Bristol UK

At the city zoo a parking attendant dutifully tended the car parks taking fees and wishing people well.

After 35 years one day he didn't turn up for work and so the zoo called the local council to ask for a stand in.
The council said they had never provided a parking attendant and he must be a zoo employee.

The zoo had never employed a parking attendant either.
This rouge who no one seemed to know by name had been collecting parking charges for 35 years unquestioned.

It is estimated he made in the region of £2,000,000 over the years and decided to retire.
Probably somewhere much nicer than Bristol.