Damn Toll Heads
Personal, Rant September 3rd. 2008, 9:34pmNot towel heads, toll heads! You know the ignorant drivers that know they are destined for a toll booth, but wait until they are parked in front of the toll operator to dig for the damn toll fee. Today a dumb toll head took 2:17 minutes to pass the toll booth, arrgh!
The toll booths were clear, so I decided to stay in the lane and follow the car ahead of me through the booth. I usually have to fight for the best position like Nascar. Wait, not so fast Ricky Racer. We need to complicate this process just to piss me off.
The driver rolled down her window (this was a clue I was behind a toll head), then she digs around in the cab for almost 2 minutes, and then finally pays the fee. Needless to say, I was pissed off. It took her what seemed like an eternity to get her ass out of the booth.
Two minutes does not sound like a long time, but time it yourself and experience the pain first hand. Remember, the toll booth was clear and there were no other cars in the lanes other than her and me.
Okay, she is done and it is my turn to pay the fee. The window was already down and I had the $4.00 in hand ready to pay and blow that taco stand. I pulled out of the booth only to encounter her dumb ass again.
She stopped her car about 100 feet from the toll booth. I do not know why, but there she was stopped in the middle of the freeway. I swooped pass her so fast that I did not have a chance to flip her off or shout out some sentence enhancing words. Next time!
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
When I got back from my England trip, I was driving back from SF to SacTown. I had my wallet on me, but all my USD was stowed in my luggage. All I had on me was pounds or plastic. The toll guy wouldn’t take either. So I had to put my car in park, get out, get my luggage and search for my wallet. I felt like a jackass, but he wouldn’t let me through without 2USD no matter what. bummer. So the guy behind me had to wait!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:46 am
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