Some people love playing pranks on others or purposely acting in a way that makes things a bit difficult for the folks around them. They get alaughout of their actions and often believe that they’ll never have to face the consequences of what they’ve done.
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People who try to inconvenience others may often find themselves on the receiving end of the same treatment
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The poster had been working at a tollbooth in the days before people used e-z passes, so people had to pay the toll in cash, and one driver brought $5 in pennies and nickels
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Every service worker knows that sometimes they’ll meet kind people who understand the demanding nature of theirjob, and sometimes they’ll encounter difficult folks. The OP clearly knew that the driver only wanted to cause trouble, especially after the man handed $5 in nickels and pennies, thinking it would be funny.
In certain places, people are banned from handing over a certain amount of money insmall change. To protect the interests of workers and to save their time, organizations should be clear about whether they are okay with accepting coin payments or require large sums to be paid in notes only.
One of the reasons why the driver probably thought his prank would be funny was because forcing the tollbooth worker to count out coins might have held up the cars behind. Luckily, such stunts have been greatly reduced because of thee-z pass, which is a convenient electronic toll collection method that helps save time.
The other man’s meanpractical jokewas stopped in its tracks due to the worker’s quick thinking. The OP warned the guy that if he drove off without waiting for the coins to be counted, then the state troopers would be called on him. The employee wasn’t making an empty threat and had told commenters that they had previously called the police on errant drivers.
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Although this man may have paid in coins to frustrate the tollbooth worker, this method of payment has actually been used as aform of protestbefore. A man called Joe Schmidtlein paid his property taxes in coins because he was frustrated at how high the amount kept on rising. It was his way of ‘sticking it to the man.’
The poster also assured people that their act of pettyrevengetoward the driver did not delay any other folks. Since it was a slow day, it was completely fine to hold up the man’s car and make him face the consequences of his silly prank.
The job oftoll collectorsis steadily on the decline due to faster electronic payment and processing options. Despite that, this story really shows how important it is to respect the time and effort of any and all service workers and not to make their jobs harder through our actions.
Do you agree with the tollbooth employee’s actions, or do you think there would have been a better way to handle this interaction? Do share your thoughts down below.
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