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November 15, 2005
On the Road
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Toll booth agents are normally pleasant enough, with a tired "Hi" or an indifferent glance away from the TV screen long enough to take my money.
But the other day the fellow manning the gate had a surly expression and as I held out some coins I mentioned the weather as a way of trying to extract some human interaction from him.
But he ignored what I had said. "Keep it moving, you're holding up the line."
I looked in the rear-view mirror and out the side window and saw that mine was the only car there. "Just trying to be friendly," I smiled. "You look like you've had a hard day."
His face finally brightened a bit. "Yeah, some of the people who come through here are just jerks. When you come across as many weirdos as I do, you can never tell what kind of asshole is going to ruin your day."
"Heh." I laughed, finally dropping the coins in his hand as I shifted into gear. "Tell that to the guy in my trunk!"
Posted by mslaybau at November 15, 2005 06:00 PM