"Bureaucracy In Action"
1. 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 towards the Banana.
2. 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.
3. Turn off the cold water. If, later, another ape
tries to climb the stairs, the other apes will try to prevent it even though no water
sprays them.
4. Now, 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes, all
the apes which have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced.
Nevertheless, no ape ever again approaches the stairs. Why
not?
"BECAUSE
that's the way it's always been done around here."
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