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The MUNI bus system is a terrible public transportation medium that can leave you waiting in the cold for hours.  Although it is completely unreliable for any kind of timed appointment, it does have a certain entertainment value:

  • I've been in several MUNI wrecks.
  • I've heard MUNI drivers verbally abuse passengers.
  • I've watched a MUNI driver stop a full bus in the middle of traffic to get coffee.
  • I've seen a MUNI driver attack a passenger with a rolled-up newspaper.
I was taking the 1 California bus home from work late one night, and our driver had the inter-bus-radio on to ask about the crowds up ahead.  I heard another driver casually come on the radio to make an announcement:

"This is John from the #5 outbound, and.... my bus is on fire."

MUNI is a system where Murphy's Law never fails.