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Matt Schultz

By Matt Schultz

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A SEPTA bus stops at the Cornwells Heights SEPTA train station, along the Trenton Line which could have services cut due to a mass cut to SEPTA, in Cornwells Heights on Friday, April 10, 2025.
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A SEPTA bus drove into some wet cement and got stuck, and it couldn’t have happened without two brilliant guys who moved the barriers out of the way first:

So damn funny. Lot of stuff to appreciate in here:

1) Two riders got off the bus to move the barricades. This has to be the best part. That means there must have been a conference of sorts on the bus beforehand about what to do about the obstacle in front of them. The driver and the passengers hatched this plan together. They brainstormed. They thought it through as a unit. Really enjoying the idea of that: 

DRIVER: I don’t think I can drive over those orange gates.

PASSENGER 1: Are you sure?

DRIVER: I’m not sure. I never said I’m sure. I just don’t think I can. I think my wheels are too small compared to the orange gates.

PASSENGER 2: What if we moved the orange gates?

DRIVER: They’re probably bolted into the ground. 

PASSENGER 2: We should at least check to see if they’re bolted down. Maybe they’re not. 

DRIVER: (sighs) It’s worth a shot. I don’t know any other routes. 

PASSENGER 1: You mentioned that, yeah. 

DRIVER: I only know how to go straight here. I only know this road. If we can’t go forward here then I’m going to have to leave this bus and go get a different job. 

PASSENGER 2: Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I’m gonna try to move the orange gates.

DRIVER: I don’t think I can drive over them. They’re too tall. 

PASSENGER 2: Please open the door so we can try moving the gates. 

DRIVER: I’m gonna need a whole new kind of job. 

2) When the two guys moved the barricades, they must’ve seen that the cement was wet. They were so close to the cement. They surely knew what it was. What else could it be? Wet cement is the only thing that looks like that. All gray and slick and shiny. And they thought it’d be fine. They thought the bus could go through that. They proceeded with the plan anyway. 

3) The driver somehow got his front tire through the wet cement. He must’ve felt incredible after that. Euphoric. For a few moments there, he outsmarted the barricades. What a rush that must’ve been. Until the back tire.

4) The back tire hitting the cement is so funny. The bus sinks so much. I didn’t expect it to sink that much. The whole bus is crooked. Also, from this angle, you can see there are a good amount of people on the bus. Imagine how pissed these people are:

5) Doubt they’re more pissed than the Termini Brothers owners, though. They finally get the giant pothole outside their store filled and a bus gets stuck in it before the cement dries. Some bad luck there. Imagine they didn’t even consider that a possibility:

Thank you for the video, SEPTA. Some good Friday stuff here. You guys should do more interesting stuff like this with your buses. I enjoyed this.

Matt Schultz
Matt Schultz

Matt Schultz is a comedy and sports writer from Philadelphia. He’s written extensively for ClickHole, The Onion, and Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco. His work has been featured in Vulture, Deadspin, The A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, and other publications. Much of his sports journalism can be found on college basketball websites that don’t exist anymore (PhilaHoops Heads rise up…) email: M.Schultz@sportradar.com

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