[fatnotlazy]

Greyhound might be cheap, but it’s a lousy way to travel. Did it once, never again. Lots of creepy people, including the driver. I guess you get what you paid for. If I can’t afford airfare or can’t go by car, I’ll stay home.

[Vigilanteman]

The should be happy that one of the weird passengers didn't decide to behead another one with a knife. This is actually what happened on a Greyhound bus near Winnipeg some years ago. There were two weird things I recall about the story:

1. The other passengers got off and held the door shut so the perp didn't escape. Neither could the victim, for that matter either, but it was too late by then anyway.
   
2. The perp was NOT a member of the Religion of Peace. Just some crazy a$$ed druggie.

Not all bus routes are that crazy. There is a couple of busses per day which run between Scranton, PA and Pittsburgh via our town and State College, PA. The vast majority of passengers are Penn State Students just coming home/returning for a weekend. Or Pittsburgh area college students going east.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Check out these guys. New clean buses with WiFi, and nobody has to wait around in dingy terminals filled with criminals.

http://us.megabus.com/

[lacrew]

I recently tried Greyhound for the first time. Yes, quite lot of ‘colorful’ people. They switched bus drivers a lot, and one bus driver got on, and asked if we wanted to watch a movie...and rattled off the titles of several movies that were still in the theater. I asked how he could have those - his response “I’m from the hood”. So, the entire bus watched a bootleg movie.

Then he started bragging about a bootleg cigarette scheme he ran, buying in lower tax Iowa, and selling to Minnesota...using the Greyhound bus as his mule to move bulk product. He said it was the only reason he worked for Greyhoud, since his route allowed him to work his cigarette business so well.

Interesting trip.