Comments on: The Man in the Elevator http://www.questionsabout.org/interior-design/the-man-in-the-elevator.html Questions ... Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:39:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Brianna Leuck http://www.questionsabout.org/interior-design/the-man-in-the-elevator.html#comment-165 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:58:23 +0000 http://www.questionsabout.org/interior-design/the-man-in-the-elevator.html#comment-165 The classic answer is that the man is either in a wheelchair or of very small stature, and while alone, cannot reach the tenth floor button. When others are with him, they press the button, or if it was raining, he had an umbrella to assist him. (Personally, I like the more devious answer. Going to the seventh floor and walking up three flights of stairs IS the most direct route, and this question is just to trick you into thinking up fantastical explanations. Hey, they never said that he rode the elevator an extra three flights up. They just let you think that's what they mean.) The classic answer is that the man is either in a wheelchair or of very small stature, and while alone, cannot reach the tenth floor button. When others are with him, they press the button, or if it was raining, he had an umbrella to assist him.

(Personally, I like the more devious answer. Going to the seventh floor and walking up three flights of stairs IS the most direct route, and this question is just to trick you into thinking up fantastical explanations. Hey, they never said that he rode the elevator an extra three flights up. They just let you think that’s what they mean.)

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