 Some token booth attendants sprinkled chili powder in the slots to discourage "token sucking".Token sucking (also known as stuff 'n' suck) was charged under theft of services, criminal tampering and criminal mischief.Token issues were compounded when transit riders discovered in the early 1980s that tokens purchased for use in the Connecticut Turnpike toll booths were of the same size and weight as New York City subway tokens.