Two gas company servicemen, a senior
training supervisor and a young
trainee, were out checking meters
in a suburban neighborhood. They parked
their truckat the end of the alley
and worked their way to the other end.
At the last house a woman looking
out her kitchen window watched the two
men as they checked her gas meter.
Finishing the meter check, the senior
supervisor challenged his younger
coworker to a footrace down the
alley back to the truck to prove that an
older guy could outrun a younger
one.
As they came running up to the truck,
they realized the lady from that last
house was huffing and puffing right
behind them. They stopped and asked
her what was wrong.
Gasping for breath, she replied,
"When I see two gas men running as hard as
you two were, I figured I'd better
run too!"