ENGINEERS AND ACCOUNTANTS. A novel approach...

ENGINEERS AND ACCOUNTANTS. A novel approach to saving money.


Three engineers and three accountants are traveling by train to a
conference. At the station, the three accountants each buy tickets
and watch as the three engineers buy only a single ticket.


"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks an
accountant.


"Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.


They all board the train. The accountants take their respective
seats but all three engineers 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 accountants saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea. So
after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers
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 engineers don't buy a
ticket at all.


"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" says one perplexed
accountant.


"Watch and you'll see," answers an engineer.


When they board the train the three accountants cram into a restroom
and the three engineers cram into another one nearby. The train
departs. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers leaves his restroom
and walks over to the restroom where the accountants are hiding. He
knocks on the door and says, Ticket, please."