What’s for breakfast?

[chuckro]

Six people each get up at a different time in the morning, and they each have a different food and beverage for breakfast. Who eats what at what time?

People: Kendra, Laura, Mike, Nancy, Oliver, Pete
Foods: Bagels, cereal, eggs, grapefruit, oatmeal, toast
Beverages: Milk, Orange juice, Apple Juice, Coffee, Tea, Jolt cola
Times: 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00

1. You’d think that the person getting up the latest wouldn’t mind cooking. You’d be wrong: The 10:00 riser doesn’t consume anything that requires the application of heat.
2. Pete, a college student, needs a caffeinated beverage in the morning. Never mind that his first class is at 9:15, and he sleeps as late as he can. Also note that Pete does not have access to a kitchen, which limits breakfast choices.
3. Mike and Kendra have long commutes. They get up the earliest, and both go in for caffeinated beverages.
4. Oliver doesn’t have to get to work until 9:00, but he can’t get back to sleep after his girlfriend’s alarm goes off. (His girlfriend is not someone in this puzzle, FYI.) He cooks breakfast for both of them, but doesn’t need a caffeinated drink to stay awake.
5. Laura eats cereal and drinks juice. Nancy also drinks juice, but is unfortunately allergic to citrus.
6. The 5:00 riser learned the hard way not to try making toast, when his tie got caught in the toaster. He gets a bagel now.
7. The coffee drinker can manage toast in the morning without damage to clothing.
8. The person who eats oatmeal wakes up later than the one who drinks milk.

Comments

[tigermelp.livejournal.com]

Hey Chuck...hope you had as good a time at Princeton as I did. :)

I think I have the answers, but I found that I had to make a lot of assumptions...like the fact that Pete's non-access to a kitchen precluded coffee and tea as options (hot plates? coffee/tea out?)...and that Pete could have breakfast and get to his class in 15 minutes...stuff like that.

Mike wakes up at 5 and has a bagel and tea.
Kendra wakes up at 6 and has toast and coffee.
Oliver wakes up at 7 and has eggs and milk.
Nancy wakes up at 8 and has oatmeal and apple juice.
Pete wakes up at 9 and has grapefruit and jolt (breakfast of champions).
Laura wakes up at 10 and has cereal and orange juice.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

What other assumptions did you need to make? If it's just Pete, then I can clarify that.

And frankly, I heard enough stories of people waking up at 8:59 for 9:00 classes, fifteen minutes is frikken' forever.

[tigermelp.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was just Pete and the whole eating at home/eating on the way thing...but it takes kind of a long time to eat a grapefruit. :) And...gah! Grapefruit and Jolt...maybe that's why he eats in a hurry :P

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

I had to make the same assumptions about Pete not being able to drink tea and getting up at 9. I also assumed that Oliver didn't wake up at 8, because then the comment about his girlfriend wasn't necessary. But I feel like there are situations where people might get up less than an hour before they have to be at work. So that statement doesn't actually keep him from getting up at 8 but not wanting to get up until 8:15 or 8:30.

I like the image of the guy with his tie stuck in the toaster.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Mike - 5, Bagel, Tea
Kendra - 6, Toast, Coffee
Oliver - 7, Eggs, Milk
Nancy - 8, Oatmeal, Apple Juice
Pete - 9, Grapefruit, Jolt
Laura - 10, Cereal, OJ

I had to make a couple of assumptions, though. Don't know if it's actually right.

[(Anonymous)]

Loved this one, but where are my favorite breakfasts? Hershey kisses and whipped cream on chocolate pudding? Farina, yellow raisins, butter, and brown sugar? Baked apples with warm Nutella? Lekvar on a matzoh? And Carol's favorite: congealed pizza?

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Lekvar on a matzoh? Eeeee. ::shudders::