semi-patiently for the train. Happily, I discover that one is right down the street…NICE. Further, I realize that it is not an N Judah at all – it is an S Shuttle, which means that I can take it all the way to my stop without having to transfer…YEAH!!! I ride it to Castro Street Station & walk up to my bus stop. Incredibly, the bus arrives in less than 5 minutes AND it is the 35 instead of the 24. This means that I get to walk downhill to my house instead of hiking up. Can it get any better?

Oh yes, it most assuredly can get better. I after I get on, this scruffy looking fully bearded “gentleman” boards with his similarly featured friend. They appear to most likely be very much on a budget, in their 50’s & very much free spirits. I happened to be screwing around with my Sidekick when he sat next to me (probably Twittering something dumb), which he noticed right away. He looks over and says, “You got yerself a little mini computer, doncha?” I says, “Yes I do.” Then, he says to me, “What’s yer name?” I tell him my name. THEN, he says, “You have a purty smile” to which I reply, “Um, thanks.” (by this time, I am feeling muy uneasy) He then proceeds to tell me that I am a good-looking woman and that he could be happy with a nice lady like me (har har). Finally, he asks for my phone number so that he could “buy me a cup of coffee sometime.” I said to him, “Er, no thanks.” I then take out my book and literally cover my face in the hopes that it would magically make me disappear. It didn’t, but he mercifully stopped talking to me.

Gawd, why do I have to be so irresistible?!

Na nuh nuh na nuh nuh na nuh nuh….

“Na nuh nuh na nuh nuh na nuh nuh…that’s exactly how you sound dear” – so says the cray cray woman on the bus this morning.

This morning’s ride on the 15 is the official end to my funny bus story dry spell. I knew it was gonna be a good day when this guys walks past me wearing an acid washed denim jacket with the words “Headbangers Ball” silkscreened on the back. Not a patch, not embroidery, but silkscreened….NICE!

So I gets on the bus & immediately snag an empty seat in front (the great row that has a bar in it one seat in – insuring that no one will press their meaty selves into you). Anyway, I notice a woman sitting on the same bench, but on the opposite end. The reason I noticed her was the fact that she was obviously reading the back of my newspaper – and not even trying to conceal this annoying fact. Ah well, I gots me some reading to do. Soon, it occurred to me that there was an odder than usual smell emanating from her general direction. Because I am a very clever detective, I immediately deduced that she was eating Funyons (the bag was a dead giveaway). Upon polishing off said Funyons (with mouth wide open), she segued into what looked to be a cheese sammich.

All of a sudden, I hear, “Na nuh nuh na nuh nuh na nuh nuh…that’s exactly how you sound dear”. Apparently, the woman’s chatter from across the aisle was too much for Ms. Funyons to bear (or is it Ms. Funyons?). The chatterbox just looked at Funy (my new nickname for her) & decided to keep talking, though she did switch to Spanish. That’ll learn her…

Another thing I noticed about Funy was that she was loaded down with those yellow shopping bags that you see everyone carrying in Chinatown. Lots of ‘em. Oh, and did I mention that her jacket was on inside-out? I was never so grateful to be wearing sunglasses – allowed me unrestricted eyeballin…she was definitely not the sort who you’d wanna get caught ogling. When she said to a lady (who dared to get near her with a bag), “SKEWZ me ma’am”, I was worried that she was about to go on a tear – alas, she did not.

Toward the end of the trip, she took a post meal nap, so the last 5 minutes proved uneventful.