# Local toll collector in trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 8, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509 "2009-05-08T13:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/1 "2009-05-08T13:22:31Z")
[http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/665309.html](http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/665309.html) The article is ok, but this last line was the most interesting to me. > The e-mails were traced to Zelonis, who made $21 an hour at the Thruway job. So he’s low in seniority doing a job that a bucket with an automatic change counter can do, and he’s making 21/hr with benefits. And we wonder why the thruway authority says they have to raise tolls all the time. What a fucking joke. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/2 "2009-05-08T13:39:38Z")
Most states have machines doing that job. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/3 "2009-05-08T13:50:49Z")
Wow. That’s almost as bad as auto unions. EDIT - actually worse since they aren’t even pumping out a product. Fuck that. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/4 "2009-05-08T13:56:38Z")
ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/5 "2009-05-08T14:30:44Z")
that job also has one of the highest suicide rates ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/6 "2009-05-08T14:34:00Z")
Still overpaid but then again, would anyone here do it for $10/hr for 8 hours? ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/7 "2009-05-08T14:53:14Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > Still overpaid but then again, would anyone here do it for $10/hr for 8 hours? no, that’s why we have machines that can do it. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/8 "2009-05-08T14:54:44Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > Still overpaid but then again, would anyone here do it for $10/hr for 8 hours? There are plenty of people who would do it for $10/hr ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/9 "2009-05-08T14:56:53Z")
it sounds like a lot but its only ~ 43.5k a year… its not an INSANE ammount ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/10 "2009-05-08T15:26:57Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > it sounds like a lot but its only ~ 43.5k a year… its not an INSANE ammount You’re kidding right? For that job, plus all the benefits you get since it’s a state job. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/11 "2009-05-08T15:31:59Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > it sounds like a lot but its only ~ 43.5k a year… its not an INSANE ammount um, to be a toll collector? thats alot lol ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/12 "2009-05-08T15:35:29Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > um, to be a toll collector? thats alot lol your right, it is a TON to be a quarter monkey (ib beck) but its not like they paid him 70k… I bet this guy has been doing it for YEARS… i think beck was only making ~ 12-14 dollars an hour… well before he started making 75k a year ---
**Author:** ![Beck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/beck/32/28683_2.png) [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/13 "2009-05-09T04:38:50Z")
I was making $12 or $13 bucks an hour, but no benefits because I was part time. Viper, you’re mistaken. When I entered into the car business from toll collecting, I was selling cars. Not managing a finance department. When I was selling cars, I wasn’t making $75k. I was making $50k. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/14 "2009-05-09T17:09:52Z")
> [@fiend540](#): > > There are plenty of people who would do it for $10/hr I doubt that. ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/15 "2009-05-09T17:48:59Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > I doubt that. Cereally? Look how many people work minimum wage jobs. Being a toll collector is nothing more than any cashier anywhere. If you can count coins, you can be a toll collector. No reason these people are making more than $10/hr. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/16 "2009-05-09T18:42:39Z")
> [@Viper966](#): > > it sounds like a lot but its only ~ 43.5k a year… its not an INSANE ammount Almost 44k a year + state benefits and pension for standing there collecting change?! Hell, I know people with college degrees that don’t make that much. ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/17 "2009-05-09T19:12:06Z")
> [@Bigairskier1580](#): > > Cereally? > > Look how many people work minimum wage jobs. Being a toll collector is nothing more than any cashier anywhere. If you can count coins, you can be a toll collector. > > No reason these people are making more than $10/hr. I understand what your saying, I think machines should be used instead. But if you are going to have people do this job you are not going to have people sit around for 8 hours doing this job for $10/hr Thats just the reality of it. Maybe if you had minors do this job but adults, no way. ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/18 "2009-05-09T19:14:30Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > Almost 44k a year + state benefits and pension for standing there collecting change?! > > Hell, I know people with college degrees that don’t make that much. No its not that much. You would have to work 5 days a week every week for a year. Figure this job pulls in mid-high $30s under that hour wage at most. Still too much though. ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/19 "2009-05-09T19:28:00Z")
> [@StrokedZ28](#): > > I understand what your saying, I think machines should be used instead. But if you are going to have people do this job you are not going to have people sit around for 8 hours doing this job for $10/hr > > Thats just the reality of it. Maybe if you had minors do this job but adults, no way. There would be NO problem filling those spots at even $10/hour. I guarantee it. If you think otherwise, you need to get out more and see what is going on in the world. There are plenty of uneducated people who would do that work full-time for $10/hr plus benefits. (I am okay with benefits on this) $20,800/year is much more reasonable for that type of work. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509/20 "2009-05-09T19:40:06Z")
> [@Bigairskier1580](#): > > $20,800/year is much more reasonable for that type of work. which is about $7k less a year than starting pay for a school teacher with a masters degree at a decent school district in WNY. WTF. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-toll-collector-in-trouble/67509.md?page=2)