[4164] in Humor
[Humor] A Well-Planned Retirement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Bennett)
Mon Jun 15 22:18:35 2009
From: "Andrew Bennett" <abennett@mit.edu>
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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:16:44 -0400
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Don=92t know if it=92s true, but I like to think he=92s out there =
somewhere
basking in the sun=85
=20
-Drew
What a work ethic!
>From The London Times:
Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England, there is a parking lot for 150 cars =
and
8 coaches, or buses.
It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine =
charging
cars =A31 (about $1.40) and coaches =A35 (about $7).
This parking attendant worked there solid for all of 25 years.=20
Then, one day, he just didn't turn up for work.
"Oh well", said Bristol Zoo Management - "we'd better phone up the City
Council and get them to send a new parking attendant..."
"Err ... no", said the Council, "that parking lot is your =
responsibility."
"Err ... no", said Bristol Zoo Management, "the attendant was employed =
by
the City Council, wasn't he?"
"Err ... NO!" insisted the Council.
Sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, is a bloke who had
been taking the parking lot fees, estimated at =A3400 (about $560) per =
day at
Bristol Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts =
to
just over =A33.6 million ($7 million)!
=20
And no one even knows his name.
=20
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color:#1F497D'>Don’t know if it’s true, but I like to think =
he’s out there somewhere
basking in the sun…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
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color:#1F497D'>-Drew<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<br>
</span><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>What a work =
ethic!<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p>=
</span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>From The
London Times:<br>
</span></b><span style=3D'font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England, there is a parking lot for 150 cars =
and 8
coaches, or buses.<br>
It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine =
charging cars
=A31 (about $1.40) and coaches =A35 (about $7).<br>
This parking attendant worked there solid for all of 25 years. <br>
Then, one day, he just didn't turn up for work.<br>
"Oh well", said Bristol Zoo Management - "we'd better =
phone up
the City Council and get them to send a new parking =
attendant..."<br>
"Err ... no", said the Council, "that parking lot is your
responsibility."<br>
"Err ... no", said Bristol Zoo Management, "the attendant =
was
employed by the City Council, wasn't he?"<br>
"Err ... NO!" insisted the Council.<br>
<br>
Sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, is a bloke who had =
been
taking the parking lot fees, estimated at =A3400 (about $560) per day at =
Bristol
Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just =
over
=A33.6 million ($7 million)!<br>
<br>
And no one even knows his name.</span><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
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