The janitor at the zoo

A janitor at a zoo gets called into the managers office. The manager tells him they have to let him go due to budget issues. The janitor is set back and cries, "please, please let me keep my job! My mother is in the hospital and I have to pay her medical bills!" The manager scratches his chin for a few moments then replies, "you know.. there is something you can do. Our prized gorilla is sick and we need to ship him away for a few weeks so he can recover, but he is one of our most popular exhibits and we will lose tremendous revenue if he is gone. Come in tomorrow and I will have a gorilla suit for you to dress up in so you can pretend to be the gorilla. If we don't lose attendance during this time perhaps we can give you your old job back after."

The janitor is unsure, but with no other options, decides to accept the offer. He comes in early the next day, puts on his gorilla suit, and is instructed by the manager to stay in the corner of the animal pen all day and hold still so as not to give himself away. He does as he is told and to his surprise, no one notices that he is a fake.

After a few days of this, the janitor becomes bored of sitting around and holding still all day. That night he watches some videos of gorillas and starts practicing how they walk. The next day, he works up the courage to try it out, and starts walking around on his fists. The crowd gets excited which encourages the janitor to study some more the next night, and he practices beating his chest and grunting.

The next day he tries out his new moves and the crowd gets very excited at the sudden life that has come in to the gorilla. More and more people start to gather to watch as the gorilla starts beating his chest, grunting and running around. The janitor gets so encouraged by the crowd that he decides to climb up a tree and swing around on a vine. Lost in the excitement, he loses control and flies over into the next animal pen. A lion walks up into his face and lets out a loud "ROAARRRR!!" The janitor loses character and starts freaking out yelling, "help! help! someone get me out here!" Then the lion says to him, "shut up you fool, you'll get us all fired!"