When her car gets to the front of the line, the next slug in line comes up to her window and asks French where she is going. The slug then shouts the destination to the others in line and gets in the car if he or she wants to go in that direction. The next couple of people in line headed in the same direction climb aboard, too. Usually, French swipes someone within five to 10 minutes. On the way back, she rarely needs to pick up a commuter, since she leaves the office after 6 p.m., when HOV restrictions are lifted.
Some body snatchers are even more daring.
Abramidis searches indiscriminantly for bodies at bus stops. People have begun catching on so recently a little slug line has begun to form off to the side of the bus stop. In the evenings, Aramidis parks at the Pentagon and walks up to the bus lines to informally ask people if they want a ride. Once in a while, she draws a dirty look, she says, and two ladies in their 50s once refused to respond to her offer even after she raised her voice. They were probably nervous.