2007-09-18 01:33:18 · 12 answers · asked by Dovah 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
The scariest was on a city of Chicago bus who was going at a speed of about 30MPH when suddenly he hit the brakes and we all went falling and diving out of our seats. Turns out a car cut right in front of him and hit the brakes.
The funniest was a constant form of entertainment on the Metra Train line. People would stand up and preach and sing and whatever else they felt like doing. It is now against the law and police ride the train to enforce it.
2007-09-18 03:00:52 · answer #1 · answered by Irish 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah the fun of public transportation ... I have seen a very pregnant woman throwing up on the Chicago El. I was nearly robbed on the Barcelona subway. I saw a black (as in African American) Hassidic Jew on the New York subway. A woman cab driver in Las Vegas drove on I-15 at 100 mph, she slowed down to 80 on the exit ramp.
2007-09-18 05:04:56 · answer #2 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, my husband and I were in Belieze in 1996. We went into the interior of the country to a small town in the rain forest.
We had taken the bus there since that was the only way to get to the town. We then looked for a taxi to take us up the hill to our hotel
A local man wearing only shorts and a wet towel on his head,holding a rum and coke in one hand and a screw driver in the other started a station wagon and gave us a ride up the hill.We asked if he was a cab driver and he said no but he knew the owner of the car. On the way up the hill, he stopped to pick up other locals to give them a ride, we paid for everyones fare.Very strange..I forgot to mention that he used the screw driver to start up the car!
2007-09-18 03:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by Marilyn T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When visiting Puerto Vallarta we decided to test our spirit of adventure while we were standing on a crowded bus bouncing along the cobblestone streets. We decided to stay on the bus until it stopped at the end of the route. We ended up in a tiny jungle town in the mountains.
The driver stopped at the end of the dirt road and put his feet on the dashboard and proceded to take his siesta. He spoke no english and my spanish is not good but he pointed at his watch. We had two hours so we walked down the road and stopped at a high school basketball game, followed the crowd to a local rodeo and got invited to an awsome fiesta with plenty of homemade tequilla called Ricea - 180 proof and it went down smoooooth. Staggered back to the bus and made it back to town in time to start partying. Better than any tour we could have booked!
2007-09-18 02:05:42 · answer #4 · answered by erninator 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
We were visiting New York City in December a couple of years back to do some Christmas shopping. We decided to go check out the sights in Battery Park and once we were done we hailed a cab and off we went. Well, the cabbie cut off this guy in a white Lexus and he was seriously NOT happy with the driver and started to chase us through Manhattan....we weren't sure if he was going to pull a gun out and shoot us or what!! My daughter and I were screaming in the back of the cab....we ducked down so the driver of the Lexus had a clear shot of the cabbie just in case he did have a gun!! We were screaming "not our fault! we're just tourists trying to get back to our hotel!!!" We screamed at the driver to pull over and he kept insisting he was taking us back to the hotel. We thought we were going to die!!! Crazyass taxi drivers!! It's funny now...but not so much when it happened!
2007-09-18 01:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
riding the subway, well one time I encountered a women dressed in everything lime green, to her hair, socks, earrings, etc, she looked like a bright christmas tree. Another time a guy was wearing every single item of clothign he owned and it was the middle of JULY! talk about hot! one time a cabbie cut off anaother driver and the driver got out at a red light and beat the crap out of him. I just walked home from there. too many crazy stories dont know where to stop.
2007-09-18 02:02:02 · answer #6 · answered by spadezgurl22 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I saw this guy at the back of the bus by himself, he was carrying a grocery bag with only a head of lettuce in it. He sat there quietly, then hunched over and looked over his shoulders as if he was going to do something bad. Then he took a bite from the head of lettuce and proceeded to eat it as if he was eating an apple. I just thought it was strange, lol.
2007-09-18 01:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by Chamat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was in Paris last June, and my group and I were riding the Metro. We were in two different cars. In the one behind us, there was a guy throwing up. He was drunk. We couldn't help but laugh about it. But felt sorry for the ones in our group that had to smell it. The rest of our group switched cars at a stop, the guy and his family got kicked off the train.
2007-09-18 04:35:35 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taking the metro in Paris from Montmarte back to my hotel with my $2,500 tea set I had just purchased.
2007-09-18 04:22:49 · answer #9 · answered by Sarah K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cab ride in New York City. Never again. I was sure the driver had a death wish and didn't care who he took with him.
2007-09-18 02:09:08 · answer #10 · answered by Lady G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