There was this Union shop steward in the community who decided to check out the local kissing booths. He went to the first booth and asked the lady in charge, "Is this a union booth? She answered "yes'

The gentleman then asked what the price was and was told it was $5.00 per kiss. He then inquired about how the money was split and was told that the booth got $4.00 and the lady received $1.00. He then stated, "Oh, I can't do business here. This is not fair working conditions. Being the local shop steward I cannot support such a split."

He then went to another booth with the same results. He then entered the third booth and was told they were a shop kissing booth, price $5.00, and the split was $4.00 for the lady and $1.00 for the booth. He then stated, "I can do business here and would like to kiss that beautiful blonde lady over there." He was then told that that was not possible, that he had to kiss Marelda over to the left. She was a much older lady with her two front teeth missing and a messy hair. After becoming quite frustrated he asked why he could not kiss the blonde lady and had to kiss old Marelda.

The answer was, " You see, this is a union shop booth and Marelda has seniority.