Three apple engineers and three microsoft employees are traveling by train
to a conference. At the station, the three microsoft employees each buy
tickets and watch as the three apple engineers buy only a single ticket.
“How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?” asks a
microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers the apple engineer.
They all board the train. The microsoft employees take their respective
seats but all three apple engineers cram into a rest room and close the
door behind them.
Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around
collecting tickets. He knocks on the rest room 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 microsoft employees saw
this and agreed it was quite a clever idea.
So after the conference, the microsoft employees decide to copy the apple
engineers on the return trip and save some money. When they get to the
station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their
astonishment, the apple engineers don’t buy a ticket at all. “How are you
going to travel without a ticket?” asks one perplexed microsoft employee.
“Watch and you’ll see,” answers an apple engineer.
When they board the train the three microsoft employees cram into a rest
room and the three apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train
departs. Shortly afterward, one of the apple engineers leaves his rest
room and walks over to the rest room where the microsoft employees arehiding.
He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please”.