Since today is all about appreciating drivers, I want to tell you guys about an idea that I’ve had for many years but have never been organized (or brave) enough to act on.
You know those firefighter calendars? The ones that feature smokin’ hot first responders lounging around the fire house conveniently missing most of their gear? Yeah, those.
We need one for bus drivers. Seriously. I mean, we’ve all seen at least one driver (or six) we we’d like to “appreciate” up close, right?
Imagine this–with bus drivers! (Photo credit: @emilyrahimi)
The calendar could be used to raise money for a transit-related nonprofit, or the ATU—shoot, for some dang bathrooms for our superheroes to use.
We’d need to find a pro bono photographer, of course. And we’d need a way to identify candidates and/or invite them to participate–other than approaching them, stalker-style, while they’re trying to do their jobs, that is. And someone would have to prevent me from giving the calendar a completely inappropriate (but hilarious) name.
But just imagine if we pulled it off!
Who’s with me? If we start now, we could definitely have it together by December.
Can we include the fare enforcers on the light rail – some of them are so easy on the eyes that I don’t mind rummaging through my purse to find my pass…
Heh.
Ooops! That’s not my train ticket; it’s a paper with my phone number on it…
I’m game for a calendar if they’re fully clothed– kind of a people study of lots of different drivers, not just the young, buff men!! Have you seen this cool blog by a photographer/artist/ part-time KC Metro driver: http://www.nathanvass.com ? I’ve never met him or ridden his bus, but maybe he’d be interested in the project?… Also, totally off-topic, but I figured you’d totally get my major excitement. Open strollers are going to be allowed on Metro buses! The change will be in the new driver manual coming out in the fall. After several frustrating stroller + bus experiences, I just started asking for a change, they decided to go with it, and were so kind to keep me updated. Thank you bus drivers and thank you bus administration too!
Hi Kimberly,
There’s no way it would just be men! I haven’t decided if it would make sense to do two calendars or one co-ed one (not sure that it matters since it will probably always remain a cool idea in my head). It doesn’t need to be only young people, either. There are plenty of hot people who are over 40 [ahem].
That’s good news about the strollers! I know that Metro’s been examining the policy for some time now. I hope all the drivers get the memo, so that folks have a consistent experience. Would you mind emailing me the information about it (or posting it here)?
Thanks!
Carla