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  • The pandemic ended their jobs for good. One Bay Area toll collector looks back

    05/03/2021 7:24:04 AM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 47 replies
    SF Gate ^ | 4/30/2021 | By Tessa McLean
    Larry Collins has met quite a few celebrities over the years at his job. Niners Hall of Famer Joe Montana stopped by with a trailer full of horses once. NBA legend Bill Russell was the nicest, stopping to chat with him for a few minutes. Another NFL Hall of Famer, Ronnie Lott, even gave him an autograph. Collins said he’s probably met many more famous people without even realizing it. But Collins doesn’t work at a fancy restaurant or in the VIP area of a concert venue — he was a Bay Area toll collector for 23 years on the...
  • Turnpike Commission CEO apologizes for toll collector's racist statements as investigation continues

    08/20/2016 11:05:58 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 84 replies
    Penn Live ^ | July 27-28, 2016 | Steve Marroni
    Susquehanna Township resident Carl Shuman was heading home from a business trip in Pittsburgh Monday night, and after a pleasant drive, he pulled up to the toll booth at the Carlisle exit, ready to pay his toll. There, he was stunned by something that in his more than four decades of driving and in his professional life as an employment-law attorney, he had never encountered -- not like this, anyway, he said. As the car in front of him left the booth, Shuman noticed the toll collector shaking his head and smirking. "He said something very close to, 'Them black...