A businessman meets a beautiful girl and agrees to spend the night
with her
> for $500. So they do. Before he leaves, he tells her that he does not
have
> any cash with him, but he will have his secretary write a check and
mail it
> to her, calling the payment "RENT FOR APARTMENT."
>
> On the way to the office he regrets what he has done, realizing that
the
> whole event was not worth the price. So he has his secretary send a
check
> for $250 and enclosed the following typed note:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dear Madam:
>
>
>
> Enclosed you will find a check in the amount of $250 for rent of your
> apartment. I am not sending the amount agreed upon, because when I
rented
> the apartment, I was under the impression that:
>
> 1) It had never been occupied.
>
> 2) That there was plenty of heat.
>
> 3) That it was small enough to make me feel cozy and at home.
>
> However, I found out that it had been previously occupied, that there
wasn't
> any heat, and that it was entirely too large.
>
> Upon receipt of the note, the girl immediately returned the Check for
$250
> with the following note:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dear Sir, First of all, I cannot understand how you expect a
beautiful
> apartment to remain unoccupied indefinitely.
>
> As for the heat, there is plenty of it, if you know how to turn it
on.
>
> Regarding the space, the apartment is indeed of regular size, but if
you don
> t have enough furniture to fill it, please don't blame the landlady.
>
> Send the rent in full or we will be forced to contact your present
landlady.
>