Bill Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 An old one thats been around for some time but still baffles people ............. 3 guys go out for a meal and at the end of the night the waitress says the bill will be £30 please, the guys give her £10 each. She takes it to the Cashier who says you made a mistake, the bill was only £25 and gives her £5 back she thinks £5 is difficult to split between the three guys, so she puts £2 in her pocket and gives the guys £1 each back. So now the guys have paid £9 each which is £27 in total, and the £2 the waitress put in her pocket, comes to £29. So whats happened to the other one Pound, wheres it gone. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 so the guys really only paid £9 for their meal!......so they paid 3x9=27....the meal was infact only £25......and the waitress has now got £2 in her pocket!! £25 + £2 (tip) =£27.....what the men actually paid! Except I guess there's more to this than meets the eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Cashier has £30 and gives £5 of that to the waitress to return to the men: £30 - £5 = £25. The waitress keeps £2 for herself: £5 - £2 = £3. The men each end up with £1 each. Total it up: (3 x £1) + £2 + £25 = £30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 They have still paid 3 x £9 = £27 pounds and the waitress has £2 pounds. You total it up theres still a pound gone missing. 27 + 2 = 29. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 They have still paid 3 x £9 = £27 pounds and the waitress has £2 pounds. You total it up theres still a pound gone missing. Not so - the statement that the men each paid £9 for the meal is wrong, and that's where people get tripped up. They actually paid 3 x £8.33 = £25 for the meal, and the waitress in addition withheld 3 x £0.67 = £2 from them. So that £27 they paid was for the meal PLUS the amount that went into the waitress' pocket, and they got 3 x £1 = £3 back in change, for a total of £30 (£25 in the till, £2 in the waitress' pocket, and £3 in the men's pockets). The quoted statement above has been twisted so that it sounds like the £2 that the waitress skimmed is being counted separately from the £27 when it should in fact be included in that total, and meanwhile the £3 that the men got back in change isn't mentioned at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Its already mentioned in the question, they originally paid 10 pounds each, and recieved one pound back, they therefore paid 9 pounds each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Kinda on the same theme! Went into a pub Sunday to watch the Blues!! Bought a pint of Stella!!.......The barman said £3.20p please!....I gave him a £5 pound note and he gave me £1.80p change!! Now although he (the barman) wasn't actually wearing a mask.....and it was infact the correct change! WHY DO I FEEL AS THOUGH I WAS ROBBED Sorry Licker, not up to your standard of brain teaser.........JD and other Americans! that's $6.40 for a pint.........just out of interest, what do you Americans pay for a pint?....if it's under $3.00 please DON'T tell us <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeO Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 (edited) Bought a pint of Stella!!.......The barman said £3.20p please!....I gave him a £5 pound note and he gave me £1.80p change!! Remember the first time I paid £2.00 for a pint....Guinness...pub just outside Hampton Court Palace. At least fifteen years ago but if you consider the price increases since then (50% odd) to the rises in the previous fifteen years...about 30p a pint up to about £1.80 (600%) it's nothing. And the price of off-sales has fallen hugely in the last fifteen years. Stop complaining . Edited March 20, 2008 by MikeO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluenose Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 sorry licker you getta tell us. ive thought long and hard but sadly i cannot do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 sorry licker you getta tell us. ive thought long and hard but sadly i cannot do it i think JD got it mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 i think JD got it mate Simply you have to either add up the money where it started (£10+£10+£10 from the diners) or the money where it finishes up (£25 cashier, £3 diners, £2 waitress). You can't mix the two . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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