RE: Off-topic, Friday Humor

From: SiderWhite (SiderWhite@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 08:57:05 EEST


Kind of an oldie but a goodie....

> Subject: Hmmm......
>
> Start with a cage containing five apes.
> In the cage, hang a banana on a
> string and put stairs under it. Before
> long, an ape will go to the
> stairs and start to climb toward the
> banana. As soon as he 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 all 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 his horror, all of the other apes
> 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 apes 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 one 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
> originally
> 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
> it's always been around here.
>
> And that's how company policy begins.
>
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