tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post7913042368007613864..comments2024-02-14T06:26:09.116-05:00Comments on Frozen Tropics: Tales of Danger & Adventure on the X2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-90764943572288739362015-03-16T12:02:11.395-04:002015-03-16T12:02:11.395-04:00As march 2015, I keep hearing the same stories fro...As march 2015, I keep hearing the same stories from my coworkers. I used to live by the Giant at 3rd and H and I was a frequent rider of X2, I have to say it was a very scary bus but It was a lot of fun at the same time. The bus lives in its own dimension where the rules of fashion and good manners don't apply! The worst I witnessed it was an AA male teenager who physically fight a woman who stopped him for keep bullying the driver. In the middle of the fight they both fell out of the bus that had the doors opened at the Chinatown bus stop.At first, everybody was in shock, specially when the male lifted that woman and smashed her head in the window. People standing at the bus stop rushed to separate them and help that woman. I have also seen people being robbed, molested, verbally insulted, etc. Don't use your Iphones on that bus!!!!Chilean2015https://www.blogger.com/profile/16947079046040549019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-80821145781761779742015-03-16T12:00:39.919-04:002015-03-16T12:00:39.919-04:00As march 2015, I keep hearing the same stories fro...As march 2015, I keep hearing the same stories from my coworkers. I used to live by the Giant at 3rd and H and I was a frequent rider of X2, I have to say it was a very scary bus but It was a lot of fun at the same time. The bus lives in its own dimension where the rules of fashion and good manners don't apply! The worst I witnessed it was an AA male teenager who physically fight a woman who stopped him for keep bullying the driver. In the middle of the fight they both fell out of the bus that had the doors opened at the Chinatown bus stop.At first, everybody was in shock, specially when the male lifted that woman and smashed her head in the window. People standing at the bus stop rushed to separate them and help that woman. I have also seen people being robbed, molested, verbally insulted, etc. Don't use your Iphones on that bus!!!!Chilean2015https://www.blogger.com/profile/16947079046040549019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-70613317831765949452014-02-04T13:01:42.557-05:002014-02-04T13:01:42.557-05:00I used to ride the X2 when I was in my late teens ...I used to ride the X2 when I was in my late teens and early 20's (im 43 now) and it is hilarious to hear that nothing has changed. I always tell potential riders that they can prepare for a show. Ive seen the rowdy kids curse one person out for scolding them for something,I've seen the BF/GF fights, the drunken riders, the terrible parents cursing out the kids, the fighting (when the girl threw her baby on a strangers lap to fight), Kids throwing rocks through the window and hit someone, the urine soaked older drunk but I have never seen anyone deficate on the bus and I reckon they would get their tales beat. <br /><br />These stories still crack me up but those of you who still ride it be very careful, especially when you feel the need to chastise some of these teens b/c they dont have the respect for their elders or the police that we had. Don't take it personally even when directed at you, and look out for one another when you see a potentially dangerous situation.luvindestoriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-59261054174972891082013-07-10T16:28:07.433-04:002013-07-10T16:28:07.433-04:00I want all of You to know that Inked is my daughte...I want all of You to know that Inked is my daughter. I have always loved and been proud of this blog. This string just cements that fact!! Pops (not poops like some of the stories)Popsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-13939448494834066212013-07-09T19:48:19.359-04:002013-07-09T19:48:19.359-04:00i've seen my share but the best was a dude bru...i've seen my share but the best was a dude brushing his teeth. every time the bus stopped and the back door opened, he spit out on the street. at least he was considerate??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-26687742972334290042013-07-08T17:17:05.012-04:002013-07-08T17:17:05.012-04:00anon @2:21 I've lived off H Street for 10 1/2 ...anon @2:21 I've lived off H Street for 10 1/2 years. The part I was doubting was not whether someone would do it, but that most of the people on the bus would find it hilarious. That goes against everything I've seen on the X2 for over 10 years. I've been on there and multiple people would say "It stinks in here" when I couldn't smell a thing, but you expect me to believe someone was actually defecating and people were sitting in their seats, giggling? Something doesn't add up...again, I don't doubt any individual might do just about anything on the X2, the story starts to sound unbelievable when you act like no one around the actor would, well, basically be grossed out that an adult just defecated on a bus. That strains credulity. Being disgusted about public defecation is a pretty much universal thing here in the good old U S of A.Alan Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349389379428110815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-62660969527463446682013-07-06T12:49:36.629-04:002013-07-06T12:49:36.629-04:00alan
