Tuesday, March 24, 2009

THE ANT FABLE

Every day an ant arrives at work early and starts production immediately , she requires no supervision and is very productive and very happy.
The chief was a LION and he was happy with the output of ant and the lion had a bright idea if ant could produce so much without supervision, how much more could she do with supervision.
So he appointed a cockroach who was an excellent supervisor and very good at writing reports, the first thing that the cockroach did was put up a clocking device for attendance.
He also needed a secretary to type in records, attend phone calls and manage archives, so he appoints a spider.
The reports of the cockroach were impressive with all the analysis and graphs it made the board meetings of LION very interesting, the lion was happy with the analytical approach.
The lion pressed for more so the cockroach now bought a computer and a laser printer and hired a FLY to manage the IT department.
The ant started hating the plethora of paper work and her time was consumed by meetings, making her uneasy and tired.
The lion thought and came to conclusion that a head of department should be employed, so he employed a cicada, the cicada as soon as moving in bought it a new carpet and an ergonomic chair.
The cicada bought in his secretary from his previous workplace and bought a computer and devised a work & budget control strategic optimisation plan.
The place where ant works is now a sad place where no one laughs and everyone remains upset all the time.
The cicada convinces the boss the lion to start the CLIMATIC STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
The lion having received the charges & finds out that the ant's department is producing less then before and the expenses have gone up.
He recruits an OWL, a prestigious and renounced consultant to carry an audit and suggest solutions.
The owl takes three months to study the ant department and at the end of the third month is ready with several volumes of reports that conclude that:
THE DEPARTMENT IS OVERSTAFFED.

Guess who the lion fires first?

THE ANT BECAUSE SHE SHOWED LACK OF MOTIVATION AND HAD A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE.

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