53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

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1121
  • Had he locked himself out and was breaking the window to get back in?
1122

No.

1123

Had he been locked in the store, and was breaking out?

1124

No.

1125

  • Was the damage done for damage’s sake, such as an act of vandalism (rather than serving a purpose, such as gaining access)?

  • Did the man have some link to the building (place of work etc)?

1126

Are the wares of the shop relevant?

1127

  1. Yes. Damage/destruction was the goal.

  2. No.

  1. Not really.
1128
  • Is there some kind of misunderstanding or error involved somewhere in this incident?

ETA: If so, who:

  • the man?
  • the shop-owner?
  • the police? (I presume, yes)
1129

  1. Yes.

  2. The man? Yes.

  3. The shop-owner? Yes, kind of.

  4. The police? No.

1130

Was there some sort of design or wording on the glass?
If so, is that what angered the man?

1131

1: Would the man have broken the windows if the shop had not been empty?
2: Were the windows smashed the windows of the shop?
3: Were the owners of the shop upset about the situation?
4: Would the owners of the shop have been upset if the situation had been otherwise unchanged, but the man had not broken the windows?

1132

Was he upset at finding the shop empty?

Had it been emptied by the shop’s owners?

Was it his shop? (leased from the owners)

1133
  1. Was the shop actually empty?
  2. Was the shop empty of people?
  3. Was the shop empty of everything?
  4. Was a reflection involved in the misunderstanding or error?
1134
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes.
  1. Probably.
  2. Yes.
  3. Yes, initially.
  4. No.
  1. No.
  2. Yes.
  3. No.
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes.
  3. Yes.
  4. No.
1135

Did the glass say to break it in case of an emergency?
Did the guy think there was an emergency going on?

1136

Following on from Knowed Out:

Was the man upset by wording on the glass?
Was there wording on the glass that meant something different from what the man thought it meant?
Was there wording on the glass in a language that the man didn’t know fluently?

I’m thinking something like a sign saying “pediatrician”, and the guy thought it meant “pedophile”.

1137
  1. No.
  2. No.
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes.
  3. No, I don’t think so.
1138

Was his name Bill Stickers or Bill Posters?

1139

No.

1140

  • Was it a sign attached to the window, like a poster (as opposed to writing on the window itself)?

  • Was the writing or related to the shop being empty (like a “To Let” sign or other notice)?

About the man’s anger - did he feel personally slighted:

  • as an individual (i.e. no-one else but him would have been enraged)?
  • as part of a group of individuals to which he belonged?
  • on behalf of another individual or group to which he did not belong?
  • on behalf of everybody?