I saw the guy with the serrated steak knife ...alan<br /><br />I saw the guy with the serrated steak knife getting himself worked up to stab the kid.<br /><br />now that said, the Driver became aware of it too and called 911. <br /><br />Here's my general ratio.<br /><br />30% of the time, it's some minor drama (BF,GF argument, parent/child, ) or other form of loud argument.<br /><br />10% of the time it's some high level wierdness.<br /><br />in 2 years, it's only been problematic enough, I thought i was in danger 2 times but, then again, i've mostly stopped riding the X2 all the way down town in favor of heading to the Minnesota avenue metro station.<br /><br />pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088731122765315298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-5192994903522686532013-07-05T14:21:17.189-04:002013-07-05T14:21:17.189-04:00Alan Page - crap on the bus is not a lie. Wish it...Alan Page - crap on the bus is not a lie. Wish it was. Really wish it was. Happened 8 years ago when I first moved to the N. side of H Street. Things were/are more F... up on the X-2 than you wish to believe. O.K with me if it makes you feel better to live in denial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-30628350172358745812013-07-05T11:48:33.762-04:002013-07-05T11:48:33.762-04:00Some of these stories sound like straight up lies....Some of these stories sound like straight up lies.<br /><br />re: Anon 4:23: You expect us to believe a guy walked on an X2 bus with a .45 at 8:30am, i.e. the heart of rush hour, i.e. when it's filled to the gills with people? No way. Driver would call 911 from the moment the guy got on the bus. And how did he pay? Did he tuck his gun in his waistband while he fished out his wallet for his fare, while holding his 40 ounce in his other hand? <br /><br />Besides the unlikeliness of a driver not immediately calling 911 if someone stepped on the bus openly holding a firearm, I've never seen anyone openly carry a 40ounce of liquor on any bus in DC and I've lived here for 20 years. People sneak their liquor in bags, but just openly carrying a 40 ounce and a pistol? Please. If you want to write a short story, write a short story, but don't make up stuff about my neighborhood. Thanks.Alan Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349389379428110815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-49921024506413475302013-07-04T13:39:12.515-04:002013-07-04T13:39:12.515-04:00Just for the record, I have never had anything hap...Just for the record, I have never had anything happen on the X2 such that I felt I needed to hop off and got onto a different X2. It really is generally fine.inkedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350787243002946647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-71234340837115156492013-07-04T13:06:19.714-04:002013-07-04T13:06:19.714-04:001) The X2 is really phenomenal in terms of service...1) The X2 is really phenomenal in terms of service, 4-6 busses an hour from 4:30 AM untll 2:30 AM the next day.<br /><br />2) About half are the articulated busses so they are big.<br /><br />3) it will take you downtown from Minnesota Ave.<br /><br />Negatives<br /><br />about 30% of the time there is some level of weirdness and about once every few months, it's bad enough to want to get off the bus, text 911, or move. <br /><br />Part of the problem is the X2 connects 3 major lines,<br />the North Capital lines, the 7th st lines and Minnesota avenue, so, it sees 3X the weirdness of a conventional line.<br /><br />My GF makes it a practice to either catch the X1,X3 or X9. In the morning, i'll ride an X2, 6 blocks and change to the X9 if i'm going downtown<br /><br />The other thing is the demographics of DC are changing. The City is becoming whiter, higher income, better educated and better property.<br />Crime rates are dropping. Violent crime is dropping.<br /><br />H st is a very hip neighborhood, and you can't have hip without a little bit of Hood.<br /><br />It's why we live here.<br /><br />We bitch about it, but we love the area.<br />pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088731122765315298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-46719197116007813612013-07-04T11:57:27.776-04:002013-07-04T11:57:27.776-04:0010:53,
The X2 is actually a great bus. The biggest...10:53,<br />The X2 is actually a great bus. The biggest problem is overcrowding. I've been riding it regularly since 2001, and any issues are rare. If you see someone posting something that seems truly outrageous, take it with a grain of salt. inkedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05350787243002946647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-50811606453573241842013-07-03T22:53:58.656-04:002013-07-03T22:53:58.656-04:00Thinking of moving to the area. Put my friend on ...Thinking of moving to the area. Put my friend on the X2 busses the other night, was checking out the nightlife, she had no problems on the bus. Considering the X2 would be a possible way of commuting to work, this isn't really selling the H-street neighborhood. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-31453362806968761002013-07-03T16:24:39.629-04:002013-07-03T16:24:39.629-04:00I used to take the X2 or X1 everyday to work until...I used to take the X2 or X1 everyday to work until I got a new job... It's funny that I actually miss it some days.