Today I want to share a story with you all.
5 monkeys were placed in a cage with a ladder in between. On top the ladder were kept some bananas. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, a cold shower was turned to soak the other monkeys. After a while, any monkey that went up the ladder was beaten by other monkeys. After some time no monkey dared to go up the ladder regardless of the temptation.
Now, one of the monkey was substituted. The new monkey tried to go up the ladder and the other monkeys started beating him. After several beatings, the new member learned not to climb up without knowing why.
A 2nd monkey was substituted and when this new member tried to climb up, the 1st substituted monkey participated in its beating. The 3rd monkey was substituted and the same got repeated ; beating and both 1st and 2nd monkey participated. Slowly all 5 monkeys were replaced. So this new group of monkeys even though never soaked in cold shower, continued to beat up any monkey who tried to climb up the ladder.
When asked why did they beat any monkey who tried to go up the ladder to grab a banana. They said
“I DON'T KNOW – THAT'S HOW THINGS ARE DONE AROUND HERE”
Does this sound familiar?
There are many who ask themselves why we continue doing what we are doing if there is a different way out there. And more who don't.
Next time exploit the power of reasoning human are blessed with.
“Two things are infinite: Universe and human stupidity. And I am not so sure about the former” - Albert Einstein
16 comments:
I really like this post :)
That is soooo true!! It really made me stop and think. Thanks for that post.
~aly
@Sunny Sweet Pea : Thanks for the lovely comment :-)
@Aly : Thanks for stopping by. The music on ur blog is still on my mind :-)
This is pretty deep and very true. It's almost like that here at work. Sad but true.
So true..enjoyed reading it!!
Always Look fwd to new ones..
@Gnetch: This practice is almost true at evry place of work. and its pretty much because when we join we become the new set of monkeys who do things without asking a question -- WHY??
@ Prachi: thnx for ur lovely comments dear
So so so true!But there are few who are going to wonder why or doubt something, fewer who are going to say it out loud, and waaay too few who are actually not going to do something because everyone's doing it...
I love that saying by The Genius Man. So true.... Let's be stupid. haha
Well Said!!!
So true. In the modern times we have now, so many people just go with the flow that they forgot who they really are.
Great post Meg! Thanks for sharing.
So right! Makes a lot of sense.
Conformity at its extreme borders to stupidity..
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Nice blog you've got here... you got yourself a new follower... Keep in touch...
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Gr8 story and so true....
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