The Port Authority's holiday decorations for the Holland Tunnel toll lanes have commuters outraged. For one local motorist, the failed attempt at festivity is so annoying that he even started a Change.org petition to have the display altered. As of Wednesday morning, over 1,200 supporters have signed on.
The issue is less to do with the decorations themselves, and more about their obviously incorrect placement. Workers adorned the Jersey-side tolls' signage with wreaths and a tree. But, instead of placing the tree ornament over the appropriately shaped letter 'A,' it was positioned over the letter 'N,' much to everyone's chagrin.
The clearly off-kilter display has Cody Windelspecht, who created the petition calling for its alteration, describing the arrangement as an "OCD Nightmare."
"I look at it and it makes me itch. It gives me anxiety and anger—why wouldn’t they just put [the tree] in front of the A?" he told the New York Post, adding that one guy he talked to "avoids the Holland Tunnel and takes the Lincoln for the entire month of December, even though it adds an hour to his commute.”
The flawed holiday display has been occurring for years, first making headlines back in 2012. Why the Port Authority persists in getting its decorations wrong after all these years has yet to be fully answered though they can expect to hear of Windelspecht's complaints at an upcoming public meeting.
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The OCD argument is persuasive until you realize you're not driving through the Holland Tonnel.
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