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uptown_gargoyle t1_j26c9k6 wrote

I've never ridden the 17 or encountered this driver, but I really appreciate people posting about good SEPTA experiences on here. This is the type of gossip I like.

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yzdaskullmonkey t1_j26yzei wrote

I would love more of this. Just a reporting on weird phillyisms but mostly positive and at worst crazy

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debbie12487 t1_j27dk57 wrote

While walking around our neighborhood with our toddler and infant a SEPTA bus driver pulled over to let my toddler on and beep the horn. It was out of nowhere and it made our son's night.

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Bikesandbakeries t1_j27p7vw wrote

I rode the 2 long enough to have a fav driver. Woman drove like she was making up time and in a way Id describe as cheerfully aggressive. greeted everyone and asked us how we were doing, loudly, and as youd expect, seemingly knew half the riders as if they went to school together. And if anyone got in her way or did something silly she would talk/react as if she was a sports fan reacting to a game. Always a good time if your blood pressure isnt already high.

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strapinmotherfucker t1_j2a5uvb wrote

This was years ago but there was a 17 driver who got into a full on altercation with a postal worker for parking his truck in the bus lane, like this dude clipped the back of the mail truck, threw his hazards on, and got off the bus to yell at the guy, I wasn't even mad about being late for work.

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mbash013 t1_j27gzyr wrote

I really want SEPTA to thrive, but the forces that be keep making me dread it. I’m glad this post exists. Just the other day, I had to shuffle around a dude taking a shit in the middle of the stairs at the 34th st MFL. He wasn’t taking a shit in the corner like everyone else does, he literally dropped pants like 4 steps down from the sidewalk and dropped a messy heater mid day. This man had a turd hanging from his ass and had the audacity to ask me for change as I shuffled by holding my breath.

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shillyshally t1_j28r178 wrote

Gotta wonder about that person's life journey that led to that and zero embarrassment.

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Billy_King t1_j27qyrg wrote

Eh. I always liked the Ride the Ducks tour guides. Obviously completely different, but my most fond memories exist of that even though it's a tourist thing

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katecrime t1_j29qvb6 wrote

I lived on Lombard Street in Center City for several years when I first moved here. I cannot tell you how much I hated those Duck Tours. Because I could hear the tour guide patter with the loudspeaker in my apartment. So loud. Every time they went by.

The horse carriage tours would come by less frequently, but I didn’t mind hearing the clop-clop of the horses at all ;-)

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