math / money riddle?

Question

3 Guys rent a room at a hotel. The desk clerk charges them $30.00 so each guy chips in $10.00.
After the 3 men go up to the room, the desk clerk remembers that there was a special and the room should have only cost $25.00. The desk clerk gives the bell-hop 5 one dollar bills & tells him to take it up to the 3 men.
The bell-hop, knowing that 5 one dollar bills doesn't go evenly into 3 (the 3 guys), comes up with a plan. He will give each guy 1 dollar back. The 3 men, not expecting anything back will be happy & the bell-hop will keep the other $2.00 for himself.
Now that the 3 men got their dollar back, it means that each only paid $9.00 for their share of the room. 3 x $9.00 = $27.00 + $2.00 that the bell-hop kept = $29.00.
Where did the other dollar go? They started with $30.00.

Answer 1

Let's tell the same story in a simpler way to teach you about misdirection. Big numbers, and no dividing. But same story.

A man pays $100 for a hotel room.
The manager notices that the price is actually $60 today
and gives the bellhop $40 to take to the man.
The bellhop decides to keep $10 for himself as a tip, and gives
$30 to the man, who didn't know better.

Now that the man has paid $70 for the room, and $10 went to the bellhop, where did the other $20 go? They started with $100.

Silly isn't it? The question makes no sense, obviously.
The original version is just as silly, but the numbers are so close $29 vs. $30, that it LOOKS like some kind of mystery that can be solved.

Answer 2

Is anyone else tired of this riddle....?

Its just a misdirection in the telling of the story.....(sigh)
u cant add the $2 to the $27, because the 2 bucks is PART of the 27 bucks.....