Hi all,
Please read the story below and answer it. It really shows how we think. I have not given the answer as I am sure that somebody would definitely answer it right. I will give the answer but just have a trail.
Once there was a loving couple traveling on a bus in a mountainous area. They decided to get down at some place. After the couple got down at some place, the bus moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody on the bus was killed.
The couple, upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus." Why do you think they said that?
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Pramila
From India, Visakhapatnam
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1Please read the story below and answer it. It really shows how we think. I have not given the answer as I am sure that somebody would definitely answer it right. I will give the answer but just have a trail.
Once there was a loving couple traveling on a bus in a mountainous area. They decided to get down at some place. After the couple got down at some place, the bus moved on. As the bus moved on, a huge rock fell on the bus from the mountain and crushed the bus to crumbs. Everybody on the bus was killed.
The couple, upon seeing that, said, "We wish we were on that bus." Why do you think they said that?
Regards,
Pramila
From India, Visakhapatnam
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It is because of the time being wasted by the bus to stop and drop the couple to the point...had they not been dropped in between the way, the rock would have missed to hit the bus. This is what I think. What is the answer?
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Hitesh
From India, New Delhi
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Hitesh
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It's because if the bus were not stopped at that time when they moved outside from the bus, the time would have been enough for the rock to fall on the bus, and no one lost their life. That's my thinking. But what's the answer?
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SMARIKA
From India
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SMARIKA
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Hi Pramila, I think Hitesh & Smarika are absolutely right & I agree with them. Regards, Pooja.
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It was a family trip. All the people on the bus were friends and relatives. The couple got down to walk up to the hotel where they were all staying.
What's the fun in living when all your closest friends and relatives were killed, and you alone didn't die?
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What's the fun in living when all your closest friends and relatives were killed, and you alone didn't die?
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Guys and gals, please enrich your writing skills. All of them were bad in their verbal skills. "Were" was written as "was". Please, okay, the answer should be: the couple should have thought that "we should have chosen another place" so that the bus gets delayed.
From India, Hyderabad
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Ok, Sai Pradeep. We’ll enrich our verble skills, as you suggested. You must be our role model.
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Hi,
It is exactly as most of you thought. If they had remained in the bus instead of deciding to get down, the resulting time delay could have been avoided, and the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed...!!! Anyway, right guess Hitesh, the first reply itself was right. :)
Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when you can help others.
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It is exactly as most of you thought. If they had remained in the bus instead of deciding to get down, the resulting time delay could have been avoided, and the rock would have fallen after the bus had passed...!!! Anyway, right guess Hitesh, the first reply itself was right. :)
Think positive in life always and look for opportunities when you can help others.
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Very difficult situation. I think it was too painful for them to see the incident in front of their eyes, and for them, the timing of the rock falling and the bus moving collided. Thus, they took the blame on themselves.
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had the bus not stopped to drop them, the rock would not have fallen on the bus, 'coz it would have passed that particular point. regards — deepak k :wink:
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I know you can't question puzzles.
But, I wonder which sane person would say "Wish we were on that bus," when he means to say "Wish we hadn't gotten down" or "Wish we hadn't wasted time at the previous bus stop." The number of posts as answers to this question shows how many of us HR people waste time on useless stuff.
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But, I wonder which sane person would say "Wish we were on that bus," when he means to say "Wish we hadn't gotten down" or "Wish we hadn't wasted time at the previous bus stop." The number of posts as answers to this question shows how many of us HR people waste time on useless stuff.
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Ya... i feel its absolutely because if they hadn’t got down from the bus, the rock would have fallen after the bus passed, and it would have saved the others in the bus...
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They said this because God had taken them out of danger that was about to come, and they believed that if they were in the bus, everyone would be saved. They had a great gesture and strong faith in God, and they wanted to share their life with everyone and help everyone live.
Mili
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The question is a classic lateral thinking puzzle. So there can be more than one answer to this question. However, I agree with Hitesh's answer. Also, somebody wrote that the killed people in the bus were the couple's relatives. This is also a good answer.
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Sundar Jayram.
From India, Bhubaneswar
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Sundar Jayram.
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hi every one the answer is is is is is is is ....................................... time they both couldnt mg the time
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hi pramila any other tricky queries.plz ask us its good so that v all get different thoughts of others right. ok can u plz tell me what is composite competency mapping if u know
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Hi everybody,
I'm Kavita. Well, according to me, I think they opined so because after having witnessed the incident, they came to believe that THEY WERE DESTINED TO LIVE. TODAY WAS THEIR DAY! IF THEY HAD BEEN A PART OF THE ENVOY, TODAY BEING THEIR DAY, THEY WOULD STILL LIVE. IN THE PROCESS, THEY WOULD PLAY A FRUITFUL ROLE IN SAVING THE OTHERS' LIVES TOO.
