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Jul 7, 2019 1:54 AM
GrampaJack2
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HerLadyship
Nope, never happened. Urban legend.
IWantedADifferentUsername
I’m bristol born and bred and this is wholly untrue unfortunately
gingersrule
Urban myth
pangevine
https://www.hoax-slayer.net/bristol-zoo-car-park-attendant-hoax/
malachilenomade
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
If no management bothered to investigate him after 25 years he deserves every penny.
eggmuffin
Pennies indeed. 204k a year, with no days off and no vacations.
SkyVINS
bullshit buzzer ON: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/
toddzillah
That same thing actualy happened at the pittsburgh zoo
maximusTHEspartan
SirDawby
Also, at $560 a day its a little over 5 million?
TagaryenFangirl
It’s England, £560 per day, in today’s money that’s $701.60.
BriefausdemGeist
Interesting how it switches from £ to $
Orosaky
andaWoss
ElFreakoDiablo
He made 7 million dollars in England. That in itself is impressive. If only he charged in pounds he'd earn so much more..
fishhooker
I think your math is off by 2 million. 560x365=204k 204kx25 years=5.1 million! Yet again it was a city project.
NuclearGradeIrony
False.
Sumdumguy42
So this guys was never sick, vacation, family emergency? Sounds plausible!
oldandfat
Everyone clapped
HenryLongfellowIII
Everyone on the bus clapped as they paid the 5 pounds.
RebelDreamer
RAB8
“Everything but ‘thank you’ will be stricken from the record”
Pseudobatrachotoxin
Yup, math doesn’t even work out. (365.25 days/year x 25 years x $560/day)= $5,113,500.
Pseudobatrachotoxin
Exchange rate only brings that £5,113,500 to ~$6,403,000.
PiroSlate
Today's exchange rate?... is there any year's rate that makes it work?... I think the rate was alot better for awhile there... $1.50-$1.80
namifly
My favorite part is “assuming 7 days a week”. That is, in fact, how a week is defined
TectonicTerry
To aall these people trying to sound smart by calling out the story as fake: We all know it, we don't care. It's just a good little story.
GrampaJack2
It's also a litmus test of who leans more managerial vs worker. The aspiring boss calls this story BS, & the worker appreciates the humor!
HillOfBeans
He worked for it
Stoffers
$7 mill over 25 years is $280,000 per year pretty damn good but he wouldn't be insanely rich.
ShengshunLi
i mean , my 33€ a day working ass would really like that amount.
Stoffers
Or $560 per day comes to $204,400 per year
stupidfools
FFS at least check snopes first. It's not true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/
CrazyMrowLady
I went to Bristol Zoo last month. No sloths. 3/10.
DranksAndDragons
I got a sloth makeup bag today. It’s very cute.
derekjohn
They do have sloths, you just weren't patient enough.
DinosaurTrousers
London Zoo has three sloths, including a baby!
nicouk
Chester zoo is nice. And it has sloths.
PlacentaParty
But red pandas!
ilPino
And they only have one dog. It's a shitzu.
BondsHusband
There are sloths in the twilight area. I respectfully request you to raise you rating
ReferenceUnderstander
Well, that's saved me a trip. Thanks, friend!
shorey66
Its the third oldest zoo in the world. Its worth it just for the history. Plus the tigers like to piss on the glass at you which is fun.
eggmuffin
That's a job, not a cunning scheme.
CanadianGunner
204k a year to not have a vacation or day off..... i dont even like working overtime for 2x the pay...
IMayNotKnowWhatIAmTalkingAbout
Have a trusted friend cover the shift.
Freakayou
204k untaxed money? Hell I could do that for 5 years and never have to work again a day in my life easy!
IrishFreeman
But it wouldn't be taxed since it's stolen and not processed.
eggmuffin
So? You'd need to effectively tax yourself in order to have anything left for your retirement.
OtherPeoplesNamesGetMePoints
I have no idea what your point here is. Everyone does that already on top of tax.
DoorCellar
Wow.
eggmuffin
204k per year without off-days or a vacation for 25 years is not exactly a cunning scheme. It's a job. A shit job.
CanadianGunner
still no vacation...
TheBestRussian
Yeah but after 25 years of work, he’s now on permanent vacation for the rest of his life
nikkiwheat
No vacation in America either.
claytonmachine95
It's a zoo. There a shot tons of days they are closed
cheeseguy3412
Declare free parking on slow business days when the lot doesn't fill up.
truematetrue
For 25 years...
whyexactly
Yeah that's a crap tradeoff to me
HeroHadley
Don't you hate that the internet can invalidate a fun story w/a simple fact check. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/
GrampaJack2
This post made Most Viral anyway, so facts be damned, people like entertainment!
BlindDivine
no. it's nice some people are smart enough to do that. most just retard around, asking stupid ass questions instead looking for themselves.
HisBabes
Or refuse to read the information given to them.
burntnachos
Yer one a them ig’nant fellas, ain’t ya?
eggmuffin
No. I don't like believing bullshit.
