Sketchy Mass Transit

Hey everyone, this is Kojak, on this wonderful first day of INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN blogging for the Random Sketchy Brain Fart crew

Well, it would be against the RSBF code to delve into any kind of formal introduction so I will begin this, as the French say, "IN MEDIAS RES."

I think all of us have at one point or another been troubled by totally random, highly sketchy behavior on busses, subways, trams, etc.,.... no??

So on Friday I was waiting for the bus after a long day at work, trying to get home after working way too long hours before the weekend. Little did I know, sitting on the curb (NO BENCH!!) that I would be delayed and way-layed by a sketchy character.

I should note that my bus stop is next to a wellknow SKETCH-ZONE - a park know for homosexual activities. (Before I get any angry replies I will say that this is totally cool with me - its fine that such random occurances are actually concentrated so we know what to expect.) This all relates to my story because when some dude showed up wearing a BRIGHLTY COLORED MUSCLE SHIRT (already getting chilly outside- 7PM!!), I was hesitant to look in his direction and just kept sitting on the curb and looking down the street for the bus.

Well, after a tortourous eight minutes of awkward silent sketchiness the bus finally came (the newer model of electrified trolley bus - represent!). I got on the bus before "SKETCH-MAN", showing my student pass. We were at the begining of the line so the bus was totally empty. So I sit down as sketch man is boarding and instead of the normal straight foward procedure a discussion bewteen tank-top man and the driver ensues.

As you may have guessed, this guy did not have the fare - or possibly just DIDN'T WANT TO PAY. The agruement can be summarized as follows:

D: You have to pay to ride a bus

SM: But I only want to go one stop

D: But I gave you a free ride yesterday

SM: Dude, thats only twice out of my whole life

D: But I've only seen you twice - you should walk

SM: Man, I'm cold (remeber muscle shirt)

But the driver didn't give in (this in depth dicussion took like 3 whole minutes!!), and Sketchman eventually said "whatever man" and was forced to WALK THE 4 BLOCKS, probably warming himself in the process (!!).

Props to the driver because he TOTALLY DID THE RIGHT THING and even apologized to me for the delay.

"Your Eye on the Streets"

-Kojak