Re: Another Riddle

Mindy D · ‎05-23-2010

The man is very short. Most days there are other riders in the elevator with him. These riders are tall enough to press the button for the fourteenth floor so the man can get to his floor and go to his apartments. Some days the very short man is the only rider in the elevator. On those days the highest button the man can reach is the 12th floor button so he presses that. He gets off on the 12th floor and then walks up two more fooors to get to his apartment on the 14th floor. There is a 13th floor in this building. Remember the clue;"Do not assume anything." Don't assume there's no 13th floor. Don't assume he's always alone in the elevator.

SuhseK · ‎08-19-2018

@Mindy D wrote:
The man is very short. Most days there are other riders in the elevator with him. These riders are tall enough to press the button for the fourteenth floor so the man can get to his floor and go to his apartments. Some days the very short man is the only rider in the elevator. On those days the highest button the man can reach is the 12th floor button so he presses that. He gets off on the 12th floor and then walks up two more fooors to get to his apartment on the 14th floor. There is a 13th floor in this building. Remember the clue;"Do not assume anything." Don't assume there's no 13th floor. Don't assume he's always alone in the elevator.

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Bingo! You've got it! 😁

I'm a dietitian is a large hospital. Years ago, one of the resident physicians, loved to bounce these off anybody, who'd listen.

He was taking a critical thinking class, and he had some doozies! I don't remember most of them, but, this one stuck with me.

SuhseK · ‎08-19-2018

@Anonymous032819 wrote:

@SuhseK

The man was a Little Person and couldn't reach the button for the 14th floor if he was alone in the elevator.

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Bingo, to you, too!

Years ago, when I was first given this, I kept making guesses; the guy who pitched me the riddle, kept saying, "you're making assumptions", I said, "No I'm not", but, I was 😈

1950DeDee · ‎09-26-2016

He is only tall enough to hit the button for the 12th floor? The days he goes to the 14th, their are other riders in the elevator? Crazy answer I know.