binfieldx Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Fw: A well-planned retirement 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 about £1.40 and coaches about £7. This parking attendant worked there solid for all of 25 years. 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 400 pounds per day at Bristol Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over 3.6 million pounds. And no one even knows his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Winner! I take it no one got fines for not paying either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binfieldx Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 I doubt it legitimately happened but none the less, a good one to think about. Who doesn't take a day off work in 25years!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Sorry to break it to you... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Urban-myth-Bristol-Zoo-parking-attendant/story-11266383-detail/story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Doing the rounds again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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