Who's the Douche?

So, yesterday, SFist posted about the above video which was filmed by fellow SFist writer Mattymatt. You can't see much, but you can hear an argument between a MUNI driver, a rider, and the rest of the passengers on the bus.

I had some issues with the way the video was presented. In the introduction, Matt writes that two guys tried to get on the bus with expired passes. Since he didn't say when this was filmed, I posited that perhaps the driver was the douche if the guys had presented December passes since there's a three-day grace period for Fastpasses.

In the comments, Matt explained that he didn't see the passes, but they looked like daily passes, the kind that expired after 90 minutes--which would be a transfer, yes? Not a pass. Even thought the guy in the video keeps saying he showed his "pass" to the driver.

OK. OK, I am being very nitpicky about this, but only because I have had way too many run-ins with bus drivers who are complete douches that I tend to instantly side with passengers in cases like this. I've gotten into arguments with drivers for having an expired transfer after waiting over 90 minutes for the fracking bus to show up. Should I really have to pay another buck-fifty because the bus was late? I've also gotten into it with drivers who would take the transfer I was issued at an underground stop and not replace it with another transfer, even though it's a clearly written rule that every passenger must have "proof of payment" when riding a MUNI vehicle. And those are just two instances of douchery from bus drivers. So, I'm not ragging on Matt or his video, I am just pointing out that as douchey as the public can be, bus drivers can be even more douchey. Also, I just like incorporating the word "douche" into this post as much as possible.

Regardless, NBC 11 felt the video was newsworthy, and actually interviewed Matt for last night's 11 o'clock news! I uploaded the segment to YouTube, and you can watch it below. His comments about the public are particularly amusing.