Comments on: My First Greyhound Trip is Only Going to Make Me 100 Times More Annoyed at the Airport Next Time http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/ An NYC Blog About a Girl Who's Entirely Unembarrassed to be Fascinated by the Boring Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:43:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: plumpdumpling http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85328 plumpdumpling Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:54 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85328 What have YOU ever done to sell out? I thought you were the mid-90s Pearl Jam of the Internet. What have YOU ever done to sell out? I thought you were the mid-90s Pearl Jam of the Internet.

]]> By: spaghedeity http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85324 spaghedeity Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:34:59 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85324 oh, i wasn't, like, criticising you. i was exclaiming "SELL OUT!" as in, "WE BOTH HAVE NO SOULS!" like soulmates but more like souldegenerates. oh, i wasn’t, like, criticising you. i was exclaiming “SELL OUT!” as in, “WE BOTH HAVE NO SOULS!”

like soulmates but more like souldegenerates.

]]> By: plumpdumpling http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85323 plumpdumpling Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:18:44 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85323 I used to accuse bands and authors of selling out all of the time back when I was in college, but I realized later that if I had the opportunity, I'd sell out in a SECOND. I wasn't asked to blog about this, though, and I readily disclosed my remaining insecurities about future rides, so I feel okay about myself. And as these opportunities continue to arise, I may allow you to be a part of one of them if you play your cards right. I used to accuse bands and authors of selling out all of the time back when I was in college, but I realized later that if I had the opportunity, I’d sell out in a SECOND.

I wasn’t asked to blog about this, though, and I readily disclosed my remaining insecurities about future rides, so I feel okay about myself. And as these opportunities continue to arise, I may allow you to be a part of one of them if you play your cards right.

]]> By: plumpdumpling http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85322 plumpdumpling Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:14:12 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85322 Yippee! The CEO said most Greyhound riders are going on short trips but that a few thousand people go crazy and travel from NYC to LA every year. You can be that crazy person! I'm sure the trip from New Orleans to NYC is delightful. Greyhound's PR firm contacted me a few weeks ago about this, and I swore it wasn't real. Even halfway there, Kamran was still convinced they were kidnapping us. I guess my weird transportation fascination paid off somehow. Yippee! The CEO said most Greyhound riders are going on short trips but that a few thousand people go crazy and travel from NYC to LA every year. You can be that crazy person! I’m sure the trip from New Orleans to NYC is delightful.

Greyhound’s PR firm contacted me a few weeks ago about this, and I swore it wasn’t real. Even halfway there, Kamran was still convinced they were kidnapping us. I guess my weird transportation fascination paid off somehow.

]]> By: plumpdumpling http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85321 plumpdumpling Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:05:01 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85321 I think we need to go in the next couple of weeks for the $1 deal, but I'm down if you are. Maybe I can convince Beth to go, and we can split a hotel room 4 ways. It looks like they're about $150. We can carve our own knives on the way to gore the seats with on the way back. Yay! I think we need to go in the next couple of weeks for the $1 deal, but I’m down if you are. Maybe I can convince Beth to go, and we can split a hotel room 4 ways. It looks like they’re about $150. We can carve our own knives on the way to gore the seats with on the way back. Yay!

]]> By: spaghedeity http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85320 spaghedeity Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:02:41 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85320 SELL. OUT. SELL.

OUT.

]]> By: plumpdumpling http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85319 plumpdumpling Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:51:05 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85319 See, this is why much of life is a total surprise to me. I never imagine situations like that. I imagine well-behaved couples quietly using the wi-fi for three hours, no children in sight. If it's old Dashboard, I'm okay with it, and OF COURSE buffalo wings come with ranch. I back you up on the dress, though. I am not a shill! Greyhound contacted me because of my unmatched love of public transportation and my ability to give entirely unbiased reports. See, this is why much of life is a total surprise to me. I never imagine situations like that. I imagine well-behaved couples quietly using the wi-fi for three hours, no children in sight. If it’s old Dashboard, I’m okay with it, and OF COURSE buffalo wings come with ranch. I back you up on the dress, though.

I am not a shill! Greyhound contacted me because of my unmatched love of public transportation and my ability to give entirely unbiased reports.

]]> By: plumpdumpling http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85318 plumpdumpling Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:35:46 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85318 We mostly gambled with the gift cards the casinos gave us, so we ended up leaving with more than we came with. Which I feel horrible admitting here, since I'm sure the whole point of giving us gift cards in the first place was to get us warmed up so we'd spend all of our own cash later. Circleville is about ten minutes from my hometown! It has enough of a population that there's a chance I wouldn't know your friend's boyfriend's family, but there also a veryvery good chance that I would. I'm glad my potatoes contributed to your social awkwardness! We mostly gambled with the gift cards the casinos gave us, so we ended up leaving with more than we came with. Which I feel horrible admitting here, since I’m sure the whole point of giving us gift cards in the first place was to get us warmed up so we’d spend all of our own cash later.

