Found out there was a contest that was held at the Sherman Wal-Mart. This was a contest to see who could get the most of something over a weekend. The winner would get a gift certificate to Chili's and a gift certificate to Red Lobster.
This sounds good in theory, but when you investigate further, it gets more interesting. This contest was only for people in one department. Still understandable. Over this weekend, there were over 10 people who worked in this department. Only 4 of the employees were even told of the contest. That left six people with no knowledge of the contest. How fair is a contest when over half the contestants aren't even aware that they can participate?
Finally, out of the four people who knew, two of the people were told that there was a contest, the other two were told that there was a contest with some restrictions.
To me, this is exactly what stacking the deck is all about. Giving two people out of 10 the knowledge and abilities to win the game, but tying everyone else down with either no information or a set of restrictions, it was obvious to see who would win.
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