Florida toll operators detain motorists for using $20 bills
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There’s an ongoing joke on the internet — if a headline involves depravity or insanity, its comes from either Germany or Florida. This one comes from The Sunshine State.
The Florida Department of Transportation has instructed toll booth operators to detain motorists paying for tolls with bills larger than $10.
“Tampa, Florida — Meet Joel Chandler, who just paid his $1.00 toll on the Polk Parkway with a $100 bill, he is not allowed to leave unless he provides personal info to the toll taker. The toll taker tells Chandler this is what happens when they get large bills. She says this is what they have to do.Chandler says to the toll taker, “So I’m being detained?” She says yes sir.”
Supposedly, this is to go after counterfeiters which have cost FLDOT $16,000.
The cost to pursue this? $32,000.
“The department also says in e-mails, the program will help law enforcement catch counterfeiters.However, as Chandler discovered, in the 885 times the D.O.T. claims it received counterfeit money, not one time was it referred to any law enforcement agency of any description.”
I’ve always believed that too much sunshine tends to bake people’s brains. Good job, Florida.
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I think Alzheimers has gone airborne in that state. It’s the only explanation.