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Santa at the Hotel
Santa and his 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. Santa 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 Santa, 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", Santa 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," Santa complains again.
"Well, we have them, and you could have", the Manager replies. No
matter what facility the Manager mentions, the Santa replies "But
we didn't use it". The Manager is unmoved, and eventually
Santa finally gives up and agrees to pay. He writes a check and
gives it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looked at the check. "But sir," he
says, "this check is only made out for $100."
"That's right," says the Santa, "I charged you $250 for sleeping
with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
"Well," the Santa replies, "she was here, and you could have
Santa and his 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. Santa 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 Santa, 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", Santa 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," Santa complains again.
"Well, we have them, and you could have", the Manager replies. No
matter what facility the Manager mentions, the Santa replies "But
we didn't use it". The Manager is unmoved, and eventually
Santa finally gives up and agrees to pay. He writes a check and
gives it to the Manager.
The Manager is surprised when he looked at the check. "But sir," he
says, "this check is only made out for $100."
"That's right," says the Santa, "I charged you $250 for sleeping
with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
"Well," the Santa replies, "she was here, and you could have