Toll Booths

Last night (well, actually this morning) I watched a movie that had a columnist in it. I realized, oh! a column is a lot like a blog. The guy who wrote the column was talking about a lot of different things very quickly, mostly listing topics he'd been writing about in the column. One of the subjects was toll booths! I remembered how I'd though about them one time. So. I'm going to write to you today about toll booths!

This summer when we were on a long trip, we had to go through multiple toll stops. There weren't really lines to get to the booths, people were just fighting it out to be first. It's only sensical that it would bless others to let them go first... but in this case, you can't become a pushover or else you'll be stuck in the stream of cars for a loooong time. Finally, each and every person who passes through gets their turn to pay the people waiting at the booths (which isn't a very rewarding ending, giving up your money in exchange for maneuvering about other tired, angry drivers).

I think it would be kind of awesome to work in a toll booth! You could try to cheer up people as they pass through. Instead of making the whole experience worse by being grumpy or monotonous, it would be neat for a worker there to be friendly and cheerful. You'd have your own little space, you're not on your feet, and get can attempt any number of ways of making the random people happy. Easier said than done, of course.

Anyone have any topics I could write on? How about the first object that pops into your mind. The first character. Celebrity. Book. Tell me in the comment section...please? :) I'll see what I can write on some of them.

LA out.

;)