Someone who has a small insignificant amount of power like a toll booth operator feels the need to exert there power absolutely. Even in a ridiculous circumstance.
Someone suffering from toll booth operator syndrome would not let you pass if you arrived at the toll booth a penny short with your wife in labor in the passenger seat.
The act of tapping the breaks when going through a toll-booth after you see the speed limit or stop sign. Even though you have absolutely no intention of stopping.
Dude, today I rear-ended the guy in front of me because he performed an unnecessarily long toll-booth brake check.