Thread: Bristol Zoo Parking Outrage!! (june 09)

is this true ?

*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
chargingcars £1 (about $1.40) and coaches A£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, is a bloke who had
been taking the parking lot fees, estimated at £400 (about $800) per
day at Bristol Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this
amounts to over £3.6 million (over $7 million)!


And no one even knows his name....!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by digger

Bristol Zoo shock horror...

From the Bristol Evening Post:

Outside Bristol Zoo is the car park, with spaces for 150 cars and 8 coaches. It has been manned 6 days a week for 23 years by the same charming and very polite car park attendant with the ticket machine. The charges are £1. per car and £5. per coach.

On Monday 1 June, he did not turn up for work.
Bristol Zoo management phoned Bristol City Council to ask them to send a replacement parking attendant.

The Council said "That car park is your responsibility." The Zoo said "The attendant was employed by the City Council... wasn't he?" The
Council said "What attendant?"

Gone missing from his caravan nearby is a man who has been taking daily the car park fees amounting to about £400 per day for the last 23 years!



Total sum just short £2.9 million!

great idea, but the sums vary with the versions and Ron says it's not TRUE