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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.Situation
One night a security guard went outside for a smoke. While outside he apprehended 4 thieves who were stealing company materials. The guard saved the company tens of thousands of dollars by catching the thieves, but when he explained how he happened to catch them he was fined $2000 over the incident. Why?
Answer
The company was a chemical plant & smoking was strictly forbidden anywhere on the property. Though he saved them money by catching the thieves, he could have burned the whole place to the ground & cost them millions.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Nice one.
but I kinda figured it was a no smoking thing since he was fined.
but good one.
but I kinda figured it was a no smoking thing since he was fined.
but good one.
This is a very cute teaser. WAY TO GO ON THIS ONE!
that was a good one good
i've read one where the guard was sleeping.
yea! he should be fined! oh! i'm sorry i got way into that one. GREAT TEASER!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK! Good job!
I thought about the smoking but never thought it was a chemical plant. Nice one, anyway.
Good teaser. I wonder if the fine imposed made the guard think twice about smoking - at least at work! His employer needs a sign: "LIGHT UP - BLOW UP!"
I knew right away that it was his smoking that got him fined, but I didn't guess that it was a plant.
easy but still a good teaser
no one be mad, but i think ya needed more info
I thought it was a hospital and he wasn't supposed to smoke near the patients or something. That's a really good one!
very good
I simply stated "He was in a non-smoking zone" I'm giving it to myself, lol.
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