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A man lives on the 22 floor, and he goes to work every day.

When ever he goes to work, he would always take the elevator, and press, the button “lobby”. Whenever he comes back from work, he would also take the elevator, but instead of pressing the 22 floor button, he press the number 5 floor button. When he got to the fifth floor, he would take the stairs, and walk all the way up to the 22nd floor. Why does he always do this, instead of just pressing the 22nd, floor?

What is the solution to this riddle?

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MrConfused offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 11 #
Independence, MO, US | 2 years, 9 months ago (3 minutes after post)

you sit there and watch him do this everyday…STALKER!!

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2 years, 9 months ago (9 minutes after post)

aghh, I’ve heard this before, but I missed what the answer was!!.. Does he visit his g/f on the 5th floor?

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extraordinary loser offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (20 minutes after post)

oh wow my brain hurts for trying to figure it out and still i got nuthin..oh wait does he just walks up there to 22nd floor for exercise?

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2 years, 9 months ago (13 hours, 55 minutes after post)

ooh that “height” answer might be a good shout!

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Sasquatch offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 9 months ago (4 weeks after post)

amoebus is right. I’ve seen this riddle before.

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2 years, 8 months ago (4 weeks after post)

awww, imagine being that little man, his life would be that bit easier if he was a little taller, bless him.

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