Hotel Charges

"Hotel Charges"

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. 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.

When the clerk tells him $350 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 facility 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."

"That's correct," says the man. "I charged you $300 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!!!"
Received on Thu Jul 21 11:35:53 2005