LA_MERC_Andyconda
June 10th, 2005, 11:50 AM
Company Policy:
It starts with a cage containing five monkeys.
Inside the cage hangs a banana on a string and a set of stairs under it.
Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb toward
the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, a technician sprays all the
other monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same results,
all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when
another monkey tries to climb the stairs, but something different happens.
All the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, the technician puts away the cold water, removes one monkey
from the cage and replaces it with a new one. The new monkey sees the
banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all the
other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and a second attack,
he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, the technician removes another monkey of the original five and
replaces it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is
attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with
enthusiasm!!
Likewise, the technician replaces a third monkey with a new one, then a
fourth, then a fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he
is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why
they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating
in the beating of the newest monkey.
After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys
have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever
again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as
far as they know, that's the way its always been done around here.
And that, my friends, is how a company policy begins.
It starts with a cage containing five monkeys.
Inside the cage hangs a banana on a string and a set of stairs under it.
Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb toward
the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, a technician sprays all the
other monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same results,
all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when
another monkey tries to climb the stairs, but something different happens.
All the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, the technician puts away the cold water, removes one monkey
from the cage and replaces it with a new one. The new monkey sees the
banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all the
other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and a second attack,
he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, the technician removes another monkey of the original five and
replaces it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is
attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with
enthusiasm!!
Likewise, the technician replaces a third monkey with a new one, then a
fourth, then a fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he
is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why
they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating
in the beating of the newest monkey.
After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys
have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever
again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as
far as they know, that's the way its always been done around here.
And that, my friends, is how a company policy begins.