For all of their interest in that, I could be a toll collector on the turnpike.

"They want to put the toll collectors out in these lanes and have them moving the traffic through," he said.

I got it into my head that being a toll collector would be a great job.

And I never told him that the toll collector's sister had worked in my office for several years.

Two of the toll collectors were arrested on the job, the others at their homes.

It had a second floor with apartments for toll collectors.

One thing about being a toll collector was that it involved a constant exposure to the public.

In 1982, he left his position supervising toll collectors for the state.

Not bad for a street kid who started as a toll collector on the bridge.

So I gave the toll collector a $5 bill and held my breath.