闲人堂

A husband and 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  decide to stop for a rest.

 They pull into a nice hotel and take a room,  but they plan to sleep for only 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 man  explodes and demands to know why the charge is so  high. He tells the clerk that, although it’s a  nice hotel, the rooms are certainly not 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 man and  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 man 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,”
 complains the man again. “Well, we have them and  you could have,” the Manager replies. No matter  what facility the Manager mentions, the man  replies “But we didn’t use it!”

 The Manager is unmoved and eventually the man  gives up and agrees to pay. He writes a check  and gives it to the Manager.

 The Manager is surprised when he looks at the  check. “But sir,” he says, “this check is made  out only for $50.”

 ”That’s correct,” says the man. “I charged  you $300 for sleeping with my wife.”

 ”But I didn’t!” exclaims the Manager.

 ”Well, too bad,” the man replies. “She was  here and you could have.”