Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Xiaoming lives on the 18th floor. Sometimes when he returns home, he takes the elevator directly to the 18th floor, but other times he goes to the 15th floor and walks up. Why?

John ran a fast-food restaurant specializing in burgers. Due to rising costs, John increased the price of each burger by 20 cents. Within a week, all the servers at the burger joint quit. Why?

I drove into this room. I pulled out my phone and made a call. Suddenly, gunshots rang out from outside, and everyone in the room died, except for me. What happened?

John was from the northern states. One day, he was walking through a very tall abandoned building. Suddenly, he died. When the police found him, no weapon was discovered.

During John's birthday celebration, surrounded by his classmates, he was fatally stabbed by a sharp object.

A wealthy man made a phone call to his beloved wife, and then his wife died.

A mother made a phone call that killed her daughter.

It was raining, and Sarah passed by a house where she saw an old umbrella. She borrowed it from the residents. Later, those residents were arrested, and the police questioned Sarah about why she hadn't reported anything, but Sarah hadn't noticed anything unusual.

"Mom, please save me. I'll be good from now on, I won't deliberately make you angry, and I won't deliberately hide the gasoline can behind the sofa so you can't find it," the daughter cried.

Outside, the wind howled, mixed with rain, and the windows rattled. Inside, it was dark. Alex lay on the floor, completely soaked.

I am a chemist, dealing with drugs every day. So my hands come into contact with drugs daily. One day, after work, I washed my hands, ate dinner, and then I died.

A wealthy man paid an artist $100,000 to create a 'painting' for him. After some time, the wealthy man passed away, and this 'painting' was also destroyed by fire.

The elevator could hold a maximum of 10 people. You were the 10th person to enter, but it became overloaded. After the elevator doors closed, you realized something and immediately called the police.

In Western countries, doors always open inwards. Conversely, in Japanese homes, doors always open outwards.

A man, A, asked another man, B, to sign his name on a piece of paper, and then immediately killed B.

There was a young man from a very large family with many female relatives. Later, his home was raided and his property confiscated.

A person set out on a journey from the capital, and later was seen drying books on a large rock.

A person was wounded by an arrow in battle, recovered without major issues, but later died. He got angry three times.

A bus was parked on a desolate roadside, and everyone inside was dead.

A child was undergoing a medical examination at the hospital. The child died as soon as the examination began.