This very much applies to my employer


COMPANY POLICY

TAKE FIVE MONKEYS.....


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, all of the monkeys are sprayed
with cold water.


After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result all the
monkeys are sprayed with cold water.
Pretty soon, none of the monkeys will try to climb the stairs.


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 company policy begins....

Still can't get your holidays sorted, eh?

:wink:

There is a link circulating around several of the blogs I read pointing to some cartoon site. It is http://xkcd.com it is not rude (at least not the ones I've seen so far); the latest, which had me in giggles yesterday, is at http://xkcd.com/324 - note that additional jokey words or clarifications appears if you place the mouse above the drawings.

(Sorry, I've just remembered that there may be a specific area for posting this sort of thing, but one Cargo started it, and two I'm too lazy to go and check. I will not be offended if it is decided that my posting is in the wrong place and it gets deleted.)