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Show Lesson Frugal Manager Taught Stuck With Driver The works manager of a certain cer-tain railway company had a reputation repu-tation for meanness. The pet bee in his bonnet was oil and waste. He was always driving home the fact that if every employee was careful with oil and cotton waste, much money would be saved. One day he was having a few words with a very new driver. "Tell me,", he ordered, "what would you do if you were driving one day, and saw an express thundering thun-dering towards you on the same line?" The novice thought hard. Then: "I'd grab the oilcan, I'd grab the waste and I'd jump!" |