Posted on 12/12/2024 2:01:58 PM PST by DallasBiff
Thanks to The United States’ combination of lackluster train infrastructure and miserable flying experience, there often simply aren’t great choices to get places.
Is the Greyhound bus our savior? No, absolutely not. Yet, despite the Greyhound’s reputation as as a last resort option, I’ve taken it several times (not as a last resort!) over the last few years.
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The US is an airline nation for long distances.
Europe, Japan, and China have good ground transportation(busses and trains).
Flame away.
Tip #1. If another Jordan Neely sits next to you, get off the bus.
Took one back in the 80s from Boston to Omaha before cell phones. Somewhere in Ohio, in the middle of nowhere, the driver stops and comes to the back to tell us that he knew what marijuana smelled like and if he smelled it again, he was radioing the cops. It stopped.
The bus stations in the Northeast have to be seen to be believed.
Even folks who think they are going to take a bus run away after seeing the inside of the stations.
I’ve ridden the Greyhound. I just throw on some DVD movies on a portable DVD , or play on my computer, or sleep.
It was more tolerable when people were born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus Rollin’ down Highway 41.
Forty years ago I was taking my one year old boy from Arkansas to Missouri on a greyhound bus to visit my sister. A couple teenagers started acting up and cussing. The driver stopped the bus and stood up. “One more word out of you two and you’re off this bus” he said. That solved the problem. I always appreciated that man and the way he spoke to those guys was like something from a movie.
I have some not so fond memories of the 7th and Market Greyhound station in San Francisco in the 1970s. And then waiting at a bus stop nearby to take the Golden Gate Transit to Sonoma and being accosted by Moonies. Those were the days..........
The seats tend to be way more comfortable than what you get on an airplane. Just bring a good book to read, as it's a long trip, and keep your headphones in your ears (even if you aren't listening to anything). It will at least keep your seatmate from trying to start inane conversation.
Sounds like my Fourth Grade bus driver (Mr. Swarthout) graduated to driving Greyhound!
Don’t ask me how I know about his school bus disciplinary practices (how many adults remember the name of their Fourth Grade school bus driver?)
planes trains and automobiles...
Quite a few people took Greyhound to get home on 9/11. It was good to have that option. I had a flight that left at 6:15am and arrived at 8:30am and I lucked out. I had been thinking of taking the flight that left two hours later. After that, I always took the early flight when I had a chance.
Which is quite possible in a bus but a bit more of an issue if you are on a plane.
AND another gets on
AND another gets on
Hey!
He’s gonna sit by you!
Another one rides the bus!!
🚌🚌🚌
i haven’t road the Dog in 50years...
I remember that being on in school in 1974
I bet they thought they could get away with acting like they’d acted on the bus when they were in high school.
When COVID locked down Europe comedian John Cleese was in Finland. He had to pay a taxi to drive him from Helsinki to London
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