What Not To Do on Muni
25 July 2008I’m no pro when it comes to riding Muni, the SF transit system. My experience has largely been with taking a bus from the ferry to the DR office, and then another bus back to work. In the mornings the ride isn’t so bad because I get on at the first stop and have my choice of seats. The trip back to work is always heinous because the bus is jam packed - standing room only. Asses to armpits.
Yesterday was no exception. If you’ve been on a Muni bus (or probably any city bus) you’re familiar with the back doors where you’ll find 2-3 little steps which get you up into the bus proper. On either side of this little stairwell are Plexiglas walls. When the back doors open they open inward and sit parallel to the aforementioned walls. Because the bus was so full the driver was loading people through the back door. I jumped on and tried to squeeze myself in with little success. I ended up with one foot on the bus floor and one foot in the stairwell and facing forward. No problem right? Wrong.
At the next stop I suddenly felt the pinch of my arm in an iron brace. As it turns out I was just far enough in the stairwell to get the back of my arm caught between the Plexiglas wall and the door when it opened. And this was the result:
