This is a true story from yesterday. Me, hubby and a girlfriend, all of us on our motorcycles stopped at the Hooksett tolls. Since I have an ez-pass on my bike, I could have flown through and waited for the gang…except that hubby motioned to me that he forgot his wallet and I’d have to stop and pay the tolls for them. No problemo!
I pulled up to the booth, my ez-pass activated for me but I told the toll worker I was paying for the other two bikers. Dick left and pulled over to wait for us. The toll worker was extremely upset that Dick went through already. I pointed out that my ez-pass charged for one and I was paying for the other two, so it didn’t seem to be a big deal.
It’s a pain to have to stop your bike, put it in neutral, kick-stand down, take off your gloves and get your money which is why I have an ez-pass. Hubby doesn’t want the ugly, larger-than-car-ez-pass thing on his chopper, and I don’t blame him. Mine is connected to my handlebars with plastic thread ties since the genuises who came up with bike ez-pass transponders, didn’t anticipate that not all bikes have saddle bags to put them in nor is it convenient to carry one on your person…they’re simply too big.
I only had a $50 on me as we were going to breakfast at the VFW to meet up with other veterans for a probable last ride to the beach for the season. I gave the toll worker my $50; he looked in the drawer and handed it back to me and said: "no change, forget it and may you NEVER come back through here again"! He was rude, I wasn’t, but I held my tongue. This ying, yang wasn’t going to ruin a beautiful day for me.
No change at 10 am?…puhleezze! So, while some of you are paying higher tolls, our three bikes went through and paid only one toll, ha, ha, ha! This is what your tolls increases are paying for people…incompetence, oh yeah, and other wasteful spending by the DOT. I just knew you’d love this story, Doug, although I fear I may have sent you over the edge with it! Call me if you need to vent!