Jeff396
Veteran Member
Boy, ain\'t this the truth!
> MONKEY TRAINING
>
>
>
>
> Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a
> banana on
> a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will
> go
> to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he
> touches
> the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.
>
>
>
> After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result -
> all
> the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another
>
> monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent
> it.
>
>
>
> Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and
> replace
> it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the
>
> stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack
> him.
> After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the
>
> stairs, he 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! Likewise, replace a third
> original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the 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 it's always been done around here.
>
>
>
> And that, my friends, is how a new company policy begins.
>
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Jeff
> MONKEY TRAINING
>
>
>
>
> Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a
> banana on
> a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will
> go
> to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he
> touches
> the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.
>
>
>
> After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result -
> all
> the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another
>
> monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent
> it.
>
>
>
> Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and
> replace
> it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the
>
> stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack
> him.
> After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the
>
> stairs, he 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! Likewise, replace a third
> original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the 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 it's always been done around here.
>
>
>
> And that, my friends, is how a new company policy begins.
>
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Jeff
