Laugh. It's good for you.




Greyhound driver: "As you exit the motorcoach, make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the baggage handlers and coach servicers. Please do not leave children or spouses. If you're going to leave anything behind, please make sure it's something we'd like to have."


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Once there was an bus mechanic who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired.

Several years later his company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having, with one of their multi-million dollar hybrid machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the bus fixed, but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired bus mechanic, who had solved so many of their problems in the past.

The old timer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small x in chalk, on a particular component of the machine and proudly stated, "This is where your problem is."

The part was replaced, and the bus worked perfectly again and returned to service. The company received a bill for $50,000 from the old timer, for his services. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. Pops responded briefly:

One chalk mark $1.00 Knowing where to put it $49,999.00

It was paid in full and the mechanic retired in peace.