An old
married couple is traveling by car. Being
seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road,
they were too tired to continue and decided to
take a room. But, they only planned to sleep for
four hours and then get back on the road.
When they checked
out four hours later, the desk clerk handed them
a bill for $350.00.
The man explodes
and demands to know why the charge is so high.
He told the clerk although it's a nice hotel;
the rooms certainly aren't worth $350.00 for
four hours. Then the clerk tells him that
$350.00 is the 'standard rate'. He insisted on
speaking to the Manager.
The Manager
appears, listens to him, and then explains that
the hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge
conference centre that were available for us to
use.
"But we didn't use
them," the husband said.
"Well, they are
here, and you could have," explained the
Manager.
The Manager went on
to explain that the couple could also have taken
in one of the shows for which the hotel is
famous. "We have the best entertainers from New
York , Hollywood ,and Las Vegas perform here,"
the Manager says.
"But we didn't go
to any of those shows," the husband said.
"Well, we have
them, and you could have," the Manager replied.
No matter what
amenity the Manager mentioned, the husband
replied, "But we didn't use it!"
The Manager is
unmoved, and eventually the husband gave up and
agreed to pay. As he didn't have the check book,
he asked his wife to write the check. She did
and gave it to the Manager.
The Manager is
surprised when he looks at the check. "But
ma'am, this is made out for only $50.00."
"That's correct. I
charged you $300.00 for sleeping with me," she
replied.
"But I didn't!"
exclaims the Manager.
"Well, too bad, I
was here, and you could have."
