The Blind Man and His MilkSituation 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.
A blind man walks into a grocery store to buy some milk. On his way in, he slips on a water puddle and plows into another shopper. He politely apologizes and starts to mosey along. A short time after that, he finds the refrigerator containing the milk and proceeds to the counter with his purchase. He pays with a 10 dollar bill and tells the cashier, after receiving his change, that he should be getting more money back than what the cashier gave him. The cashier, noting that the man was blind, said that he must be mistaken - he gave him back 7 dollars, because his milk cost 3. The blind man realized his mistake, thanked the cashier and went on his way.
What had he realized that he had done wrong?
AnswerAfter the man realized he had paid with a 10, he left the store and phoned the police. He realized that the shopper had pickpocketed him and stolen his 20 dollar bill, leaving him with only a 10. Normally he would have noticed the difference because he folds his money in different forms so he knows what's what, but when he slipped on the puddle, he dropped the money from his pockets and, trusting the stranger to have given him back all of his money, he went on his way. The other shopper had noticed how the man folded his money and quickly folded the 10 differently, stealing 20 dollars from him. Shortly after he left the store, the man was caught by the police thanks to the help of the cashier who knew the man personally.
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