Unfortunately for him, waiting in the 2-mile-long line was a 3-star general who was very unhappy that his precious time was being needlessly wasted trying to get to his destination. , the original author of this story, who kindly agreed to tell us more about it. Naturally, we were curious to know what inspired them to share it online.
This begs the question of whether something as punishment really works to ingrain order and make army members execute commands more efficiently. Being surrounded by a similar environment, our interviewee believes that “Punishments, as defined by behavioral science as “a consequence that is aimed at reducing said behavior” can indeed work, however, punishments in the traditional sense of write-ups, demotions, and reassignments do not.