Circleville is about ten minutes from my hometown! It has enough of a population that there’s a chance I wouldn’t know your friend’s boyfriend’s family, but there also a veryvery good chance that I would. I’m glad my potatoes contributed to your social awkwardness!

]]> By: Bachelor Girl http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85315 Bachelor Girl Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:00:03 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85315 File this under "Phrases I Never Thought I'd Use": I think I'm gonna go Greyhound. Now tell all the rest of us bloggers how you got this super-sweet deal! File this under “Phrases I Never Thought I’d Use”:

I think I’m gonna go Greyhound.

Now tell all the rest of us bloggers how you got this super-sweet deal!

]]> By: karinya http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85313 karinya Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:16:34 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85313 Ok, this has nothing to do with the post, but - I recently found out a friend's boyfriend is from Circleville, OH, and I got all excited because I remembered seeing that name on your potato ribbons, and I started to tell them that, and then... well, it went about how you'd imagine a conversation about a picture of potatoes that you saw on a blog to go. I win at social interaction. Ok, this has nothing to do with the post, but – I recently found out a friend’s boyfriend is from Circleville, OH, and I got all excited because I remembered seeing that name on your potato ribbons, and I started to tell them that, and then… well, it went about how you’d imagine a conversation about a picture of potatoes that you saw on a blog to go. I win at social interaction.

]]> By: Steve http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85312 Steve Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:53:52 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85312 A press/blogger junket to Atlantic City casinos is one thing. Actually traveling on a bus - more than 4 or 5 hours, stopping in multiple cities, all sorts of sketchy types getting on and off, 3AM stops in middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma, bus stations in the worst part of the worst cities . . . entirely another thing. Thank goodness there is still a low-cost travel option. Double-thank goodness that I don't have to avail myself of it. A press/blogger junket to Atlantic City casinos is one thing. Actually traveling on a bus – more than 4 or 5 hours, stopping in multiple cities, all sorts of sketchy types getting on and off, 3AM stops in middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma, bus stations in the worst part of the worst cities . . . entirely another thing. Thank goodness there is still a low-cost travel option. Double-thank goodness that I don’t have to avail myself of it.

]]> By: Meredith http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85311 Meredith Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:16:22 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85311 Although it's only a matter of weeks before those beautiful leather seats are gored by the blades of homemade knives belonging to recently released convicts and the new floors sticky with dried pee, I 'd still love to take advantage of the $1 promo and fancy Atlantic City lifestyle. So let me know if you're planning a return trip soon! Although it’s only a matter of weeks before those beautiful leather seats are gored by the blades of homemade knives belonging to recently released convicts and the new floors sticky with dried pee, I ‘d still love to take advantage of the $1 promo and fancy Atlantic City lifestyle. So let me know if you’re planning a return trip soon!

]]> By: Kim http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85310 Kim Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:57:09 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85310 Nope, sorry. I hate driving with a passion, but my PRECISE definition of hell is being trapped in a window seat of a Greyhound traveling between Port Authority and South Station while a child shrieks and fidgets in the seat beside me, entirely indulged and/or ignored by its parent. There is also a continual loop of Dashboard Confessional playing and buffalo wings with Ranch as the only option of condiment available involved. And I have to wear a lingerie-inspired dress and wedges. I am glad you enjoyed yourself, though. How'd you go about getting to shill for someone? JEALOUS. Nope, sorry. I hate driving with a passion, but my PRECISE definition of hell is being trapped in a window seat of a Greyhound traveling between Port Authority and South Station while a child shrieks and fidgets in the seat beside me, entirely indulged and/or ignored by its parent. There is also a continual loop of Dashboard Confessional playing and buffalo wings with Ranch as the only option of condiment available involved. And I have to wear a lingerie-inspired dress and wedges.

I am glad you enjoyed yourself, though. How’d you go about getting to shill for someone? JEALOUS.

]]> By: karinya http://unapologeticallymundane.com/2010/02/02/my-first-greyhound-trip-is-only-going-to-make-me-100-times-more-annoyed-at-the-airport-next-time/comment-page-1/#comment-85309 karinya Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:37:56 +0000 http://unapologeticallymundane.com/?p=858#comment-85309 Swanky! Did you win anything? Swanky!

Did you win anything?

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