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Graham

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posted on 15-6-2009 at 19:28

Wednesdays 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, is a man who has been taking the daily the car park fees amounting to about ¬£400. per day for the last 23 years...!

That's nearly ¬£3 million!!!

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posted on 16-6-2009 at 07:45

Excellent..... Although it can't be true as there are just too many facts that are plain wrong (Nothing unusual for the Evening Post mind you!). It is an urban myth

I worked at Bristol zoo for several years and knew many of the car park attendants, there are several that work there all year round, and more in the summer. They have several car parks for a start (and none of them are open to coaches!) and all are manned by Zoo staff, a fact that the zoo is well aware of!

There's no way the story could be true.
It is quite funny though!

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