Have a large cage with 5 apes in it. Place stairs inside vertically and hang a banana at the top of it. Certainly, an ape will go to the stairs and start climbing towards banana.As soon as it touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with cold water. After a while, another ape makes an attempt with the same result- all the apes are sprayed with cold water.
This continues through several more attempts. Pretty soon, when another ape tries to climb the stairs , the other apes will try to prevent it. Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one ape from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new ape sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To its horror, all of the other apes attack him. After another attempt and attack, it knows that if it tries to climb the stairs, it will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm. Again, replace a third original ape with a new one.The new makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well.Two of the four apes that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest ape.
After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes, all the apes,which have no been sprayed with cold water, have been replaced. Nevertheless, no ape ever again approaches the stairs.
Why not? Because that's the way they've always done it and that's the way its always been around here.
And thatz how company policy begins..!
2 comments:
Haha.. so true. This applies not only to companies but a lot of other places. Example: a few days ago my sister was back home and heard from a friend that their univ wants everyone to send a passport sized digital photo. She started hastily trying to get this done when I asked, "why do you have to send a photo anyway?" Sis: "I don't know" Me: "So why are you sending it then?" Sis: "AAAA who cares?? Everyone is sending it, it must be something important"
Found out later that the uni has a habit of asking for *digital* photos every now and then, instead of just keeping one file and making copies when they need. And like sedated sheeple everyone just conforms.
You know what's crazier? I joked that one of these days her uni will ask everyone to submit 500 Rs note and students will gladly do it without questioning. Next I know, they actually did worse than that: they asked everyone to submit not only a design for the Rupee symbol (reserve bank's contest), but also the 500 Rs entry fee. Mandatory for everyone, else face lower grades. How crazy is that!
Anyway I guess this is not a comment anymore.. lol. I should put this on my blog as an entry myself :P Bye.
well thats the way it has been done, and will be done.;)
Happens everywhere, thats true. but great example
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