deuce for the fat chicks.

3/16/2006 8:39:23 PM

i dunno why the drivers feel the need to turn on the heat when the bus is FULL and its not even that cold outside. just makes for some stank ass bus rides.

also, when its humid and slightly raining has got the be the worst time to ride a full bus. the driver has to turn on the heat to defog his front windows, everyone bitches when a window gets opened cause "it's raining waaahhhh" and the bus in general reeks of wet dog.

good times.

3/16/2006 11:03:59 PM

i hate it when there's a crowded bus and someone is getting on and walking to find a seat and they step on your foot and don't even say sorry. fucking assholes. i had some big fat fucker step on my shoe, and while it didn't hurt i was still pissed the fuck off, and the people around me could tell, just by my facial expression. one time some sorority chick getting on the frat court bus, nearly sat in my lap, b/c she saw a girl she knew while walking through the aisle. she started talking to her and started sitting down in the seats across from her. problem was that none of the seats in the immediate vicinity were open. it was really funny, b/c you could tell she was a ditz. i had a faceful of ass.

[Edited on March 17, 2006 at 1:45 AM. Reason : ]

3/17/2006 1:44:25 AM

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"i had a faceful of ass."

dont get too excited.

another bad one is the person who cant seem to get their balance, even when the ride is reasonably smooth for the wolfline. they always end up almost falling over on every stop and acceleration. which sucks when the bus is crowded.

3/17/2006 7:56:15 AM

But, let's not forget Mr. B, who is driving Centennial in the afternoons these days (used to drive the wolflink).

He's one of the more considerate drivers, even if he's a bit batty. At least he doesn't gun it while you're walking down the aisle.

[Edited on March 17, 2006 at 3:20 PM. Reason : asda]

3/17/2006 3:20:46 PM

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"does anyone remember the skinny white guy driver that talked on the intercom the entire time? this was about three years ago, he was funny as hell. "

haha, I remember that guy. He thought he was a tour guide or something

3/17/2006 4:22:37 PM

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"I actually pictured that being one of those snobby white sorority chicks"

same here

As for the same "cast" :
-That Guy that takes up two seats. Usually it's a sprawled black dude or an Asian/Indian with his bookbag in one of the seats. And I mean even when people are standing b/c they're too much of a wuss to ask the person to clear the seat.

It also irritates me when the driver doesn't take into consideration how slippery it gets when it's been raining/snowing, and just lurches off from a stop before passengers get seated. I once asked a driver to watch for that b/c it was so bad.

As for a positive - a guy gave his seat up once for me. I thought that was really nice of him. I'd do so as well if I saw someone that looked sick, tired or too short to hold onto the bars.

3/18/2006 9:38:42 AM

bttt. didn't see my usual cast of characters today.

3/20/2006 5:14:05 PM

It's great how when I catch the bus that will get me to class 15 minutes late, most of the people on the bus are all grouchy because they overslept and are late.

3/20/2006 7:41:56 PM

didn't have too many off the wall characters on there today. i did have a non-black driver on the Centennial bus this morning though. that produced a little variety for today.

3/22/2006 8:07:58 PM

today I was on the bus and this guy who got on REEKED of cigarette smoke so badly that even from the front of the bus, I could smell him(sitting at the very back of the bus)

that, combined with the driver's jerky driving, made me feel a bit nauseous

3/22/2006 8:17:18 PM

Dallas, the guy that drives the Centenial Shuttle bus is probably the best driver, although he does like to honk the horn a lot


Allllllriiiiight

3/22/2006 8:25:35 PM

theyre just friendly honks

3/22/2006 8:52:29 PM

i dont think anybody has covered the chime pullers.

-panic pullers: the ones who decide to yank the cord a couple of times like their life was depending on it right before the bus stops

-obsessive chime pullers: they are the ones who constantly have to pull the chime either when they know the bus is going to stop when your 10 feet from the stop or when they know the chime doesnt work. for instance, the bus where the stop requested sign does not stay lit, they will continue to pull the chime like they need to test the connection or something. i can sortof understand the people that pull it just to make 100% sure the bus isnt going to pass the library or something. but still, sometimes it doesnt need to be pulled multiple times when people are standing like the want to get on and everybody (including the driver) is tired of hearing the chime.

-mind readers: the people who make that connection with the driver and know the bus is going to stop. i like these chime pullers.

anymore suggestions?

3/22/2006 11:00:22 PM

can't forget the people who bring their lunches on the bus, inundating your nostrils with all sorts of unwelcome aromas

3/22/2006 11:12:32 PM

i hate the dumb bitches that are talking on there phone, and don't pay attention when it comes close to their stop, then they yell to the driver, "hey can you stop," in a condescending tone. it's not the drivers fault that you weren't paying attention while talking to Kelly about how Brad hasn't been paying enough attention to you.

