From: J. L. (milveh@dslextreme.com)
Date: Mon Jan 16 2006 - 22:42:01 PST
A group of Sergeants and a group of Army Officers take a train to a
conference. Each Officer holds a ticket. But the entire group of Sergeants
has bought only one ticket for a single passenger. The Officers are just
shaking their heads and are secretly pleased that the arrogant Sergeants
will finally get what they deserve.
Suddenly one of the Sergeants calls out: "The conductor is coming!". At
once, all the Sergeants jump up and squeeze into one of the toilets. The
conductor checks the tickets of the Officers. When he notices that the
toilet is occupied he knocks on the door and says: "Ticket, please!" One of
the Sergeants slides the single ticket under the doors and the conductor
continues merrily on his round.
For the return trip the Officers decide to use the same trick. They buy only
one ticket for the entire group but they are baffled as they realize that
the Sergeants didn't buy any tickets at all. After a while one of the
Sergeants announces again: "The conductor is coming!" Immediately all the
Officers race to a toilet and lock themselves in.
All the Sergeants leisurely walk to the other toilet. Before the last
Sergeant enters the toilet, he knocks on the toilet occupied by the Officers
and says: "Ticket, please!"
And the moral of the story? Officers like to use the methods of the
Sergeants, but they don't really understand them.
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