Hey, Buddy, Can You Spare 68 Cents?
Scene: (Aaron Messner and Phil Ryken riding to presbytery in Quakertown; Aaron is driving)
Phil: Gee, I forgot my wallet. You do have money for the toll?
Aaron: I was hoping you'd have some. All I've got is 82 cents.
Scene: (They get to the ticket booths; Aaron accidentally goes through the EZ pass lane. They drive on and finally come to the exit booth.)
Booth operator: Ticket, please.
Aaron: We don't have a ticket.
Operator: (Sighs) Then where did you get on.
Phil: We don't know. We came from Philadelphia.
Operator: Then you got on the Mid-County Exit. Okay, well just pay the toll. That will be $1.50.
Aaron: (Holds out his hands with change.) All I've got is 82 cents. Can you take a credit card?
Operator: No, but I can take a personal check.
Aaron: I don't have a check.
Operator: (Sighs; he then closes down his booth, redirects traffic, and calls his supervisor) All right, let me see your drivers license.
(Aaron shows him the license still in his wallet.)
Operator: No, no. Take it out of your wallet.
(Aaron then drops the license outside the window. Gets out and hands to operator. Finally, they leave wiser and humbler with a form to fill out and only an extra $1 to send in.)
Phil: Gee, I forgot my wallet. You do have money for the toll?
Aaron: I was hoping you'd have some. All I've got is 82 cents.
Scene: (They get to the ticket booths; Aaron accidentally goes through the EZ pass lane. They drive on and finally come to the exit booth.)
Booth operator: Ticket, please.
Aaron: We don't have a ticket.
Operator: (Sighs) Then where did you get on.
Phil: We don't know. We came from Philadelphia.
Operator: Then you got on the Mid-County Exit. Okay, well just pay the toll. That will be $1.50.
Aaron: (Holds out his hands with change.) All I've got is 82 cents. Can you take a credit card?
Operator: No, but I can take a personal check.
Aaron: I don't have a check.
Operator: (Sighs; he then closes down his booth, redirects traffic, and calls his supervisor) All right, let me see your drivers license.
(Aaron shows him the license still in his wallet.)
Operator: No, no. Take it out of your wallet.
(Aaron then drops the license outside the window. Gets out and hands to operator. Finally, they leave wiser and humbler with a form to fill out and only an extra $1 to send in.)
posted by M Clark at 11/14/2005 01:52:00 PM
7 Comments:
Reminds me of when I was in college. I was driving home from an afternoon class, and I pulled up to the toll booth on the Garden State Parkway. I didn't have the 25 cents toll (that's right, the 25 cents toll--it was a looooong time ago. The toll booth guy sighed, muttered with chagrin that he had daughters, and waved me through.
"take no money in your bag"
two words:
Easy Pass
:-)
well, we can all be assured it won't happen again, as that was the last time driving out of town for presbytery!
That's actually 2 initials and a word: EZ Pass :)
But it is handy!
:-)
I concur... EZ Pass is probably the greatest invention since the printing press! ;-)
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