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Apparent standoff at a Shanghai tollbooth has a deeper story

Driver, toll booth attendant locked in tense standoff as both refuse to stretch out hand

This is a good example of how people can mislead by presenting just part of a story. In this video, we see a driver holding out his parking ticket to a tollbooth attendant. The attendant has her hand out, but she isn’t reaching far enough to take the ticket. She isn’t looking at the driver, either. My first reaction was that both the driver and the tollbooth attendant were jerks, but then I read what really happened, via The Morning News:

A driver and attendant were locked in prideful stillness for over a minute as both refused to reach any further for the driver’s payment. The attendant eventually called for backup; apparently, the driver had been teasing her by yanking the card away whenever she reached for it, leading to the filmed absurdity.

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