CTA Tattler

Pizza, pervs and pets on the No. 56

Jasmine usually has interesting CTA Tattler tales. I especially like hers because she often rides the bus. By the way, anyone I urge anyone with Flickr photos to post on CTA stuff to tag them with "CTA" (as Jasmine has done) so we can keep a good collection going.

Thanks for sharing this, Jasmine:

I thought I was in for another uneventful ride home on the 56 (Milwaukee Ave.) bus. I was spacing out, listening to music, until the bus heaved up to the stop at the corner of Milwaukee and Paulina.

There are usually quite a few folks who get on here, laden with bulging plastic bags from the Jewel just north of the intersection.

My favorite such guest was the lady pictured here. She seemed elated to see a small pervy-looking man wearing a white tank top. She had all sorts of interesting looking scars and marks up and down her forearms. She looked excitedly at other riders, especially a young woman holding a small pet in a carrier.

She was like a curious, engaged infant. An infant who cursed and ate a slice of sausage pizza extracted from her faded Aldi plastic shopping bag.