3/22/2006 11:19:24 PM

The chime pullers are a bit annoying. Good characters, though. I know of at least one Frat. Court driver that has started turning off the "Stop Requested" bell/light because people haven't realized that he has to stop at Gorman and Kings Ct. whether they want to get off or not.

I'm not sure about those mind readers, though. Are you talking about those people who just randomly start walking to the front of the bus long before the bus has gotten to the stop?

3/22/2006 11:31:08 PM

the mind reader is hard to describe. its not really as big as the others but i thought i would mention it. you can tell the mind readers because the bus stops and they get off with no chime pull. most of the time its when the rider usually gets off at a stop that the bus rarely stops at and the driver knows this. i guess sometimes it could also be a person the driver knows and always rides shotgun. a mind reader could also be the smart person who realizes if there are people that act like they want to get on the bus at an approaching stop, and the bus has the capacity, they wont pull it.

3/22/2006 11:46:28 PM

^yep i'm a mind reader...don't forget the "technician reader" who has his head buried in the technician the entire ride and you don't see his face til it's time for his stop.

3/23/2006 1:34:35 PM

i ride the AF bus a lot and i hate that one white driver
he drives mainly in the afternoons and looks russian or something, he NEVER speaks and wont let you get to a seat before taking off, which causes you to fall or trip, plus he comes within inches of the stop before slamming on brakes- hes a very bad driver

also, i love that crazy black guy who rides in the mornings. he always has some funny shit to talk about and will involve anyone in the conversation!

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"Quote : "does anyone remember the skinny white guy driver that talked on the intercom the entire time? this was about three years ago, he was funny as hell. " haha, I remember that guy. He thought he was a tour guide or something"

that was my friend tommy. he thought since the job was so crappy he could do something to spice it up a bit

3/23/2006 2:46:08 PM

^^ i'm sad to say that i've been that before. i do that usually when i want to finish reading something that i started reading earlier in the day or just don't want to look at the people around me.


on the Centennial bus this afternoon, this one youngish (mid to late 20s maybe) black business type

man sat in the back of the bus. you know suit and tie, nice shoes, a briefcase, look like he just

closed a deal or something. he was back there looking through a legal pad that was in his briefcase

or bag. i guess he was heading to Centennial Campus or something. well when we got to the

Carmichael Gym stop he noticed an attractive you black girl get off. well he was compelled to try to

holler at her through the window when she got off. he said something to the effect of "i didn't

realize you were so beautiful." kind of corny i know, but he did have the balls to try to talk to her. i

personally would never try to holler at a girl through a bus window, but to each his own. well as he's

talking to her these two sorority bitches from Delta Zeta are like, "OMG does he know her," which

they repeated about a hundred times. then they were saying, "OMG he's so sketchy." first off it's

not like he was that much older than her. second don't knock on the guy for trying to talk to a girl.

then they proceeded to talk about how the girl was wearing red shoes, a red coat, and had a red

accented purse. so it's bad to match now-a-days. it reminded me a lot of the white girls at

the beginning of the Sir-Mix-A-Lot video for "I Like Big Butts."


ok well that's my crazy story for today about my adventures on the wolfline.

P.S. Those girls might want to keep your voices down when talking about someone in public. I'm pretty sure he and the rest of the bus heard you.

[Edited on March 23, 2006 at 2:52 PM. Reason : ]

3/23/2006 2:49:21 PM

haha. I'm feeling sick now from riding the damn wolflink back from dabney. That woman with short hair that looks like a guy can't drive worth a shit. All she knows is gas...brake...gas...break. I think I got whiplash.

3/23/2006 4:03:42 PM

^eww, i know the one you mean
kinda spanish lookin? she used to drive the AF route, terrible!

3/23/2006 4:13:00 PM

^is that the spanish lady who would drive night service last year and bring her kid along

[Edited on March 23, 2006 at 4:41 PM. Reason : ]

3/23/2006 4:41:25 PM

probably

3/23/2006 5:54:35 PM

shes the binary braker

3/23/2006 6:19:21 PM

this is a great thread

3/23/2006 6:29:09 PM

^why thank you.

3/23/2006 9:22:18 PM

on friday morning i had a black lady with a baby, and a weird looking indian guy. the wolfline really does seem like a Seinfeld episode. like the one where Elaine meets the weird guy on the subway. maybe i could gather a show from all of my experiences on the Wolfline and in college and pose the idea to NBC, and make millions of dollars.

