Casual Fridays & Monkey!
FRIDAY at the office.
It is intended to be a RELAXED day and CASUAL FRIDAY DRESS CODE policy applies. You can see people walking around with sport shoes and t-shirts (not all the time neccesaruly matching in terms of style and colours of course). In my case it is one of the busiest days of the week. It is the day that easily fills up with all the shit you could not do during the week and HAS TO BE DONE by NOW NOW NOW.
On top of that you open your email and you find all these retarded chain emails “TGI Fridays”; “the PPT with the pictures of the cute babies lecturing you on how wonderful life is and how you should take the time to smell the flowers (what the fuck do those babies know about life, they still shit in their dipers!!!); and the archi-famous “complete these questions and make a wish. Then pass it to XX many people or a terrible thing will happen to you” OH MY, can people get more idiotic sometimes!!?? (This is a rethorical question, I do not expect an answer… although, I know the answer is YES for you should never underestimate HUMAN STUPIDITY)
Anyway, the story is I actually received ONE of these emails that made me think, and I thank my friend SHWETA for it. Here it is, I will share it with you. Something to ponder today…
This is an anecdote about five monkeys that are kept in a cage.
One of them runs up a flight of steps to get at a banana, triggering a shower of icy water on all of them.
When one monkey is replaced by a newcomer, the latter is forcibly restrained from running up the steps by the four others, who had previously experienced the ice-water treatment.
The four original monkeys are gradually replaced by newcomers, who blindly follow the custom of preventing anyone from going up the stairs and end up getting wet.
Thus an established custom is retained even when both the banana and the icy shower cease to exist.
Rationale is thrown out by the backdoor by those who fail to see that there is a need for a change in mindset and a review of policies.
NICE ONE, AH?!
It is intended to be a RELAXED day and CASUAL FRIDAY DRESS CODE policy applies. You can see people walking around with sport shoes and t-shirts (not all the time neccesaruly matching in terms of style and colours of course). In my case it is one of the busiest days of the week. It is the day that easily fills up with all the shit you could not do during the week and HAS TO BE DONE by NOW NOW NOW.
On top of that you open your email and you find all these retarded chain emails “TGI Fridays”; “the PPT with the pictures of the cute babies lecturing you on how wonderful life is and how you should take the time to smell the flowers (what the fuck do those babies know about life, they still shit in their dipers!!!); and the archi-famous “complete these questions and make a wish. Then pass it to XX many people or a terrible thing will happen to you” OH MY, can people get more idiotic sometimes!!?? (This is a rethorical question, I do not expect an answer… although, I know the answer is YES for you should never underestimate HUMAN STUPIDITY)
Anyway, the story is I actually received ONE of these emails that made me think, and I thank my friend SHWETA for it. Here it is, I will share it with you. Something to ponder today…
This is an anecdote about five monkeys that are kept in a cage.
One of them runs up a flight of steps to get at a banana, triggering a shower of icy water on all of them.
When one monkey is replaced by a newcomer, the latter is forcibly restrained from running up the steps by the four others, who had previously experienced the ice-water treatment.
The four original monkeys are gradually replaced by newcomers, who blindly follow the custom of preventing anyone from going up the stairs and end up getting wet.
Thus an established custom is retained even when both the banana and the icy shower cease to exist.
Rationale is thrown out by the backdoor by those who fail to see that there is a need for a change in mindset and a review of policies.
NICE ONE, AH?!
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Friday, October 28, 2005
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