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TikToker Offers Viral Warning About What Happens If You Don't Pay Tolls After Using Toll Roads

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TikToker @katie_elise_ shared how she found out the hard way what happens when you put off paying tolls despite mutliple warnings.

We can all admit that receiving bills in the mail, or by email, and having to go through the process of paying them is an absolute drag. While it's not that hard to do, it's certainly not a fun process, and it's not a great feeling to give your money away.

For all of those reasons and countless more, many people will do everything they can to put off paying their bills, no matter what kind of bill it may be.


But not paying your bills can get you into serious trouble, like having your power turned off or receiving an eviction notice.

And TikToker @Katie_elise_ just found out that waiting to pay your bills could lead to a court order or a warrant for your arrest, too.

Looking flabbergasted, the young woman held up a hefty stack of bills, admitting that she hated paying tolls.

"I avoid tolls like the plague. But I run late a lot, and hate being late. So, anytime I’m running late, I take tolls.”

The TikToker also had a lot of people contacting her about her bills.

"I’ve had the D.O.T. (Department of Transportation) [contacting me]. I’ve had some lawyers contact me. I didn’t think they were freaking serious!"

Fortunately for the TikToker, she only owed $51 in tolls. Clearly, that needed to be paid as soon as possible, but at least she didn't have thousands of dollars that needed to be accounted for.

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Some TikTokers told @katie_elise_ she was lucky to have such low fines to pay.

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Others pointed out that having a warrant for arrest wasn't all that could happen.

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Some urged the TikToker to take this more seriously than she had so far.

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As much as we look forward to being all grown up when we're children, adulting isn't all fun and games. There's cooking, cleaning, money management, working, and of course—kind of at the center of it all—paying bills.

But without paying the bills, we wouldn't have a home to clean or a kitchen to cook in, and we wouldn't have transportation to get to work. So as much as it might not feel great to pay those bills, it's better to just pay them and get them out of the way.

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