Who came up with these names anyway?

This morning the traffic report mentioned there was an accident on the highway I usually traverse and that two of the four lanes were closed.

Just great.

Lucky for me there is a TOLLway parallel to my usual commute route that I would be driving on this morning. I continue getting dressed and decide it would be wise to leave about 5 minutes early since I've never been down this road before. I walk out the door and drive half way down the block before I realize my GPS friendly cel phone is still sitting at home on my bed.

Great place for it right?

Especially since I don't know how to get to work from the TOLLway. I take my chances and keep driving.

So far so good, when the TOLLway ends I realize that I've gone too far, but the prior exit was 4 miles ago.... Who came up with THAT bright idea? My GPS sooo woulda come in handy. The good news I'm about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. The bad news I'm downtown, hello I work uptown.

I find a street I'm familiar with and head north. Eventually I wind my way to that tall ass building that's next to the building I work in. I'm so glad I can navigate by land marks cause seriously trying to drive on these streets is confusing. I make it to work right on time. If I had my GPS I prob woulda been 10 mins early.

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Before lunch, I check on my TOLLtag, it's been 11 days since I've ordered it and it's still not in my mailbox. I call up the company again they said I could come to their office and get a new one for no charge.

Great, I can pick up my cel phone at home too. Good thing the TOLLtag office is in the vicinity of my apt. I pick up my phone and then head to the TOLLoffice.

After 5 minutes of being there, I decide I NEVER want to come here EVER again. It's right up there with going to the post office and the bank. When I got there nobody was in the office but the workers and it was quiet.

Next thing 5 random other people walk in and two of them decide that talking LOUDLY on their cel phones was more important that the task at hand.

TAKE IT OUTSIDE PEOPLE!!!!! THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOUR BIZNESS!!!!

This causes the 4 other people that are with reps to raise their voices to the reps in front of them so they can be heard. Mind you this office does not have those nice little mini cubicle partitions that the Triple A offices have to suck up noise and keep your conversation between the CSRs and the Customers private.

I don't want to be here anymore.

When I get my tag, I say my thanks and leave. I'm so flustered with those two stupid cel phone so I give them both dirty looks to which they are oblivious of course. I slam my car door and I hear my tires screech as I speed away.

My bad. Oh well.

I turn on my GPS and try the TOLLroad again.

I swear, I'm getting madder now. Who named these fucking roads anyway? I'm driving SOUTH on the road labeled NORTH TOLLWAY. This TOLLroad is just as dumb as the road next to that other highway. The one way road that goes SOUTH on the ONE WAY ROAD called the NORTH expressway. WTF?

Also, I have to get used to NOT calling these roads FREEways cause there ARE no free roads here. There are highways and expressways, and tollways. I really miss those Eastwood commercials. "Freeway, it's that thing you're speeding on."

Stupid cowboys with their stupid naming conventions.

One of my friends laughs at what I trip on. He says that if those are my only problems then my life is good. Guess he's right.