When Donald Pirone saw that a fellow transit rider was having trouble with a token vending machine, he figured he'd be helpful.When Donald Donald (Domnall, Domhnall, Dumhnuil, Dónall) is an anglicized version of a Scottish or Irish Gaelic personal name, containing the elements dumno "world" and val "rule", viz. "ruler of the world". Compare Dumnorix. Pirone saw that a fellow transit rider was having trouble with a token vending machine vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. , he figured he'd he'd 1. Contraction of he had. 2. Contraction of he would. he'd he had or he would he'd have ~would be helpful. He gave the man a token, but the man insisted on paying him face value for it. Unfortunately, an Atlanta transit police Transit police also known as transport police or transit enforcement, is a specialized police agency or unit employed by a common carrier, which could be a railroad, bus line, other transport carrier, or the state. officer saw the exchange and arrested Pirone. State law bars people from selling tokens, even at face value. "There are customer service phones for people who are having trouble getting tokens out of the machine," spokesperson Jocelyn Baker explains. |
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