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49. The Man on the Elivator

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it?

Submitted by littlelady · Added 1 December 2014

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Solution:

The man is short and cannot reach the button for the tenth floor in the elevator, so he can only press the button for the seventh floor and has to walk the remaining three floors to his apartment.

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sumsum12 5 December 2014

he might want to see some one every time he walks up the stairs

mu ciba 29 December 2014

he is a dwarf :D

oncemoreforluck 10 June 2015

to short to reach the ten button, seven is the highest he can reach, and because he hates walking and (i would guess) wants to do it as little as possible, gets as close to his floor as he can

OR

Even though the man hates walking, he does it anyway to work out and get his exercise.

wanderingmomentum 2 May 2016

-OR- The 8, 9 and 10 buttons do not work.

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