obviously your not from the USA, no one is that nice here
true story: on christmas eve back in 1999 I was coming home from a GF's house to my parents. It was about 11pm and I was on the turkpike (toll road in PA) and I get to the exit and realize I left my wallet at her place.
the toll was no more than $3 but all I had on me was change. I scraped together all but 20 cents of the toll and the fat asshole bitch at the toll booth wouldnt let me through. I had to pull over and dig through my car, even tho i said I would bring her back $5 tomorrow if she would let me in. I remember her saying about how she has to work on xmas eve and i shouldnt be so stupid.
So she calls the highway police (thats what they do when you dont have the money, they write you a ticket). While im waiting for this douche bag cop to show up, i find over $.20 in pennies. Im thrilled that I had change. I go to the toll booth and the woman says I can not pay in pennies... WTF?? I called the local police and they said there is nothing they can do.
When the dickbag cop shows up over an hour later, I tell him I have the money, but he claims its to late and he has to write a ticket. I get a $35 fine from the state, $5 from the turnkpike plus the $3 toll I have to pay... all on fucking christmas.
I wrote to the turn pike and explained what happened and they sent me a letter apologizing, a check for my toll and said they contacted the highway patrol to remove the fine... yet, still had to pay the toll booth fine.
So... consider yourself lucky man, people around here are dicks!