Three Macintosh employees and three Microsoft employees are going from Chicago to New York for a computer conference. Both companies are sending their employees to the conference by train. When the Microsoft people get to the train station, they find that they have three tickets waiting for them. When the Macintosh people get to the train station they find that they only have one ticket waiting for them. But confidently, the Mac people take the one ticket and get in line for the train behind the Microsoft employees. The Microsoft employees ask the Mac employees how they expect to get on the train with only one ticket. Again with confidence, the Mac employees tell the Microsoft people to just wait and see.

The train pulls into the station and all six employees get on the train. The three Microsoft employees find their seats and watch the Mac employees all pile into the nearest bathroom. About ten minutes later the train conductor walks through the train car asking for tickets. She takes the Microsoft's tickets and then knocks on the bathroom door where the Mac employees are and yells, "Tickets, please!" Then one Mac employee opens the bathroom door, hands his ticket to the conductor and closes the door again. The train conductor feeling satisfied moves on to the next car. All six employees arrive safely and on time.

The computer conference goes well and now that the conference is over all six employees need to get back to Chicago. The Microsoft employees decided to copy the Mac employees (like they always do) and save some money. The Microsoft employees make a phone call before going to the train station. When they get to the ticket window there is only one ticket waiting for them. When the Mac employees get to the train station they don't even bother going up to the ticket window. The Microsoft people laugh and ask the Mac employees how do they expect to make it to Chicago without a ticket. With confidence the Mac employees tell the Microsoft employees to just wait and see.

The train pulls into the station and all six employees got on the train. The three Microsoft employees pile into the nearest bathroom, while all the Mac employees pile into another bathroom. About seven minutes later one of the Mac employees leaves their bathroom, walks up to the bathroom with the Microsoft employees in it. He knocks on the door and yells, "Tickets, please!" And one Microsoft employee sticks his ticket out of the door.

There were two groups of people waiting on the platform to catch a train. There were ten Air Force officers and ten Air Force Senior NCOs.

The officers all had tickets, but noticed the group of NCOs purchased only one ticket. Curious about what they would do, the officers kept a close eye on the NCOs.

A few minutes after boarding the train, the conductor came by to collect the passengers' tickets. While he was busy with the other passengers, the group of NCOs got up and jammed into one of the small bathrooms in the car. The conductor came by, knocked on the door, and said, "Ticket please." The NCOs slid the single ticket under the door and it was collected by the conductor.

This made a very positive impression on the officers. They discussed the pros and cons and made up their minds to try the technique on the return trip.

The next day, the same two groups assembled at the train station. The group of officers bought one ticket and the NCOs didn't buy any. Puzzled by this move, the officer's boarded the train and carefully watched the NCOs. The conductor appeared shortly after the start of the trip and the officers jammed into the bathroom. The NCOs headed for the adjoining bathroom. Once NCO stopped, knocked on the officers' bathroom and said, "Ticket please." The officer slid the ticket under the door and the NCO took the ticket and joined his comrades in the second bathroom.