"Escape"

After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a
Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental
patients he was supposed to be transporting from
Harare to Bulawayo had escaped.

Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver
went to a nearby bus-stop and offered everyone in
the queue a free ride. He then delivered the passengers
to the mental hospital, telling staff that the patients were
very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The
deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.