Elevator Enigma
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
A man enters a lift of a high rise building, takes off one glove and pushes the button for the tenth floor. The next day, the same man enters the lift, puts on one glove and pushes the button for the tenth floor. Why?
HintNote that he only had a glove on one hand.
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Answer
He was blind and on the first day he realised that the buttons were touch sensitive so he had to take his glove off. Unfortunately, due to his blindness, he had to feel for the tenth button and in the process pressed every button up to the tenth floor - causing the lift to stop at every floor en-route. The next day, visiting the same building, he puts a glove on one hand to locate the tenth floor button, then with the other hand he pushes the button.
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Drunky  
Jul 24, 2002
| er there wasnt really a question there.... next tiem think about ur teaser |
dumbell
Sep 05, 2002
| so, pushing or touching buttons while you have gloves on stops them working does it? well if it was cold I'd assume the lift was not working and get out. Can anyone explain this one to me? |
(user deleted)
Feb 06, 2003
| Eh?????????????? |
horse_luver 
Mar 16, 2003
| huh? sorry, I didn't get that one. Too much info in the answer. Also, it was two facts and not a question. You never said he was bllind. I'm sorry, try again. |
einat16
Jun 29, 2003
| how about if one of the editors or jake edit this teaser??? |
Gizzer
Jul 01, 2003
| There are elevators with heat sensitive buttons that do not work when pressed, but only from the heat of your fingers. I have been in such an elevator with a friend with gloves on, and she asked me to press the button, rather than taking hers off. |
jimbo
Aug 27, 2003
| Well does he wear gloves or not? Apparently he does from the first day. Then why does he have to put one on the second day? Wouldn't he still take one off, but after he had identified the correct button. Good idea. Needs some work. |
krishnan 
Oct 23, 2003
| Good teaser. Come on guys, it is a situation teaser. |
guy5incognito
Nov 18, 2003
| stupid teaser wit no question...who passed this one and didnt reject it?!  |
guy5incognito
Nov 18, 2003
| stupid teaser wit no question...who passed this one and didnt reject it?! |
username
Jul 31, 2004
| quite cool...but lots of information is left out and i don't think anyone could figure it out, really. i have taken lifts that were heat sensitive before as well. must be really difficult for a blind man. |
sweetime
Jul 12, 2005
| how convenient for him that he happened to be wearing gloves - would hate to be this blind guy come summer!! |
dutchymonster
Dec 29, 2006
| Well I enjoyed it if no-one else did  |
niveknedarb
Feb 01, 2008
| I hope that was your first try cause it stuuuuunk |
beyonce123
May 24, 2010
| I thought it was Michael Jackson because he wears one glove  |
princess2007
Mar 08, 2011
| beyonce123's answer was WAY more acceptable to me than the one given. |
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