Giving Up the Great White Ghost
How many notches above a tollbooth operator is the guy squirming in the TKTS booth? One? Two? There’s arguably less toxic airborne pollutants in his world, but he still has to deal with your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and undoubtedly thinking it’s their god-given right to see Chicago for $5 with none of that partially obstructed view bullshit. He’s retiring now though. So a big round of applause for him. He was the great leveler, bringing middle-income fly-over state mom and pops to the Great White Way. Oh wait, he didn’t invent TKTS; he just worked there. Another cog in the wheel.