Florida Boy Orange drink, uncarbonated, was a favorite of many. At least that is what the signs on many Berlin doppeldekker buses said. The first Berlin double-deck buses came from England, hence the name. In West Germany, I saw the German term for "two-storey/story" used instead.
Americans unused to using big city transportation were appalled at the way that Berliners pushed and shoved their way onto the buses. An exception to this reaction was found with our soldiers from New York City. Somehow we had a number of them, and they fit into the scene immediately, even without speaking the language.
What was novel for almost all Americans was having two-man crews on the buses. Rapid loading and quick take-off of buses on which a conductor collected the fares underway was a new experience. Only San Francisco's cable cars offered this experience in big-city America.
GI's had mixed reaction to the Florida Boy character. Black or white, they wanted to be angry about it, but as the Germans seemed blissfully unaware of the racist connotations, it seemed pointless to dwell on it.
The bus boarding platforms in front of the station evolved from a former strassenbahn terminal. They have since been reshaped. Concepts from this layout can be seen in Denver, Colorado's I-25 & Broadway Station (1994), where buses meet Light Rail trains. I spent a considerable amount of time watching the operation of buses and the movement of people in the bahnhofsvorplatz and have applied features of it to projects in Portland and Denver.
Continue on the tour. Weitermachen!