A husband and wife are traveling by car from Key West to
Boston.
After almost 24 hours on the road, they're too tired to
continue and 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 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 $100."
"That's right," says the man. "I charged you
$250 for sleeping with my wife." "But I
didn't!" exclaims the Manager. "Well," the
man replies, "she was here, and you could have".
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