
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 $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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