Yesterday, I drove over the Warden station to park in the North lot. As I turn in to the gate, there’s this minivan pausing a few metres before the gate. As I pulled up behind it, it rushed forward towards the gate arm and stood there running. I pulled up to the automatic card swiper/token collector and waited. Oh hell no. I wasn’t going to swipe my card and let that guy in. So, I waited for about a minute. The minivan must have realized that he wasn’t getting in for free, so he backed up. I stood my ground. I wasn’t going to move. There was a perfectly good way around the booth for him to turn his van around and leave. We waited another while before realizing I wasn’t going to back up. By this time, there was a line of cars forming behind me. He finally gave up and turned the van around and left. That’s when I swiped my Metropass and went in.

So, I’m wondering what the guy was thinking I mean, what if the guy behind him was actually going to pay by cash? If he went in, that would be like stealing $2, right? Even though the Metropass gives me free parking there, in principle, I don’t have to let anyone else into the lot. I paid for the right to park there; I’m not about to let someone get a freebie.