Mar 02, 2024
Okay, the new puzzler is here.
There is a night watchman who works at a large automotive company.
One Tuesday morning, he runs into the fancy offices upstairs looking for the president of the company. He demands to see the president of the company immediately. The secretary tries to turn him away, but the night watchman will not take no for an answer.
He finally gets into the president's office and he says, "I had a horrible dream last night that you were flying on an airplane that crashed and everyone on board was killed. It was so real that I had to come here and tell you immediately."
The president in fact did plan to fly to Los Angeles that very same day for a business meeting. He decides to cancel that flight based on what the night watchman told him because he is a very superstitious guy.
That night, on the 11pm news hour, the president learns that the airplane he was supposed to be on had crashed killing everyone on board.
The next morning he summons the watchman to his office and fires him on the spot.
Why did he fire the night watchman?
Good luck.
So, why did the president fire the night watchman?
Here is the answer.
When the night watchman told the president about the plane crash, he said it was in his dream the night before.
And if he had a dream the night before, that means he was sleeping. And since he is the night watchman, that means he was sleeping on the job.
So, the president fired him for sleeping on the job.
(We think he should have given the night watchman a pass, since the dream saved his life! But hey, the puzzler is the puzzler, so...)
