MISTAKEN IDENTITY

An old lady went for a week's holiday in the Lake District. Arriving at the hotel on Lake Windemere, she came across a toilet brush on the floor and picked it up to hand to the receptionist. Before she could say anything, the receptionist told her to clean the toilets on each floor. The old lady tried to explain who she was, but the receptionist was most insistent and the old lady didn't like to say no. With two sets on each of the five floors and, being a perfectionist, it took the old lady a good three hours to scrub down all the toilets. With the job done, she returned to the reception only to be reprimanded for taking so long and told to tidy up the rooms on the top floor. It was only when the old lady asked if she could see her room first and unpack her bags that the receptionist realised she was actually a paying guest and not the new chambermaid.

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