Rude toll gate employee

On Sept. 28 at 8:05 a.m. I entered the Kuningan toll gate en route to Pancoran and Tanjung Priok.

The young lady in the toll booth received my Rp 10,000 bank note. I forget her name but she was fair-skinned and rather thin with short hair.

She handed me the receipt in a such forceful manner that I inadvertently dropped it. She was obviously indignant at my negligence but I stayed calm since the error was mine.

I was shocked when she virtually hurled my change into my car a moment later, resulting in some of the money scattering outside my car.

I got mad and lost my temper and shouted at her to pick up my money. She responded with a call to a man in the same uniform as herself and this man ended up quarreling with me.

I knew that I had been negligent when I dropped the receipt but I did not realize that she would dare fling my change into my car which I had to pick up myself. I imagine anybody would be angry when treated in this manner.

I think the lady in question should be reprimanded for her rude manner.

PAUL HALIM

Jakarta