Post by derryred on Sept 22, 2006 0:51:32 GMT
A husband and wife are traveling by car from
Key West to Boston.
After almost twenty-four hours on the road,
they're too tired to continue and they decide to stop
for a rest. They stop at a nice hotel and take a
room, but they only plan to sleep for four hours and
then get back on the road.
When they check out four hours later, the desk
clerk hands them a bill for $350.00.
The man explodes and demands to know why the
charge is so high. He tells the clerk although it's a
nice hotel, the rooms certainly aren't worth
$350.00.
When the clerk tells him $350.00 is the
standard rate, the man insists on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to the man, and
then explains that the hotel has an Olympic-sized
pool and a huge conference center that were available
for the husband and wife to use.
"But we didn't use them," the man complains.
"Well, they are here, and you could have,"
explains the Manager. He goes on to explain they could
have taken in one of the shows for which the hotel
is famous. "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,
"complains the man again.
"Well, we have them, and you could have," the
Manager replies.
No matter what amenity the Manager mentions,
the man replies, "But we didn't use it!"
The Manager is unmoved, and eventually the man
gives up and agrees to pay.
He writes a check and gives it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looks at the
check.
"But sir," he says, this check is only made
out for $50.00."
"That's correct," says the man. "I charged you
$300.00 for sleeping with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
Well, too bad," the man replies. "She was here
and you could have