Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 08:36
Hey come on roofscooter, the thing about this site is a lot of content is provided by us. How about you contributing to them too?
anyway here goes............
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, all of the other monkeys are sprayed 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 have no 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, no monkey 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 a policy development begins. Tax Law included.
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Follow Up By: GOB & denny vic member - Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 08:59
Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 08:59
good morning
john
happy new year to you and heather and all the other forumites
your not by chance doing a BAS statement are you
steve
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 11:03
Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 11:03
Steve, happy New Year to you and Denny too with all our forumite friends..
BAS statement, I think I know what they are Steve, but know a bit more on policy development. LOL Heather knows about BAS statements.
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Follow Up By: ev700 - Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 15:00
Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 at 15:00
John
Having done contract work for a federal department in
Canberra your story makes a lot of sense.
Applies especially to the way they treat staff.
Insofar as policy development goes, I have reason to believe that the senior managers keep old rejected policies in their bottom _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx and recycle them whenever a new Minister arrives on the scene.
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