An older lady decided to give herself a big treat for her 70th birthday by staying overnight in an expensive hotel. When she checked out next morning, the desk clerk handed her a bill for $250..00. She exploded and demanded to know why the charge was so high. “It’s a nice hotel but the rooms certainly aren’t worth $250.00 for just an overnight stay! I didn’t even have breakfast.”
The clerk told her that $250.00 is the ‘standard rate’, so she insisted on speaking to the manager. The manager appeared and, forewarned by the desk clerk, announced: “This hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference centre which are available for use.”
“But I didn’t use them,” she said. ”Well, they are here, and you could have,” explained the manager.
He went on to explain that she could also have seen one of the in-hotel shows for which the hotel is famous. “We have the best entertainers from the world over performing here,” the manager said. “But I didn’t go to any of those shows,” she said.
“Well, we have them, and you could have,” the manager replied. No matter what amenity the manager mentioned, she replied, “But I didn’t use it!” and the manager countered with his standard response. After several minutes discussion with the manager unmoved, she decided to pay, wrote a check and gave it to him. The manager was surprised when he looked at the check.
“But madam, this check is for only $50.00.” “That’s correct. I charged You $200.00 for sleeping with me,” she replied. “But I didn’t!” exclaims the very surprised manager.
“Well, too bad, I was here, and you could have.”
