I’m not sure if one of the coolest councilmen in LA bikes in or drives in to work via some veggie contraption. I know he’s a friend to the bicycle man, so hopefully the bus grandmas just slipped his mind.
I know how it is Eric. She’s far. She smells like moth balls. She keeps trying to give you candies from the bottom of the bag she’s been carrying around since 1980.
But granny loves you Eric.
When I first started taking public transit and lived in my little hometown of Los Feliz I came upon the Hollywood and Western bus stop. I needed to go to the Southern California Library. Usually for distances that where within a five mile radius of my house I just cycled to, so I was very surprised to witness which in my mind is still one of the most disgusting bus stops in the city. (Not as disgusting as the ones downtown, because those are gross AND smell like fresh piss.)
Now from the pictures and photos you’ll notice all the dirt isn’t recent. Most of it is not recent. It’s caked in dirt. You might not notice this from the pictures, but it’s also a little stinky. It would be a lot stinky, but experiencing downtown LA bus stops have really opened up my possibility of what bad smelling is.
To think when I first started taking public transit I almost vomited when I got on the cinnamon and urine scented elevator…
It’s the dirt of a seven year old boy’s ear on the last day of summer camp.
It’s the dirt of a car that’s been sitting abandoned in the apartment complex parking lot for the past 10 years.
It’s the dirt of a sidewalk that hasn’t seen a broom since 1993.
Do you know who sits at this bus stop? Lots of old ladies. They throw their trash away. They are clean (cause they are grandmas,) but grandmas speaking languages from all over the world speaking in Armenian, Spanish, English, Russian and Tagalong have to sit at this filthy bus stop, because their grandson Eric hasn’t bothered to get on the manager’s ass (that slum lord CBS Decaux) and tell him to clean it.
So Eric, hopefully you’ll get this message and do something about nana's waiting area, because it’s truly disgusting.
By Browne Molyneux
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