They didn't pay $9.00 for their coffee. If the bill came out to $25.00 then they paid $8.33 each. If the waiter pocketed two dollars, making the bill $28.00, then they each paid $9.33. $9.33 * 3 + $2.00 = $29.99. The real question is are they going to be complete assholes to the waiter for pocketing $0.66 from each of them. I suspect the kinds of producers that work on Home Alone/Godzilla crossovers very well might.
I've been curious about 'The Visitor' for a while, and I will definitely be checking it out asap. You had me at "an attempt by the owner of a professional basketball team to resurrect Satan". 'The Haunting' is one of films I have yet to see for absolutely no good reason whatsoever, so this is a good reminder.
$30.00 was the original bill and they each paid $10.00. The adjusted bill was $25.00 which means they should have been charged $8.33 per coffee instead, and their change should be $1.66 each. If they each get a dollar back, then they're still owed $0.66 per person, which accounts for the two dollars the waiter took.
There's nothing missing. Their bill was $25.00 (8.33 per), they paid $27.00 (bill + tip, 9 per) and each got a dollar back for their $10.00. Or am I doing it wrong?
Yeah, that's right - as I was saying to Wade down below, the riddle is just about a verbal illusion which happens when you start talking about things relative to the original $30 instead of the actualities of the transaction, which is about three guys who paid $27 for a $25 dollar set of coffees, and a guy who put the extra $2 in his pocket (which makes up the difference between $25 and $27)
I guess I don’t understand the riddle. The Barista “discovers” the bill for the 3 drinks should only be $25, yet further in you say “the bill was $9 per producer, or $27” total. One of those two statements are incorrect, so it’s not possible to figure this out.
I'm actually not sure I said that bit you quoted. Instead, it's "If each of the producers paid $9 for their coffee – the initial $10, minus the $1 that each of them got back – that adds up to $27."
You’re correct - I did misquote you, which any wordsmith of impeccable integrity such as yourself should take exception to. The correct passage that you wrote that I should have quoted was, “… the barista realizes that they should have only been charged $25.” Where did he come up with $25 when later the drinks cost are listed as $27. I’m sorry for constantly nagging but I’m clearly confused.
lol I guess I'm trying to be cagey so as not to give up the riddle for others. :) (And you're actually really close to the solution, which has to do with a verbal illusion.) The barista realized that the guests had been mis-charged - he'd taken $30 from them, instead of $25, like he should have. So he set out to return the five dollars, but decided to keep two for himself. So it's not that the drinks cost $27, but that the men paid $27, because they each put in ten dollars and got one dollar back.
So, in a sense, you're right, because the difference between what they did pay - $27 - and what they should have paid - $25 - is accounted for by the $2 in the barista's pocket. When the riddle brings up the $30 again at the end, it's just a red herring. (See Eduardo's comment above.)
They didn't pay $9.00 for their coffee. If the bill came out to $25.00 then they paid $8.33 each. If the waiter pocketed two dollars, making the bill $28.00, then they each paid $9.33. $9.33 * 3 + $2.00 = $29.99. The real question is are they going to be complete assholes to the waiter for pocketing $0.66 from each of them. I suspect the kinds of producers that work on Home Alone/Godzilla crossovers very well might.
I've been curious about 'The Visitor' for a while, and I will definitely be checking it out asap. You had me at "an attempt by the owner of a professional basketball team to resurrect Satan". 'The Haunting' is one of films I have yet to see for absolutely no good reason whatsoever, so this is a good reminder.
But they each put in a ten dollar bill and got one dollar back...
And both films are glorious - I'll be interested to see what you think!
$30.00 was the original bill and they each paid $10.00. The adjusted bill was $25.00 which means they should have been charged $8.33 per coffee instead, and their change should be $1.66 each. If they each get a dollar back, then they're still owed $0.66 per person, which accounts for the two dollars the waiter took.
There's nothing missing. Their bill was $25.00 (8.33 per), they paid $27.00 (bill + tip, 9 per) and each got a dollar back for their $10.00. Or am I doing it wrong?
Yeah, that's right - as I was saying to Wade down below, the riddle is just about a verbal illusion which happens when you start talking about things relative to the original $30 instead of the actualities of the transaction, which is about three guys who paid $27 for a $25 dollar set of coffees, and a guy who put the extra $2 in his pocket (which makes up the difference between $25 and $27)
I guess I don’t understand the riddle. The Barista “discovers” the bill for the 3 drinks should only be $25, yet further in you say “the bill was $9 per producer, or $27” total. One of those two statements are incorrect, so it’s not possible to figure this out.
I'm actually not sure I said that bit you quoted. Instead, it's "If each of the producers paid $9 for their coffee – the initial $10, minus the $1 that each of them got back – that adds up to $27."
You’re correct - I did misquote you, which any wordsmith of impeccable integrity such as yourself should take exception to. The correct passage that you wrote that I should have quoted was, “… the barista realizes that they should have only been charged $25.” Where did he come up with $25 when later the drinks cost are listed as $27. I’m sorry for constantly nagging but I’m clearly confused.
lol I guess I'm trying to be cagey so as not to give up the riddle for others. :) (And you're actually really close to the solution, which has to do with a verbal illusion.) The barista realized that the guests had been mis-charged - he'd taken $30 from them, instead of $25, like he should have. So he set out to return the five dollars, but decided to keep two for himself. So it's not that the drinks cost $27, but that the men paid $27, because they each put in ten dollars and got one dollar back.
So, in a sense, you're right, because the difference between what they did pay - $27 - and what they should have paid - $25 - is accounted for by the $2 in the barista's pocket. When the riddle brings up the $30 again at the end, it's just a red herring. (See Eduardo's comment above.)