Posted on 09/16/2007 12:15:56 PM PDT by WesternCulture
Staff at a hotel in western Sweden have received what must be their best-ever tip: shares worth 1.5 million kronor ($225,000).
The shares have been given to the staff of the Laholmen Hotel in Strömstad, on the Norwegian border, by 93-year-old Stockholmer Matts O Westerberg. He has been a regular guest at the hotel since 1986.
The dividends from the shares are to be given to the hotel's employee of the year.
"I was given such a fantastic welcome from my very first visit that I have been back for a couple of weeks in the spring and a couple of weeks in the autumn every year since then," Westerberg told newspaper GT.
$225,000 is, admittedly, a lot of money even in Scandinavia.
$225,000 is more than I pay in taxes on an annual basis.
What’s wrong with rich folks?
“The dividends from the shares are to be given to the hotel’s employee of the year.”
actually, sounds like the shares are in trust. this may politicize the employee of the year award, sadly.
actually the employee of the year is being given the dividend on shares worth 225k. One might guess such a dividend to be anywhere from 2k to 10k$US.
“One might guess such a dividend to be anywhere from 2k to 10k$US”
- Or less.
They havent given me one thin dime. Thats whats wrong with them. :-)
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