A perfect example of government mismanagement.

Trainman · Unread post by **Trainman** » 02 Oct 2010, 20:42

A Well-Planned Retirement

Outside England 's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years,it's parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were for cars (£1.40),for buses (about £7).

Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the Zoo Management called the City Council and asked it to send them another parking agent.

The Council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the Zoo's own responsibility.

The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was a City employee.

The City Council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the City payroll.

Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain or France or Italy ... is a man who'd apparently had a ticket machine installed completely on his own and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about £560 per day -- for 25 years.

Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over 7 million pounds ... and no one even knows his name.

spider · Unread post by **spider** » 02 Oct 2010, 20:47

Although shocking if true, it does not surprise me that much.

You could argue in a way they have (partly) 'worked' for some of that money though, although its not completely legally earned as far as I can see...

Unread post by **myglaren** » 02 Oct 2010, 21:26

That is a wonderful story.
Self employed and extremely enterprising

Kowalski · Unread post by **Kowalski** » 02 Oct 2010, 23:43

Isn't this an urban myth?

DickieG · Unread post by **DickieG** » 03 Oct 2010, 05:33

Kowalski wrote:Isn't this an urban myth?

Dunno but its a great story

Trainman · Unread post by **Trainman** » 03 Oct 2010, 10:02

It's an article from the times that I pinched from another website, that was apparently in the Times

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 03 Oct 2010, 10:50

Kowalski wrote:Isn't this an urban myth?

Yes
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/humor/ ... endant.htm

Trainman · Unread post by **Trainman** » 03 Oct 2010, 11:30

still a good story

ACTIVE8 · Unread post by **ACTIVE8** » 04 Oct 2010, 15:19

Trainman wrote:still a good story

I agree!