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A Well-Planned Retirement - From The London Times:



Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England , there is a parking

lot for 150 cars and 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

(presumably), is a man who had been taking the

parking lot fees, estimated at £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 - or $280,000 every year for 25 years)!

And no one even knows his name.

Good grief!

That man was really smart or the zoo officials and council were really stupid

Is this a true story, Rev?

True or not it is a wonderful parable!! Was he really stealing or was he assuming what he was worth? Would the Coast of Spain be permit a thief? Well, maybe that's what makes up the population of Coastal Spain.
We've all heard the song, "Take The Money And Run." Written and performed by billionaires. They don't need Spain as a backdrop.

I can't tell if that really makes any sense or not. I hope someone gets the gist.