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Groups being motivated to ensure ice-cream machines are inoperable is a perfect example of a perverse incentive.
by everyone 2y ago
Groups being motivated to ensure ice-cream machines are inoperable is a perfect example of a perverse incentive.
- kulahan 2y agoThey aren't; they're motivated to ensure ice-cream machines are only fixable by them. Still a perverse incentive. It makes zero sense for a company to be motivated to have their own product... not... work.
- readthenotes1 2y agoYour last sentence goes a bit too far. There are products that are "loss leaders" that the company does not want to actually sell
- kulahan 2y agoA loss leader is working if it's increasing customer traffic. Nobody is going to McD's because they have amazing/cheap/highly-available ice cream.
- adgjlsfhk1 2y agothe loss leader is the ice cream machine
- MathMonkeyMan 2y agoThe coffee is pretty good, though.
- Aloisius 2y agoI have definitely gone to McD specifically to get a shake on a hot day and driven away when told the ice cream machine was down.