Imaginary Conversations and Random Thoughts

Dean put up a perennial favorite of his, the puzzle of Monty's Doors. It one that seems to cause debate every time he posts it. Fortunately, I remembered it from last time, so this time I could enjoy it as an unconfused observer. Kind of more fun that way. However, this time, only one person disputed the correct answer, and that was because he misread the problem. Perhaps the bloom is off of the Monty's Doors rose. Which made me wonder about an old favorite from my youth. Has it held up? Does everyone see through it? You be the judge:

Three men go to a hotel. The clerk says the room is $30, and each man puts up $10. After they go upstairs, the clerk realizes he overcharged his guests, and the room actually only cost $25. Clerk calls Bellhop over, and tells him to take the $5 change up to the room and return it to the men. Bellhop decides it's too difficult to divide $5 among the three men, and his tips haven't been what they should be lately, so he keeps $2 for himself, and returns $1 each to the three men. $10 paid - $1 returned means each man has only paid $9 for the room. $9 x 3 men = $27. Bellhop kept $2. $27 + $2 = $29. What happened to the missing dollar?

Thanks again to Andrew for the help on the gleeking vs yanging question, and to any of you who might have chipped in on that one as well.