Kabibble
Nobody knows his name. Also he’s in a villa on the coast of Spain
gVibeR
bumCandle
I dont think the villa part is supposed to be fact, it's just painting a picture of the fact that this guy pulled off the con
geekstergifs
Someone should goto that villa on the coast of Spain and ask what his name is
TanithRosenbaum
Don't underestimate the number of villas on the spanish coast. And $7 mil is rich but not super rich. There are thousands of ppl like that.
88wut
It’s a community of retired parking attendants
IcommentMostlyWithGifs
I see what you did there ...
SamArt53
Reminds me that the USA can trace ‘mad cow’ disease to 1 cow in the middle of the country in days, but can’t seem to located 11 m. illegals.
SqueakyCleanButthole
Fuck off cunt
DonkeyOfTroy
You seem angry, lonely, and horny.
SJohnson23
Lorngry.
Mnbvvxz
Wow it's almost like one of those things comes with an easy to follow paper trail...
GondwanaCraton
They know exactly where the illegals are. It's just that they are so vital to the economy that doing anything about it would be disastrous.
boson23
No.
rodrigosanchez
oh no.. $5 avacados.
Fahargo
expensive food, no body wants to handpick food the way illegals do. Theres cases of food just rotting in fields without enough hands
amoeba15
If you're going to be a smart ass, learn to spell. You just look like an idiotic cunt when you can't spell.
rodrigosanchez
at least I only look like an idiotic cunt instead of being one. A-V-O-C-A-D-O, C-U-N-T.
whyexactly
I mean, all the cows are tracked and logged whereas illegals definitely aren't.
HouseOfEvil
Solution: Tag & release illegals.
Graylinfaux
.... Someone's gonna make the joke
talaknor31415
Or just tag and release everyone, incase they BECOME illegal.
HouseOfEvil
crispygrapes
Hey you cut that shit out right now mister.
Diggitydigdigs
Nor the 3-5 million that one man claimed, without a single solitary shred of information, voted in the presidential election
GondwanaCraton
Man? Fake news!
RoseHarmonic
Especially not after the investigation failed.
SamArt53
I missed this - I had trouble following the 2016 shit show (correction: Presidential Election). Was this a Trump claim or someone else?
only90skidswillgetthis
I'd give you three guesses but you only needed one
chicharrone
And they know exactly how much money he made. He wore the uniform and worked there for 25 yrs but they forgot to ask his name.
Holyfuckwhatsagoodusername
Presumably used an alias
rodrigosanchez
Parky McParkface.
givn2sin
Parky McStealy.
Holyfuckwhatsagoodusername
Rob Parker
sulgsahg
they dont mention him geting paid for it either
Tumescentpie
He kept the money...
SwingOutOrBust
I think you missed the point
sulgsahg
no i mean i get he kept the money but it dont say anything about the zoo itself paying him.
SwingOutOrBust
Right. Nobody paid him. Theoretically, the zoo thought the city was getting the money and paying the attendant & vice-versa.
SwingOutOrBust
The story is the guy set up shop on a free lot and charged people to park there.
MediaLush
proven urban myth
BrisketSandwich24
No way!
Stormrocks
Thanks for the source. I'm glad you're here to verify the truth, without you we would be lost.
JollyRogarrgh
However, there was a city worker that played hookie for 6yrs and didn't get caught until he won an award.
JollyRogarrgh
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35557725
GrampaJack2
nortotron
Tis a great story tho.
SanchoLibre
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fake-parking-attendant/
givn2sin
Thank you!
Aardvarksneedlove
So we are all still being tricked by the Bristol Posts April fools from over 10years ago? Well played Bristol Post
Redbeard54
Sigh. Thank you
pandro
Yeah, somebody would have definitely noticed when he first set up.
dijital101
Eh, you can get away with a lot of shit with a clipboard and a neon safety vest.
haquie
Not entirely a guy robbed a bank by posting a sign on the deposit box saying it was broken and tti give it to the security guard.1/2
Shmaaw
But that has absolutely nothing to do with this story. Literally nothing.
mediocrejoker
You seem to be having trouble distinguishing between two wildly different things, good luck to you in the future.
Theticus
How is that not entirely? Your story shares some similarities, but that doesn't prove the parking attendant story.
SizzleSal
American gods in action
TheS4ndm4n
That's from American Gods....
HellYeti
It's a legit scam carried out by Frank Abagnale many times. He also worked as an advisor on TV shows and movies about scams.
haquie
People assumed this was the case left the money with the guard signed for it and left. By the time anyone did anything guy was gone.
chaotyx
They did that in American Gods. Didn’t realize it was based on an actual thing
Sasurau
If I remember right, several of the scams in the book are actually historically legit. Not 100% sure though, been a long while
HellYeti
Yeah, that particular one was carried out by Frank Abagnale and was used in a few TV shows and movies. Hustle, being one.