E-Z Pass
Mrs. C and I
both have an E-Z Pass, that thing on your windshield that lets you rip through highway
tolls and the toll is charged to your account.
It is convenient, and it is a little bit cheaper than paying at the toll
booth. We don’t use toll roads that
often, but on some bridges, they now only take E-Z Pass, or take a picture of
your license plate and send you a bill.
Getting and paying a bill that way is annoying so we got the E-Z Pass contraptions.
I keep my
E-Z Pass on the windshield so it is always there when I need it. Mrs. C keeps hers in the house.
The other
day we were using a toll road.
“Crap, I forgot the E-Z Pass.”
“This is not the first time, why don’t
you keep it on the windshield like the other 2 kajillion people that use E-Z
Pass?”
“Because.”
“Because why?”
“You will make fun of me if I tell.”
“No I won’t.”
“I don’t want anyone to break in to
the car and steal it.”
“What? Who is going to break into a
car and steal the E-Z Pass thing? Why not
just take the car? And what are they going to do, get free tolls? The E-Z pass will track where they go?” In the humpty-diddle years that E-Z Pass has
been around I have never heard of anyone breaking into a car and stealing the
E-Z Pass thing. That is just stupid!”
“See, that is why I didn’t want to
tell you.”
“Why not just keep it in the glove
box so no one knows you have it, but it is there if you need it.”
“Because.”
“Because why?”
“You will make fun of me if I tell.”
“No I won’t.”
“If it is in the glove box I might
drive close to a toll booth and be accidently charged a toll I didn’t use.
“What?” In the humpty-diddle years that E-Z Pass has
been around I have never heard of anyone ever being accidentally charged a toll
like that.”
“People don’t know, they don’t always
check their statement.”
“That is ridiculous.”
“You’re a jerk.”
“I’m a jerk?”
“If the E-Z Jerk fits, stick it on
the windshield.”
“That doesn’t even make any sense.”
“Maybe not, but you’re still a jerk.”
