Monday 29 July 2013

Bad Apple

You have probably heard that one bad apple spoils the whole barrel. This is literally true. That's because an apple that has gone bad gives off ethylene, which speeds the ripening of the other apples in the same barrel.

Because it works this way with apples, you may believe that it also works the same way with people, and it can, but not all the times.

Sometimes we make too many assumptions about someone's integrity and we tend to lump all the players in a certain drama together.

Just because some people hang around together does not mean they are all the same, or that they are all unduly influenced by a group member you don't like nor approve of.