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Geeks vs. Bookkeepers:
Three geeks and three bookkeepers are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three bookkeepers each buy tickets and watch as the three geeks buy only a single ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a bookkeeper.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a geek.
They all board the train. The bookkeepers take their respective seats but all three geeks cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The bookkeepers saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the bookkeepers decide to copy the geeks on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the geeks don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed bookkeeper. "Watch and you'll see," answers a geek.
When they board the train, the three bookkeepers cram into a restroom and the three geeks cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the geeks leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the bookkeepers are hiding.
He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."
Three geeks and three bookkeepers are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three bookkeepers each buy tickets and watch as the three geeks buy only a single ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a bookkeeper.
"Watch and you'll see," answers a geek.
They all board the train. The bookkeepers take their respective seats but all three geeks cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
The bookkeepers saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the bookkeepers decide to copy the geeks on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the geeks don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed bookkeeper. "Watch and you'll see," answers a geek.
When they board the train, the three bookkeepers cram into a restroom and the three geeks cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the geeks leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the bookkeepers are hiding.
He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please."
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