sly middle-aged man
eyeing buxom young woman’s
iPod selections
© Bill Reagan (@williamreagan), used with permission. Read more of Bill’s haikus and other writings at www.WilliamReagan.com.
Oh, sure, the little press release blurbs always sound simple enough:
Effective April 2, customer service telephone hours (503-238-RIDE options 3 and 5) will be changing. The new hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
On TriMet’s “Contact Us” page, the announcement is in a little highlighted text box, under a picture of “Yoko,” a pleased-looking lady with a headset. Maybe she’s pleased because she made it through an entire shift without someone saying something stupid about her name – “Yoko! You bitch, you broke up the Beatles! Har, har, har.”
About a year ago I was in Portland riding the TriMet. It started off just like any other time I visited and rode the TriMet. Then this guy got on the bus with carrots strapped to his backpack, the green leaves and all. He seemed to be normal until a few stops later when this old lady and her cat got on. The old lady had her feline in a cage and it was making all kinds of noise. the guy with the carrot started to have a growling match with the cat. This went on for a few more stops then I got off.
Anecdote shared by Tyler, who you can find on Twitter at snapandshoot.
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