Originally Posted by
Pootnaigle
3 salesmen trying to run from an impending storm go to a hotel and ask for a room for the nite ,The clerk informs them he only has one room and its 30$ a nite so each gives him a ten and they are off to temporary shelter...... after a spell theres a knock on the door and its the bellboy who informs them the clerk made a misteak and the room is actually 25$ a nite so he hands them a five
Since they cant evenly divide the five each guy takes one and they tip the bellboy the other 2
THis makes each of them pay out of pocket 9$ since they originaly paid out 10 and got one back
Now 3 times 9=27 plus the 2 the bellboy got makes 29 sowhere is the other dollar?