From Portland, Oregon: "The Newbie" [a Top Ten Bus Stories nominee] by Bill Reagan via Trimet Diaries

The #4 is a different ride completely. Whenever I board, I’m shocked by the vibrancy and volume – bold conversations, often across multiple rows of passengers, with random interjections from other riders as if the talkers are crowdsourcing answers for the day’s dilemmas. It’s a raucous and lively experience, and many riders seem happy to perpetuate that. I always feel like an interloper on the #4. A very quiet interloper.

So I sympathized with the woman who apparently boarded the wrong bus, bringing her #4-style personality into the quiet confines of the #35.

(Read the whole story here.)