Fung Wah takes 21 Boston-NY buses off the road

[vtdiamond]

I heard that this morning, yikes!!

[LoveTrains]

I once had a colleague who referred to anything going poorly as a "fung wah bus going out of control".

[LoveTrains]

Just saw this tweet!
The Boston Globe ‏@bostonglobe
BREAKING: US government orders Fung Wah bus line to immediately cease passenger service.

[preppy]

Those things are death traps. My college roommate took them all the time and it always made me nervous!

[liveintheville]

I am shocked it took this long.

[lizlemon19]

A friend of a friend just posted this song on FB.  I had tears I was laughing so hard.


ODE TO THE FUNG WAH (sung to the tune of "Candle in the Wind," with apologies to Sir Elton John)

Goodbye to the Fung,
Fastest bus to New York in town
Drivin’ through every toll booth
Even when the gates were down.

Goodbye, Mighty Fung
Drivin’ eighty, ninety, maybe a buck ten
Just to drop folks in Chinatown
For about a hundred yen.

It seemed to me you ran your bus
Like a Thunder Mountain train
Never caring you were on two wheels in the breakdown lane
And I thought nothing could stop you
But I was wrong, I guess,
The Feds are finally closing down
The Deadly Cheap Express.

Crashed into a bank
Took a right turn and just steamrolled right on through
If the Fung thinks it’s your time to go
Don’t need a ticket- they’ll find you.

When you caught on fire
And the bathroom was engulfed in flames
All the papers had to know
Which dude smoking weed was to blame.

So Goodbye Old Fung Wah
Though I could have paid Greyhound fare
I guess I was just too cheap for that
And who doesn’t love a dare?

Goodbye Fung Wah
From the young man with the bag and Red Sox cap
Near the cage with the chicken
On the sleeping old dude’s lap

And I’m glad you didn’t kill me
On my trips to NYC
There’ll never be a bus like you
Streakin’ down the BQE

There’ll never be a bus like you
Streakin’ down the BQE.

[rikki]

I saw one once on the side of the highway completely on fire. All of the windows were blown out and all that remained was the charred frame. All of the passengers were just staring at it. How scary!

[liveintheville]

Back when we drove to NJ every Thanksgiving, we'd see the Fung Wah on the pike every holiday. And every single one looked like it was barely holding together. It'd either be smoking, shuddering and shimmying, or just driven by someone with no concept of traffic lanes. I didn't want to be anywhere near it in a car, let alone on the damn thing. 

[PinkSquirrel]

I still can't figure out how it took so long. Everyone knows to take Bolt Bus or Megabus and that you only take Fung Wah if you're interested in a potential early death.

[hellzkitten]

Anything that operates that cheaply has to be taking short cuts somewhere... & it's scary when they gamble with your safety like that.

[hellzkitten]

Feb 28, 2013 13:06:05 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Feb 28, 2013 13:03:27 GMT -5 hellzkitten said:

Anything that operates that cheaply has to be taking short cuts somewhere... & it's scary when they gamble with your safety like that.

Well Megabus and Bolt Bus are just as cheap and they seem to be fine.  Loved my one Bolt Bus experience.

Good to know! =)