Elevator


A man goes to work every day at 7 and comes home at 5. He lives on the 10th floor. Every morning he goes down with the lift from 10th to the ground. in the afternoon he comes back and goes up with the elevator but only to the 5th floor. He walks the rest. That is not because he wants to but because he must. Why?


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