Cats & Pancakes

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Timothy Litteral wrote:
> A man lives on the 75th floor of a high rise building.  Every morning he
> gets into the elevator and presses the button for the ground floor, gets
> out and goes to work.  In the evening, he re-enters the elevator, presses
> the button for the 53rd floor, rides the elevator to this floor and then
> gets out and walks the rest of the way on the steps.  Why?
> 
> Me:
I think the elevator ends at the 53rd floor, therefore he does have to
walk the rest of the way up.  Your puzzle never did say that he got on
the elevator "at the 75th floor" when he goes to work in the morning.

Am I even close???

Sis. Clarissa