Greetings List Members...I found this little article had interesting
humar...

I guess this could be related to behavioral modification training to prevent
complusive dog barking.

"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 do not have any 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, not one of the new monkeys 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".  Author
Unknown

Take care,
Kathy Yonkers

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