3/26/2006 2:42:20 AM

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"shes the binary braker "

Don't forget the binary gas pedal as well.

The only time I've truly been afraid for my life on the wolfline was when an Avent Ferry bus I was on, hit about 65 going down avent ferry. The driver ended up panic stopping and of course, everyone went flying.

Also, I don't know if he rides anymore, but there's this one indian dude with a facial tic that obviously works out at the gym because he gets on at carmicheal in a muscle shirt all of the time. Plus, he's pretty built. Thing is is that his stench is so horrible, people will open the windows even when it's raining. The guy must never shower

3/26/2006 10:20:45 AM

has anybody else noticed that half the fleet has expired tags??

4/2/2006 10:37:53 PM

more of that "energy conservation" no doubt. don't want to use too many calories [and cash] renewing our tags. lol.

4/3/2006 3:07:03 AM

avent ferry bus this morning around 9ish... driver closed the door on some kid, leaving his bookbag stuck outside the bus... he was like... "holy shit" and she just looked at him.... then after a long pause, she finally opened the door back up to let him in... as she was laughing at him...

4/3/2006 1:28:07 PM

i dread getting on the avent ferry bus when the younger guy driver with the panthers coat is driving. i swear he finds it funny to pull away when you are only 3 feet from the door. the way he slams on breaks its obvious he doesn't care that no one else is wearing a seatbelt. he must be bitter about something... perhaps its because he's a wolfline bus driver?

anyone know how much they make driving?

4/3/2006 3:15:59 PM

I heard between $6-$8/hour

4/3/2006 4:26:46 PM

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"also, when its humid and slightly raining has got the be the worst time to ride a full bus. the driver has to turn on the heat to defog his front windows, everyone bitches when a window gets opened cause "it's raining waaahhhh" and the bus in general reeks of wet dog."

4/3/2006 4:27:59 PM

I always see this guy on the bus who looks like Ross from Friends. Except one day he came on the bus wearing a suit and earphones and he looked like a secret service agent.
Occasionally on the bus I see this guy who looks like Neo from The Matrix. Today he was even wearing a long black jacket.

4/3/2006 5:32:59 PM

^^ absolutely

it was 70 degree this morning while pouring rain, yet they had the heater on FULL BLAST
'bout sweat myself off the bus

4/3/2006 5:34:07 PM

^^^^^I think 8+/hr depending on experience

4/3/2006 5:51:31 PM

ughhhhh the rain/heat thing is so bad

i almost suffocated this morning

4/3/2006 6:21:22 PM

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"Occasionally on the bus I see this guy who looks like Neo from The Matrix."

Is he usually unshaven, has an odd look on his face, and usually has his iPod with him?



Only odd thing I've noticed about the wolfline lately is how one of the buses seems to be missing a muffler or something. It's much louder than the others, sounds pretty kickass (or raggedy-ass).

4/3/2006 6:58:44 PM

Last week there was a new driver for Centennial Shuttle. Apparently he didn't understand the round-about and kept driving straight through the yield sign. A truck almost slammed into the bus and he backed up a bunch of traffic while yelling out of the window, "You have to yield!"

4/3/2006 7:09:39 PM

I was probably the crazy driver yelling at you for coming on the back door if was in 2002, and (as another poster said) I'm glad you remembered. It is very unsafe and against Connex's policy (as of then) for that reason.

Also, it screws up the count...


BTW, none of you should be complaining about the Wolfline. Right now, I work for AppalCART in Boone and it's about 5 times worse than the Wolfline having a bad day.... So unsafe...

4/3/2006 8:22:38 PM

bttt. "If they don't think this bus will pwnt their SUV, then they've got another thing coming". That's what this girl says when we go to turn onto Dan Allen on the Wolflink.

4/6/2006 4:51:37 PM

bttt

I wish people wouldn't get on the wrong bus and then frantically pull the chime like it's the bus driver's fault for not stopping. In summary, don't get on #11 unless you know where the fuck you're going. It only has four stops, and there's a 90% chance you will never need to ride it unless you live in Wolf Village and have textiles/engineering courses.

4/17/2006 5:08:39 PM

The Village Link is my hero. That was the best think this university has done.

4/17/2006 5:23:49 PM

fuck yes

4/17/2006 5:46:59 PM

I love that bus, too.

4/17/2006 6:37:57 PM

Ah, figured out which bus has the muffler problem.

Centennial Shuttle, #3201.

I love the wolfline. Always there when I need it.

4/17/2006 6:51:00 PM

i just wish the wolfline had some reverse routes.

4/17/2006 11:17:23 PM