Why do so many people not use the EZTag to access campus? Every morning I have to wait for 10 people all slowing down, opening their window, fumbling with their badge, then finally opening the gate. We need to start each year’s NSI pool with these people
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At least campus doesn’t have a guard who wants to BS with you for 15-30 minutes like at BTEC, you save lots of time by simply badging in.
@tw it has been broken for years, literally.
If your toll tag isn’t working go to the badging office in the energy center and they will manually enter your info to sort it out. Bring a photo of your toll tag. You have to do this while the online system is broken.
Because like many things on campus the system doesn’t work and there is estimate for when it will be fixed. Don’t worry though a ticket has been submitted!
Multiple EZ-Tags worked just fine at the Denbury offices . . . maybe ask them how they managed to do it. Oh, wait . . .
The campus system isnt compatable with the new Eztags rolled out by HCTRA this year. If you go to the campus site to register eztag it states this. I have a new eztag. It doesnt work, i have to swipe my badge.
All employees ‘visiting,’ even local like Baytown, cannot link their EZ Tag
@dm Honestly you think they would want us to register and link our id with our car(s), all of our cars, not just our primary, for security reasons. Knowing who everybody is going in and out seems safer than not knowing and wondering who is on campus or whose car it is that's on fire this time or is reckless driving or double parked. Why dont they care.
I don’t drive on the tollway - they don’t pay me enough to afford that. So therefore no tag.
I have several big vehicles so toll tag system useless. I have to swipe in with my badge, but the swipe pad so low that I have to extend my badge reel and lower the badge to the reader because impossible to reach that stupidly low badge reader while holding the badge.
@OP beautiful weather today, drove the convertible, no ez tag sorry for delaying you
Now that I know how irritating it is for you to wait while someone swipes their badge, I'm going to be even slower with the process. Maybe even so slow that the security guard has to come over and ask, “Are you okay?” “Oh, yes. I'm just having a little trouble. It's all so complicated…” And you seriously think I should be ranked NSI for this? How vindictive can you be? You need to unclench. Loosen your tie and consider having that stick professionally removed from your you-know-what.
@ds maybe you should go to those other companies?
Limiting one EZ tag per employee is unrealistic for employees with multiple cars. It's like telling people to always wear the same pair of shoes when stepping into the office.
Most companies in 2026 allow WFH 2-3 days a week. Not us. As such, you will continue to deal w these mo--ns on the regular.
Same mo--ns who voted blue and think change will come 🤣
Global Security is way behind on tech and doesn’t understand how to make systems work. They need to flush the toilet and get real engineers.
Because it doesn't work half the fn time
Come drive on the terrible roads in the Delaware basin and you will never complain about parking at the office. Lol
I have a new vehicle, and honestly I did try to register my new toll tag recently, but the system was down and offered no ETA. But I dont care, and I'm tired of living my life frustrated and annoyed with failing systems. This is now my morning ritual. I approach the gate slowly. Come to a complete stop. Put the car in park. Turn down my music. Unbuckle my seat belt. Roll down the window. Carefully retrieve my badge. Hold it against the reader for a good ten seconds while we wait for that magical beep. Then, I put my badge away, roll up my window, buckle my seat belt, adjust my music, put the car in drive, and proceed slowly toward the garage. I treat the stupid self-checkout lines the same way. If you're going to make me do the work, I'm going to do it at my own leisurely pace and super slow. I'm not running a NASCAR crew. And if a line forms behind me? Well, perhaps that will inspire someone to fix the system. I'm not the problem. I'm the customer experience.
@OP, what a simple-minded comment, you are clearly the NSI duffus!! NO critical thinking AT ALL. Stop whining abt basic sh!t….
Damn I didn’t realize my one-car-having a-s was a peasant compared to the population of this thread. Yall sure got a lot to complain about on this site, considering how fu--ing well off everyone is.
Multiple cars, can’t decide which to drive in to work, as if it was a pair of shoes.
Bloat, bloat, bloat
@OP I bought some new cars recently and the system won't allow me to register my toll tags. Its annoying, but honestly I'm really not in a hurry to get to work so I dont really care if its slow or whatever.
XOM is keeping you extra secure by limiting to one Eztag per employee. That comes with a time trade off that security didn’t care to consider, so just come in a bit later or leave earlier to adjust it… don’t take it out of your personal time!
@OP I am not sure if you have multiple cars? would guess not. I don't always drive the same car to work. For example, today the weather was not great so I used my SUV, whereas on a nice cool dry morning I might use the 911 convertible. I can only have 1 EZ tag assigned in the EM system. Apologize slowing you down.
@OP Houston problems...look at the rest of HC10 and consider where driving onto campus should sit on the list of worries
to annoy OPDs like you, it works!
It’s not as simple as just register your EZTag and go. It has taken weeks for an EZTag change or addition to become active in the system, and then only because I followed up the initial request to get it completed.
Also the tag readers are pretty finicky so if one doesn’t like where your EZTag is mounted it still won’t work.
@OP is pretty narrow minded to assume it’s driver error or laziness, perhaps you are the one deserving NSI
I have too many cars and you can only have one active for the gate at a time.