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8 coaches, or buses. It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine charging cars £1 (about $1.40) and coaches £5 (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 A£400 (about $560) per day at Bristol Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over £3.6 million ($7 million)! And no one even knows his name. Sun Online - Discussions - News - A WELL PLANNED RETIREMENT
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Funny and interesting article, QwkAg!
Maybe I could park at one of the entrance roads to the Blue Ridge Parkway, 20 mins from my house, and charge a toll to drive onto it?! Some of the tourists would never know... I wouldn't know what to do with 7 Mill, however... Great ingenuity. Thanks for the art! BR, YBFAM
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LOL. that is one smart man...
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The Sun aspires to be as reputable as the NY Post, so that's saying something. Great story, doubt it's true.
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Maybe I should stick to selling Elevator Passes back at school, too... great article!
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just pay $10 to my paypal account for the privelage of reading this post , thank you , come again .
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you could do what an enterprising comany based in Wales does and sell mail order jars of mountain fresh air for £25 each .no kidding . |
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