The Sad Toll of Past History
In early April, I had a friend pass through DFW airport the enough of a layover to allow us to have lunch. Its been a while since I drove through the airport and so I hadn’t yet taken advantage of the integration of our toll tags with the airport toll system. But as I tried it, it didn’t work for me.
So this prompted some research on my part. As it turns out, I had an expired credit card attached to the account and the balance had run to zero and the account was unable to replenish itself. But in my research, I discovered that I had a second toll tag attached to the account. I had totally forgotten that a former girlfriend had obtained one while we briefly lived together.
As I continued my research, I noticed that she was using the toll tag services more than I was. And this had been going on since 2002!! So I wrote her an email requesting that she stop using the tag and drop it in the mail to me. She wrote back and agreed to do so.
So now two days short of a month has gone by and still no toll tag. To make matters slightly worse, the toll tag has been used since my original request. So I decided to write again and ask for the tag or a clarification on whether the tag would ever be coming back. A few hours later, the reply I received let me know that there had not been a moment’s time to drop the tag in an envelope and lay two stamps on it. And further, her note said that the toll booth that was used only accepted toll tags. So lame.
So I will be reporting the toll tag as stolen which I guess is technically correct now. And with that, I’m hoping this bit of past history is in my rear-view mirror…