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A Well Planned Retirement

A Well-Planned Retirement

Outside England 's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For decades, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant....The fees for cars 1 pound ($1.40), for buses 5 pounds ($7) .
Then, one day, after 25 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 installed a ticket booth and shown up every day, collecting the parking fees, estimated $560 per day, for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars
...... and no-one knew his name!!
 
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A Well-Planned Retirement

Outside England 's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For decades, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant....The fees for cars 1 pound ($1.40), for buses 5 pounds ($7) .
Then, one day, after 25 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 installed a ticket booth and shown up every day, collecting the parking fees, estimated $560 per day, for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars
...... and no-one knew his name!!
Not sure if he's a criminal or a genius! Hahaha!
 

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