Toll Collector

Toll Collector

TollBoothGuy

5 Years Experience

Brooklyn, NY

Male, 33

I spent just short of five years as a toll collector on the western end of New York State. Ask me anything, but please don't pay me in pennies.

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Last Answer on September 11, 2020

How do you feel that toll collector at NY state is now obsolete and are all replaced by cashless tolling?

Asked by Chris over 3 years ago

I don’t miss the job and I can’t imagine anyone else will miss the experience of stopping to pay a toll. Time marches on. Though it marches a little slower upstate if you’re feeling nostalgic.

Why do people seem so angry at tool booth workers sometimes?

Asked by Larry almost 4 years ago

Why not? People love to use these brief opportunities where they feel like they have control and power to exert their own existential unhappiness onto a party that by definition, cannot reciprocate in kind.

What was the worst thing someone said to your face? Has there ever been a time where you felt like putting your fist through there?

Asked by Lonnie almost 4 years ago

 

Is there anything worse then getting paid in pennies?

Asked by Jenener almost 4 years ago

Dirty pennies.

Money is inherently dirty, but there is just something really disheartening about change coated with dust, dirt, fast food grease, motor oil, and god knows what else. At that point I’d rather just do an unpaid toll.

WHY DID KEVIN THE METEOROLOGIST ON THIS PAGE STOP ANSWERING QUESTIONS

Asked by EMERGENCY over 4 years ago

Maybe he’s focusing on the weather.

I want to know some of the meanest things that have been said.

Asked by Candy over 4 years ago

 

What is the most someone has overpaid?

Asked by Cassandra over 4 years ago

Can’t really recall a specific number but not really more than a few dollars. Usually happened to people that thought they had exact and drive off without letting us count first.