Please help!!!

[Monty]

This riddle is killing me, please help!!!! Hello by the way.

3 men (or woman if this helps stimulate the mind) go into a hotel and book a room and are told its £30. The men pay £10 each.

Later, the manager realises it should have been £25 and sends the waiter up to return the £5. On his way to the room the waiter decides to keep £2 and give each of the men £1 each back (meaning they have now paid £9 each).

Now, 3 x £9 = £27. The waiter has £2 which now = £29.

Where has the other pound gone?

 

[Easy 10]

Oh this is an OLD one.

Its fallen on the floor and rolled under the fridge.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Keeping £2 for himself means that the price of the room to the men was £27 (£25 plus the £2 the waiter kept). £9 each!

 

[Hercules Rockerfeller]

Keeping £2 for himself means that the price of the room to the men was £27 (£25 plus the £2 the waiter kept). £9 each!

It must be 20 years since I first that and you are the first person to explain that for me so that it makes sense. I am sutpid, but very grateful!

 

[Buzzer]

it's sleight of hand, so to speak.

Instead of adding the £2 to the £27 you TAKE IT AWAY leaving the £25 that you do pay.

edit- beat me to it Hansie!

 

[Trufflehound]

The men pay £9 each. Total = 3 x 9 = £27

The waiter has £2. The hotel has £25 for the room. 25 + 2 = £27.

Basically the waiter is ripping off the guests. I would recommend they never stayed in that place again.

Anyway, why is a waiter dealing with a hotel room bill? It always used to be a restaurant bill, which at least made some sense...

 

[Cian]

And why are three men staying in whats clearly the cheapest Travelodge room? Were they renting it by the hour?

 

[blue'n'white]

Confession time - I've never got that one either

 

[MOG]

Easy way to understand it for those educated (?) in our modern school system.

Original outlay £30

Distribution-

The hotel keeps £25

The waiter keeps £ 2

The men receive £ 3
___
Total £30

 

[clippedgull]

Confession time - I've never got that one either

Even with the explanations i'm still confused

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

£30 is quite steep for a room these days

 

[dougdeep]

You can do anything with figures. A clothes shop has a sale where everything is 10% off. A £100 suit is reduced to £90. After the sale is over they put 10% back on and the suit is now £99?

 

[NMH]

Shit first post Monty.

Go away again and think up summat about football. What kind of a stupid website d'ya think this IS, anyway??

 

[SeagullEd]

You can do anything with figures. A clothes shop has a sale where everything is 10% off. A £100 suit is reduced to £90. After the sale is over they put 10% back on and the suit is now £99?

Yeah...
down 1 /10
up 1/ 9

would work.

down 1/5 (to 80)
up 1/4 (to 100)

down 1/2 (to 50)
up 1/1 ( to 100)

And that riddle was on countdown.

 

[Monty]

Shit first post Monty.

Go away again and think up summat about football. What kind of a stupid website d'ya think this IS, anyway??

Quality, only done one post and im already getting abuse, exactly what i signed up for! Im sure your having a laugh but i'll make sure my next post is about football if that keeps you happy.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Was it a five puind note or in coins?

 

[NMH]

Quality, only done one post and im already getting abuse, exactly what i signed up for! Im sure your having a laugh but i'll make sure my next post is about football if that keeps you happy.

bovvered?

talk to the hand