Alternatively, the two of them may be a brother and sister whose father might be in some sort of a horrible financial mess and is in desperate need of money. The two of them may have come so far to search for a means of making fast money to help out their father. Owing to the dangerous terrain of the road, maybe a huge compensation was fixed for all the casualties met on that particular road. The two of them might have expressed this wish, thinking that had they been a part of the envoy, they could have helped their father in the aftermath!
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I'm Kavita. Well, according to me, I think they opined so because after having witnessed the incident, they came to believe that THEY WERE DESTINED TO LIVE. TODAY WAS THEIR DAY! IF THEY HAD BEEN A PART OF THE ENVOY, TODAY BEING THEIR DAY, THEY WOULD STILL LIVE. IN THE PROCESS, THEY WOULD PLAY A FRUITFUL ROLE IN SAVING THE OTHERS' LIVES TOO.
Alternatively, the two of them may be a brother and sister whose father might be in some sort of a horrible financial mess and is in desperate need of money. The two of them may have come so far to search for a means of making fast money to help out their father. Owing to the dangerous terrain of the road, maybe a huge compensation was fixed for all the casualties met on that particular road. The two of them might have expressed this wish, thinking that had they been a part of the envoy, they could have helped their father in the aftermath!
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Hi Kavita, this is Pradeep. Your thinking is good, but my dear, they were actually worried about others' deaths because of them. In the passage, it is clearly written that they were a loving couple, implying they are both lovers.
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Hi Pradeep,
Well, I really overlooked the loving couple context! Thank you for the correction. Okay, fine if they were a loving couple, you may substitute the father character with the father-in-law character! Guess it suits the deal now?
Regarding the other point you spoke about - it's not mentioned anywhere that they are worried about the others' fate. I guess one can only make an assumption; it's not a compulsory obligation. What say, Mr. Pradeep?
Thanks for the appreciation!
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Well, I really overlooked the loving couple context! Thank you for the correction. Okay, fine if they were a loving couple, you may substitute the father character with the father-in-law character! Guess it suits the deal now?
Regarding the other point you spoke about - it's not mentioned anywhere that they are worried about the others' fate. I guess one can only make an assumption; it's not a compulsory obligation. What say, Mr. Pradeep?
Thanks for the appreciation!
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Hi, I feel if they were on that bus, they would have died together and would never ever feel the pain of living alone. At a later point in life, maybe he/she will die, and the other one will live on this world with sorrows and pain. I feel that's the reason why they say so. :D
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I think both of them realized after introspection that their lives together were becoming quite depressing and frustrating, not worth continuing. This realization led them to make the comment above.
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Hi Kavita,
I think you didn't read your own message, dear. Please note that you clearly wrote that they both are brother and sister, and now you are suggesting that they may be lovers. The most important thing is, if you see anyone who has hurt themselves, you feel sorry for them. It means you are worried about it, dear.
Okay, fine. It was not my intention to hurt you, dear. If I hurt you, then...
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I think you didn't read your own message, dear. Please note that you clearly wrote that they both are brother and sister, and now you are suggesting that they may be lovers. The most important thing is, if you see anyone who has hurt themselves, you feel sorry for them. It means you are worried about it, dear.
Okay, fine. It was not my intention to hurt you, dear. If I hurt you, then...
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I think they were upset seeing so many people dying.......... one would rather get killed than seeing many getting killed rgds ram
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Hi Pramila The time wouldn’t have got wasted if they wouldn’t have stopped the bus... so everyone life would have got saved Thanks Pallavi
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Dear Premila,
It is a human tendency that it is better to see the worst thing happen to us. The same feeling was experienced by a couple when they witnessed lots of people dying on a bus, without any fault of their own. In my opinion, they empathized with the people who lost their lives on the bus.
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It is a human tendency that it is better to see the worst thing happen to us. The same feeling was experienced by a couple when they witnessed lots of people dying on a bus, without any fault of their own. In my opinion, they empathized with the people who lost their lives on the bus.
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As Hitesh said it should be like if they stayed in the bus itself it would have crossed the place befor that rock fell down. Regards Elamurugu
From India, Madras
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Dear Member,
The couple uttered, "we wish we could be there," because they are afraid of facing investigations of the day by the police. They feel it is worse than suicide and horror. Hope it may be resolved.
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Yandamure
From India, Visakhapatnam
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The couple uttered, "we wish we could be there," because they are afraid of facing investigations of the day by the police. They feel it is worse than suicide and horror. Hope it may be resolved.
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Yandamure
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They loved each other so much that they thought they would have died together.....had they been on that bus!!! Gargi
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I feel that they had faith and trusted that they were destined to be alive and safe. Maybe if they were on board the bus, more of the passengers would have been safe as well because of their destiny.
Or maybe they had some special disaster management training and could have saved the lives of others too.
Neha :)
From India, Chandigarh
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Or maybe they had some special disaster management training and could have saved the lives of others too.
Neha :)
From India, Chandigarh
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