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