[BrianR]

Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a
conference.

At the station, the three accountants each bought tickets and watched
as the three engineers bought only one ticket.

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

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

They all boarded the train. The accountants took their respective
seats, but the three engineers all crammed into a rest room and
closed the door behind them.

Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around collecting
tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, "Ticket, please".

The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket
in hand.

The conductor took it and moved on.

The accountants saw this and agreed it was a quite 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 got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the
return trip.

To their astonishment, the engineers didn't buy a ticket at all.

'How are you going to ride without a ticket"? said one perplexed
accountant.

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

When they boarded the train, the three accountants crammed into a
restroom and the three engineers crammed into another one nearby.

The train departed.

Shortly afterward, one of the engineers left his restroom and walked
over to the restroom where the accountants were hiding.

He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please".