The Hotel Bill
A coworker sent this to me in an email, I thought it was hilarious and wanted to share.
The Hotel Bill
Next time you think your hotel bill is too high, you might want to consider
this:
My wife and I are traveling by car from Victoria to Prince George. Being
Seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, we were too tired to
continue, and decided to take a room. But, we only planned to sleep
for four hours and then get back on the road. When we checked out four
hours later, the desk clerk handed us a bill for $350.00.
I explode and demanded to know why the charge is so high.
I told the clerk although it's a nice hotel, the rooms certainly
aren't worth $350.00 for four hours. Then the clerk tells me
that $350.00 is the 'standard rate'. I insisted on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to me, 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," I said.
''Well, they are here, and you could have," explained the Manager.
He went on to explain that we 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," I said. "Well, we have them,
and you could have," the Manager replied.
No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, I replied,"But we
didn't use it!"
The Manager was unmoved, and eventually I gave up and agreed to pay.
I wrote a check and gave it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looks at the check. "But sir, this
check is only made out for $50.00." ''That's correct. I charged you
$300.00 for sleeping with my wife," I replied.
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
I said, "Well, too bad, she was here, and you could have."
The Hotel Bill
Next time you think your hotel bill is too high, you might want to consider
this:
My wife and I are traveling by car from Victoria to Prince George. Being
Seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, we were too tired to
continue, and decided to take a room. But, we only planned to sleep
for four hours and then get back on the road. When we checked out four
hours later, the desk clerk handed us a bill for $350.00.
I explode and demanded to know why the charge is so high.
I told the clerk although it's a nice hotel, the rooms certainly
aren't worth $350.00 for four hours. Then the clerk tells me
that $350.00 is the 'standard rate'. I insisted on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to me, 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," I said.
''Well, they are here, and you could have," explained the Manager.
He went on to explain that we 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," I said. "Well, we have them,
and you could have," the Manager replied.
No matter what amenity the Manager mentioned, I replied,"But we
didn't use it!"
The Manager was unmoved, and eventually I gave up and agreed to pay.
I wrote a check and gave it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looks at the check. "But sir, this
check is only made out for $50.00." ''That's correct. I charged you
$300.00 for sleeping with my wife," I replied.
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
I said, "Well, too bad, she was here, and you could have."