<br /><br />I have SO many stories:<br /><br />SCARIEST: 8:30am guy gets on the bus and sits down across from me. I look up to see a .45 in his lap and 40 oz tipping up to his lips. I got off immediately. You have to wonder sometimes what is going on in some people's lives?<br /><br />FUNNIEST: A young lesbian couple having an argument over the other's percieved infidelity. They are having the loudest argument ever, putting each other's and other's business out for all to hear. It was literally the funniest conversation, and I was laughing so hard I was crying. However, every other person on the bus acted like they didn't hear this hilarious conversation. From what the victim said, I was totally on her side.<br /><br />Most Non-Fashionista:I've seen any number of terrible knock-off purses, jeans, shoes, luggage,watches, etc. Any number of women wearing tights who shouldn't be wearing tights, dudes in dashikis, male capris, teens in skinny jeans that still manage to fall off their rears, and the best was the woman who got on the bus in a rainstorm who had tied black plastic liqour store bags around her feet.<br /><br />Best Live Interaction: I would have never believed it if I hadn't seen it myself... a dude started a 3-card monte game on the bus and people were literally pulling out wads of cash to get in on the game. They were literally making it rain in the hinge of the X2.<br /><br />Honorable Mention: The old lady who cursed out a grown man for not offering his seat to lady. She berated him with insults from N. Capitol to 5th St. NW. She called him a "good for nothing", "that's why no one wants your A$$," "you won't ever amount to $hit," "going straight to h3ll," He then acted like he was going to fight her and she just cursed him out more and didn't say a word as she exited the bus still talking trash about him.<br /><br />I have more, but I don't want to bore folks. Just know that this X2 is a DC treasure, and I'm hopeful gentrification won't completely sterilize it... well maybe the urine part.<br /><br />GRICHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-82980377260956304672013-07-03T16:23:41.586-04:002013-07-03T16:23:41.586-04:00I used to take the X2 or X1 everyday to work until...I used to take the X2 or X1 everyday to work until I got a new job... It's funny that I actually miss it some days.<br /><br />I have SO many stories:<br /><br />SCARIEST: 8:30am guy gets on the bus and sits down across from me. I look up to see a .45 in his lap and 40 oz tipping up to his lips. I got off immediately. You have to wonder sometimes what is going on in some people's lives?<br /><br />FUNNIEST: A young lesbian couple having an argument over the other's percieved infidelity. They are having the loudest argument ever, putting each other's and other's business out for all to hear. It was literally the funniest conversation, and I was laughing so hard I was crying. However, every other person on the bus acted like they didn't hear this hilarious conversation. From what the victim said, I was totally on her side.<br /><br />Most Non-Fashionista:I've seen any number of terrible knock-off purses, jeans, shoes, luggage,watches, etc. Any number of women wearing tights who shouldn't be wearing tights, dudes in dashikis, male capris, teens in skinny jeans that still manage to fall off their rears, and the best was the woman who got on the bus in a rainstorm who had tied black plastic liqour store bags around her feet.<br /><br />Best Live Interaction: I would have never believed it if I hadn't seen it myself... a dude started a 3-card monte game on the bus and people were literally pulling out wads of cash to get in on the game. They were literally making it rain in the hinge of the X2.<br /><br />Honorable Mention: The old lady who cursed out a grown man for not offering his seat to lady. She berated him with insults from N. Capitol to 5th St. NW. She called him a "good for nothing", "that's why no one wants your A$$," "you won't ever amount to $hit," "going straight to h3ll," He then acted like he was going to fight her and she just cursed him out more and didn't say a word as she exited the bus still talking trash about him.<br /><br />I have more, but I don't want to bore folks. Just know that this X2 is a DC treasure, and I'm hopeful gentrification won't completely sterilize it... well maybe the urine part.<br /><br />GRICHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-35923176781928762882013-07-03T09:01:26.497-04:002013-07-03T09:01:26.497-04:00"1. Woman took a crap in the back of the bus...."1. Woman took a crap in the back of the bus. Everyone (except for a few of us) thought it was hilarious."<br /><br />^ I refuse to believe this story, re: most people thinking a woman taking a crap on the bus was hilarious. Every time someone foul smelling has come on the X2 bus while I was on it, calamity has broken out. I've never seen a group of people so sensitive to smell as X2 riders (hearing someone yell 'Something stinks in here!' is a biweekly occurence). Can't believe someone taking a crap on the X2 would elicit anything other than a tirade of verbal abuse from everyone on the bus and a mass exodus away from said person, after my years of riding the X2.Alan Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349389379428110815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-46837356910908411932013-07-02T21:51:08.663-04:002013-07-02T21:51:08.663-04:00i'm here...
