*Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all
the monkeys are sprayed
with ice water, which makes them miserable.*

**

*Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb
the ladder, all of the
other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon
him and beat him up.
Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to
climb the ladder.*

**

*One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a
new monkey is put in the
room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders
why none of the other
monkeys are doing the obvious. But undaunted, he
immediately begins to climb
the ladder.*

**

*All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him
silly. He has no idea why.
However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder.*

**

*A second original monkey is removed and replaced.
The newcomer again
attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other
monkeys hammer the crap out
of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who,
grateful that he's not
on the receiving end this time, participates in the
beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea
why he's attacking the new monkey.*

**

*One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced.
Eight new monkeys are
now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed
by ice water. None of
them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will
enthusiastically beat up
any new monkey who tries, without having any idea
why.*

**

*This is how any company's policies get
established.***