Strange Behaviors and Possible Explanations
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Toll booth collector is one of the worst jobs around. My brother did that one summer. It must have killed a bunch of brain cells because he stopped complaining by the end of the gig. Here in the Chicago area, those jobs were handed out by politicians as a reward for political work. Some reward!
Do you think it's worse than a merkin cleaner?
I work in Dev Ops for an Austrian company, we have several clients, two of which are PANYNJ & NYSTA. My job is to help create and maintain the software that makes open road tolling possible. It’s pretty amazing what goes into it. We are a big part of the reason why toll booths are becoming a thing of the past. There are still some out there but I don’t really understand why.
No wonder why when you passed off all the money at nefarious establishments.
who knows what rules they're working under? How much of a pain in the ass taking pennies or larger bills actually is. Maybe any bill over a certain amount has to be sent off with extra paper work? One fun constant at almost every job is that the people who make the rules often have no clue what the working conditions on the ground are.
Well, without commenting on my views of the government I don't relieve any government agency would instruct employees to mzke pennies rain.
no but they might have some rule that makes it easier to just get rid of the pennies and possibly hack a remedy. Or maybe it's some weird scam the guy is running with his cousin. Who knows.
I can't describe exactly why I enjoy 'baffling human behaviour' anecdotes so much, I think it is just the lighter side to how depressing humanity can seem if you think too hard about it. I always imagine people like Douglas Adams collecting life stories like this to form his books...
They are just pissed at all the people living in NY. Their life could have been greener. But no! They are stuck in NJ! And of all places toll booth! Holy Hell! Their life sucks donkey dick!
The Golden Gate bridge fixed their whacky toll collector problem by getting rid of all of them. Now it charges your credit card as you go through the booth. No need to find cash or stop and wonder how that person got a job in the first place.
My inbox was flooded with messages of beratment and inquiry as to why I don't use cashless tolling. Well, EZ Pass often wants me to add a large sum of money into the account due to it's calculation of my use. I don't see why I should give them $200 if I only plan to make $50 of trips in a week.
How could pipe smoking gentleman be what you claim?!
Maybe you're not bright enough to tell the difference between a real insult and ball busting.
Perhaps, but I’m rarely impressed with your posts. Just saying…..
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