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| Mexican drug police to be given 'trust tests' |
| 2007-06-28 |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #2 A few years ago I read an interesting article about a bagel dealer who had a brilliant idea. He typically brought his bagels around to companies, so their employees wouldn't have to leave the office for a snack, and he would leave the bagels unattended, for the employees to pay for on the honor system. Of course, he expected there to be some dishonesty. But he noted that it was worse at some businesses. And that was when he discovered that those businesses had a general problem with dishonesty. So he set up a camera to see who was stealing bagels. He then compared notes with management and discovered a great correlation: the people who stole bagels were already suspected of dishonesty. Bingo. So selling bagels became secondary to providing "honesty tests" to companies. And companies both paid handsomely for his bagel tests, and noted a marked decrease in theft after they had dismissed the bagel-stealing employees. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-06-28 10:42 |
| #1 Now the dismissed officers can work for the druggies on a full time basis. This is a much fairer solution because before the drug cartels didn't have to foot the bill for health care and vacation time for these police officers. I'm against corporate welfare even for drug cartels that's why I'm a conservative. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-06-28 00:51 |