loving these X2 stories cause now ...i'm here...<br />loving these X2 stories cause now I know I am not the ONLY one!<br />1. getting screamed at "f*in honky bitch". as I have said before, it is not the asshole screaming at me that is most disturbing but rather the fact that the rest of the bus does not call him on it. I am quite sure if someone screamed the N word at a 50 something woman minding her own business, people would go ballistic.<br />2. someone dude asking me if my purse was "real" and then where I was going.<br />3. a 12 year old light up a doobie and last but not least...a man pick his nose while eating peanut butter out of the jar with the same finger. it was like a bad train wreck...I could not look away!<br /> heyktbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05406461711473706598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-82352273943188515492013-07-02T19:22:17.782-04:002013-07-02T19:22:17.782-04:00Where's heyktb at? I miss her mid-50s Trinidad...Where's heyktb at? I miss her mid-50s Trinidad life assessments - having just moved in to the neighborhood. She should start a blog!h st llnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-68539631093728311792013-07-01T22:30:34.849-04:002013-07-01T22:30:34.849-04:00my favorite x2 story happened while i was pregnant...my favorite x2 story happened while i was pregnant. (yes, a pregnant white lady on the x2! i did it all the time and always got offered a seat.) i happened to be standing next to the only other white person, a guy listening to his ipod. a nice woman started a conversation with me about how far along i was, blah blah blah. she then asks me if the guy next to me is the father and when i say no, she proceeds to shout loudly in perfect maury povich-style, "you are...NOT the father!" and we all cracked up. the poor guy had no idea why we were all hysterical. REEBS!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-49521161006634340502013-07-01T12:27:14.766-04:002013-07-01T12:27:14.766-04:00I jus vguel commented the X2 is a circus act
and i...I jus vguel commented the X2 is a circus act<br />and i tripped off a load of stories.<br />I usually ride the X2 4 times a week, so, I guess<br />I should chip in my stories.<br /><br />1) 20 something AA male panhandling me for a dollar, when i decline saying "Pay me now or pay me tonight".<br /><br /><br />2) Late teens AA Male stealing my tie out of my jacket pocket and then wanting $5 for it. <br /><br /><br />3) Middle Aged AA Male becoming enraged at a teenage AA male and pulling a knife out and getting ready to stab him. The police were called for that.<br /><br />4) Numerous drunk men and women on the X2.<br /><br />5) AA Late teen or Early 20s male getting arrested on the X2 by MPD.<br /><br />6) Watching a AA woman sell a percocet to a AA male.<br /><br />Most of the other stuff is typical ghetto stuff, I ignore it mostly. There are some very nice people who ride the X2, but it doesn't take too many idiots to make it a very unpleasant ride.<br /><br />the X2 is definitely a line where WMATA either needs a conductor or a detail of undercover police.<br />They either need to clean up the line or the people.<br /><br />pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088731122765315298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-47345057643836303282013-06-29T22:42:36.832-04:002013-06-29T22:42:36.832-04:00@poo's fabulous lover - Education begins at h...@poo's fabulous lover - Education begins at home.media assassinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-60236699192349959162013-06-29T12:23:43.702-04:002013-06-29T12:23:43.702-04:00And yet every time someone here posts about not wa...And yet every time someone here posts about not wanting to ride the X2, numerous other people appear and start chastising them for being elitist/too yuppie/whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-70426365276826814602013-06-28T21:52:38.225-04:002013-06-28T21:52:38.225-04:00Two words: "contact high"Two words: "contact high"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-34492334913540749972013-06-28T16:44:03.523-04:002013-06-28T16:44:03.523-04:00as"funny" as some of these stories are, ...as"funny" as some of these stories are, it's also very sad.<br /><br />this country avoids discussion about "class", but perhaps there should be some kind of debate about that.<br /><br />yeah.<br /><br />there should.<br /><br />and i hold education accountable.<br /><br />poo's fabulous lovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-45847001125191073102013-06-28T16:05:47.166-04:002013-06-28T16:05:47.166-04:00My 3-fondest memories over 8 years on the X-2.
1....My 3-fondest memories over 8 years on the X-2.<br /><br />1. Woman took a crap in the back of the bus. Everyone (except for a few of us) thought it was hilarious.<br /><br />2. Man telling his approx. 3 year old crying son to "shut the fuck up or I am going to fuck you up mother fucker."<br /><br />3. Man flicking a lighter in front of my face telling me he is going to light me on fire.<br /><br />While I used to tolerate the animals on the X-2, my tolerance has run thin. I have not run the gauntlet in years. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com