Have It Ready

Guys, I did it! I kept the same job for over 21 years and got out clean! I got my retirement paperwork done three months before my 62nd birthday—on February 13th, 2020—one month before Covid hit. I did my last run on June 2nd, 2020.

That morning I woke from a dream of smiling faces and the sound of happy applause, which had the blessings and thanks from all my regular patrons who were with me on the bus—cheering me on.

There were no angels getting wings or any bells ringing as I pulled into the yard for the last time later that day around 5 p.m. An operator was getting out of her car getting ready to start her twilight shift, and I opened the bus front door and waved at her. “This is it! I’m done!” She smiled back after first seeing her standard Muni expression we have on our face before pulling out—an expression of exhaustion and anticipation with a sigh of acceptance of having a good paying job with a familiar routine.

This book is the final destination of my legacy of all that I learned and had to accept as a bus driver in San Francisco for over two decades.

I will miss you so much. I had a blast!