No big deal because apparently the bus refused to pick up the would-be passengers waiting at my stop, anyway! The folks waiting were livid - apparently at least two buses had already made their way by without letting them on, each claiming, "There's a bus behind me!" A few more passed before two of my fellow trying-to-be-travelers did the unthinkable - they stuck their thumbs out to solicit rides from passersby in vehicles.
To my surprise, a few folks stopped to ask where we were headed, apologizing when they weren't going our way. Finally, a friendly guy flying solo said he could take us as far as Dupont. Four of us piled in, one toting a suitcase, & off we went down Connecticut Avenue.
I tried to ignore the fact that our Good Samaritan chauffeur bore a strikingly strong resemblance to Sylar, the brain-slicing villain from "Heroes," & instead focus on what good karma this dude was
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Proof of my urban hitchhiking experience lives in this photo, surreptitiously snapped from my spot in the back seat. Please ignore the shadow of my finger; it's tough to be sly when you're riding bitch.
I'm not sure how I didn't hear about the whole metro thing until just now, but I am very glad you're safe!
ReplyDeleteIt's not too unusual, it's called slugging and it happens all the time in DC:
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Yeah...I used to hitchhike in Israel with my cousins. Don't tell my mother!
ReplyDeleteHitchhiking is THE way to go !
ReplyDeletemmmmmm...Sylar. He could slice me open anytime.
ReplyDeletehahahaha! OMG! I can't believe it came to this! LOL :-) This will be a GREAT story to tell for years to come :-)
ReplyDeletei still don't think i've mentioned to my mom the time i did this a few years ago during a (much less traumatic) metro outage. she would not be pleased.
ReplyDeleteThis was so much safer than the illegal cab thing.
ReplyDeleteSo he was hot?
ReplyDeleteSorry... I have a total thing for all-powerful sociopaths. Go fig.
Wow! That was brave but you gotta get to work right? I'm not an advocate on hitch hiking but since it was a group of you and crazy circumstances with the crash and all, why not?
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