Hollis-Amtrak to Emeryville, approx. 10:51am - Milk & Cookies

Milk and Cookies?: Shoved into the console by the driver's seat is a baby carton of milk and a small paper sack, too small to be a grown man's lunch. It's the driver's mid-morning snack.

Dirty Bomb: A girl with a ponytail consisting of multicolored dreadlocks keeps shoving her thumb and forefinger into her nostrils to pinch and vigorously wiggle her septum. She also coughs a lot without covering her mouth. Usually, we'd use the phrase "with . . . dreadlocks" as a non-judgemental identifier, but in this case, we're not.

Missed Connections: Arizmendi

February 7, arizmendi emeryville - m4w Don't want to be that guy, but given the chance, I will be. By the way, the correct usage, we believe, is "all up in my grill."

Hollis-Amtrak to BART, approx. 6:21pm - What's Going On?

What's going on at the house?: A young lady talking on the phone: "I'm waiting for the Emery Go Round....Why don't you just go get her?...I'll just see you at the house." Another call a few minutes later: "I'm heading to the house. I'll see you there."

What's going on in the Mission?: A woman on the phone: "Ok, ok, ok, so I'll see you in the Mission."

Is Wednesday night the new Thursday night, which was the new Friday night a while back?

Hollis-Amtrak to Emeryville, approx. 10:58am - Next Stop Please

Next stop, please: The dinger on Bus 102 is not working. Please call out your stops, and don't forget to say "please." Also, 59th Street at Horton is blocked off due to construction, so the 59th-Hollis/NHI stop is not being serviced in the Emeryville direction.

Missed Connections: Trader Joe's

February 5, Emeryville TraderJoe's This is for someone who brought his/her own bag.

Hollis-Amtrak to Emeryville, approx. 11:05am - Grounded

Grounded?: A young girl on her phone, "But that's what MySpace is for!" Most of the conversation is at low volume, but she raises her voice to say, "But I've been working my ass off!" and snaps her phone shut after a few moments of the person on the other end talking. No "bye," no "talk to you later." After the phone conversation, she sends a few text messages. Whatever responses she receives makes her smirk furtively. It's curious why a teen girl would be on the Hollis-Amtrak shuttle (instead of the ones that go to the mall) in the middle of the day.

An Abundance of Missed Connections: Starbucks, Ikea, Peet's

February 3, Jessica - Peet's Coffee in Emeryville - 39 Too busy being butch

February 5, Hot butch w/ salt & pepper hair in Starbucks - w4w Someone wants free coffee.

February 5, ikea - w4m - 21 My little black sweater said yes, but my mom said no.