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Gwen, Stefan, Ian and Bob are typical miserable office workers, disliked by many, wasting time and always getting stuck in traffic. Your job (which I assure you is more exciting then theirs) is to figure out
How long they were stuck in traffic: 20 min, 45 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and a half
How many dirty looks they received: 3, 5, 9, 15
How much time they wasted: 20 min, 45 min, 1 hour, 3 hours
How was their wasted time spent: chatting online, playing with a magic eight ball, styling their nails, sleeping
Clues:
The person chatting online was wasting nine times as much time they were stuck in traffic.
The person who wasted 20 minutes was repeatedly shaking their magic eight ball.
Gwen received 5 dirty looks (and a couple of threats).
Bob wasted five times the amount of looks he received.
Stefan got a third of the number of dirty looks the person who was stuck in traffic for 90 minutes received.
Ian was stuck in traffic the least amount of time.
The person who slept wasted neither the most or least amount of time; the same applies with how long they were stuck in traffic.
Bob wasn't the one muttering to a black inanimate object. It was his male colleague who was stuck in traffic 30 minutes less than him.
For the logic grid:
T=Traffic
W=Time Wasted
How long they were stuck in traffic: 20 min, 45 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and a half
How many dirty looks they received: 3, 5, 9, 15
How much time they wasted: 20 min, 45 min, 1 hour, 3 hours
How was their wasted time spent: chatting online, playing with a magic eight ball, styling their nails, sleeping
Clues:
The person chatting online was wasting nine times as much time they were stuck in traffic.
The person who wasted 20 minutes was repeatedly shaking their magic eight ball.
Gwen received 5 dirty looks (and a couple of threats).
Bob wasted five times the amount of looks he received.
Stefan got a third of the number of dirty looks the person who was stuck in traffic for 90 minutes received.
Ian was stuck in traffic the least amount of time.
The person who slept wasted neither the most or least amount of time; the same applies with how long they were stuck in traffic.
Bob wasn't the one muttering to a black inanimate object. It was his male colleague who was stuck in traffic 30 minutes less than him.
For the logic grid:
T=Traffic
W=Time Wasted
Answer
Gwen was stuck in traffic for 45 min, received 5 dirty looks and wasted 1 hour sleeping.Stefan was stuck in traffic for 1 hour, received 3 dirty looks and wasted 20 minutes playing with a magic eight ball.
Ian was stuck in traffic for 20 minutes, received 15 dirty looks and wasted 3 hours chatting online.
Bob was stuck in traffic for 1 hour and a half, received 9 dirty looks and took 45 minutes to get his perfect French manicure.
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I\'m sorry but, the grid doesn\'t work for this one.... It left out that one was in fact 1 and a half hours but, states 1 hour instead....I will try again
Whoops!! That\'s because I included the 1/2 symbol... don\'t know why it doesn\'t show up
When I first looked at this one I thought it was going to be really hard. I even thought I may have gotten the wrong answers but I did it and it didn\'t take that long. Nice Job. Keep \'em coming!
omg that confuses me lol
Good teaser! Next time, try to use more negative information, allowing us to figure out the positives - this makes it more of a challange!
didn't work
i got a different answer yet it is still correct
good teaser. It took me some time, but I finally got it
good teaser. It took me some time, but I finally got it
I thought this was a good teaser (once I figured the last 1 hour was really 1 1/2). I didn't think it turned out to be that hard. If there weren't so many of the math related clues I think it would have been a little more interesting.
I like the fact that you didn't stick to gender roles..it was a very clever and well done puzzle..nice to see somewhat of a challenge
Good job! It took me a couple of minutes to figure out the missing 1/2 hour but one I got it, I really enjoyed the puzzle!
Thank you for the compliments! The second "T 1 hour" is an hour and a half!
Good logic puzzle, well written and fun to solve
Good puzzle! You already know about the missing half hour and it didn't take me long to figure out that it was missing. Other than that it was well written and clear but still with a bit of challenge.
Good fun and kind of challenging too! Figured out the missing 1/2 hour right away. I wonder why they haven't fixed that yet? Very well written, which is a joy as well! Great job and thanks a bunch for the fun!
your first two clues contradict each other
they sound like they should be in my office
Look again barbidillic. The First clue was 20 Minutes stuck in traffic and the second clue was wasted twenty minutes playing with the eitght ball
i don't think the clues could give exclusive answers...the sleeping person clue, did you mean it to hint they don't have extremes in everything, including the number of looks received? but the wording don't seem like it...
Good ez puzzle. Probably should use 5 options instead of 4 to increase the difficulty.
You don't need clue 2. Nice but easy teaser.
really enjoyed this one. had to convert hours to minutes and use my calculator but it just added to the challenge. hope to see more of yours.
I thought everything worked except for one thing. I thought Gwen OR Stefan could be sleeping for an hour or playing Magic 8 ball for 20 minutes. I wasn't sure who was doing which so I guessed. Luckily, I guessed right but what clue(s) help break down that info?
Gracieboo: the last clue gives you the info you are looking for.
"Bob wasn't the one muttering to a black inanimate object. It was his male colleague who was stuck in traffic 30 minutes less than him."
Gwen is not male, so it had to be Stephan.
Great teaser. I liked that I had to work out some of the math. Gave it a little more of a challenge.
"Bob wasn't the one muttering to a black inanimate object. It was his male colleague who was stuck in traffic 30 minutes less than him."
Gwen is not male, so it had to be Stephan.
Great teaser. I liked that I had to work out some of the math. Gave it a little more of a challenge.
The wording was a little confusing, but I figured it out. Good job! I had fun on this one.
Enjoyed the puzzle. The "T" and "W" for "Traffic" and "(time) Wasted" helped a lot.
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