They were all 4 minutes early. Some might have been even earlier. Not early for an appointment. Not early for a meeting. Not early getting to work. Four minutes early – leaving from work.
But, he was watching. For some reason he had decided that too many were leaving too early. He kept it up for days. The watching. The warnings and the threats. Some had valid reasons for being early. Some got caught doing something they had been doing for awhile. Some were cheating the Project and the Company.
Others now decided that they wouldn’t give a single second more than they had to.
Was the watching worth it? Did it solve something or create something worse? Was he teaching the managers and supervisors to watch their people? Was he teaching people to be loyal workers? What was the cost of the early leavers? What was the cost of the method to try to resolve it?
So, which is worse, the crime or the solution?