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Confectionery Manufacturer
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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
A manufacturer of confectionery has a work force of thousands of workers. They never strike or demand better conditions. They work up to twenty hours per day and receive no wages except food and shelter. Yet every year a completely new work force is brought in and none of the existing workers are re-employed. Why?
Answer
The workers are bees in a beehive.Hide Answer Show Answer
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you're good!
Got it.. Could have been ants ? haha
Bees don't live that long. They would have to replace the workforce every 6-8 weeks.
WOOHOO I GOT IT!!! for once
I was thinking something like yeast, but you'd have to replace it every batch...
That was so cute!
Awesome puzzle! Keep it up!
Very tricky - I was thinking maybe the "workforce" were machines, and that they had to be replaced every year or so.
I thought that the workers were oompa-loompas.
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