OK, so the guy in the picture, Mr. Slingshot, has been driving this same truck and parking at the TransBay terminal for at least 4 or 5 years. I'm sure his job is somehow related to making sure the buses run on time & this is a good example of why Muni is so utterly fucked up.
Mr Slingshot used to park on the other side of the terminal, but after I started taking pictures of him, he moved to parking on the other side of TransBay. He sits in the truck pretty much all day. Sometimes with a clipboard, but often reading the sports pages, like he is here. Or sleeping, which he does a lot of.
He's probably some sort of supervisor, hence the clipboard. Which means that he's probably making low six figures, with a gold plated pension plan and a CA government medical plan. Plus the free parking, which in this neighborhood would run $300 a month or more.
Anyway, Muni employees are becoming the favorite whipping boys of San Francisco taxpayers. With good reason. I see this guy every day, but you can imagine what kind of deadwood exists at Muni. Their union contracts need to be renegotiated NOW.
