I was on the Silver Line, coming back from buying a ticket for Kronos Quartette on Sunday, and overhead part of the driver’s conversation. I got on at New England Medical Center. The bus was packed and as is usual there was another bus right behind us that was mostly empty. Instead of pulling behind us the driver of the other bus pulled next to us and discharged his passengers. We of course could not move until he moved. This pissed off our driver and he obviously was friends with the driver of the blocking bus.
A few excerpts: *Beep*, “Why didn’t you let me go?”, can’t hear the other side of the conversation. “Well, I don’t in Thanksgiving or Christmas or none of that shit, I just want to get home.” … more conversation. “Well you could let me pass so I can get my black ass back to Dudley.” … “Well, a thousand pardons, excuse me”
You get the idea. Don’t know, I just thought it was funny. Needed a chuckle on a Friday afternoon, though I don’t think that was the MTBA’s original intent when issuing the phones.
