Two Monkeys Were Paid Unequally: Excerpt from Frans de Waal's TED Talk

What happens when you pay two monkeys unequally? Watch what happens.

[mikethompson]

i love how when he throws the cucumber his imediate reaction is to attempt to tear this box apart to kick the humans ass.

[AbdisalamFarah]

I like how it tests the rock as if to say is my currency not genuine rock.

[seanmurphy]

As funny and relatable as the cucumber monkey’s reaction is here, to me, the really interesting part is that the grape monkey never seems to question the fairness of this setup at all

[iMagicGraalOnline]

I love how the monkey was checking the rock like "Did i give her a defective one?"

[anonymousstout]

It all fun and game until the monkey demand for revolution

[Kevin-ypyk]

You're laughing. He was given cucumber instead of grapes and you're laughing

[ZsebtelepHUN]

I am amazed how intelligent they are. The one who gets the cucumber actually bangs it against the wall, testing it, because she thinks there must be something wrong with it for getting cucumber instead of grapes. So her rock must be lacking in quality according to her thoughts. Thats an insanely high level of intelligence for me. Crazy.
Being able to identify the inequality, being able to understand that this must have a cause, and trying to find it.
And im not sure that she tests it, maybe shes showing it to the doctor like "see, my stone is as good too, gimme grapes!"
Just awesome and crazy.

[ThunderPants]

I love how he pounds on the table, as if to say "I demand restitution!"

[AirsoftKeksTV]

So the lesson for all CEOs is: Pay everyone shitty and nobody will complain.

[TheLastSpartan]

Employers are well aware of this, why do you think they insist you don’t tell your coworkers how much you get paid?

[atommie]

RIP Frans de Waal, and thank you for your many contributions to science

[PennTankerGuy]

I just love the personality of the monkey. The way he winds up the throw and slams his hand against the table is hilarious.

[ckbs]

Scientifically proven: Grapes are tastier than cucumbers

[HarryGuit]

The most interesting in these behaviors to me is when the betrayed one checks the stone against the wall before handing it back. That means he formulated a hypothesis on the reason why he didn‘t get the grape, then he checked up on it. That is intelligence!

[TheRareCriticalThinker]

I remember a year into my company I got a raise from 38k to 60k. Obviously a tremendous jump as they initially didn’t know my skill set with no prior education or experience. A few months later we hired another person for my same role and they started at 85k and aren’t very good about 2 years in now. They do have a BS degree… and I’m working on mine now. The frustration was real

[profcpbl]

RIP Frans de Waal (1948-2024). Thank you for all the insights you gave us, and all the love you spread.

[terjeoseberg]

And this is exactly why your employer doesn’t want you discussing your salary with your coworkers.

[nodinitiative]

I wonder if they did an experiment on which both monkeys are given the same reward but one monkey is given more task than the other one.

[captauron]

I work in a nursing home as a CNA (Nursing assistant) and get paid slightly above minimum wage. The place I work is in desperate need of CNAs to care for the patients, so they brought in registry CNAs to fill in. These registry CNAs we’re getting between $26-$28 an hour while the regular employees get paid $16. Needless to say, we asked for equal pay in which they replied, “you agreed to your current pay when you signed the contract.” Well guess what? Many of the CNAs quit and the Nursing home was filled with registry CNAs who were not accustom to the policy while getting paid quite nicely (if they just paid their employees the same rate, they wouldn’t need registry CNAs). The place has not fully recover and their 5* rating dropped to a 2. I won’t be surprise if the place close down.

[PanzerShrek]

I love how he throws it and shakes the cage
"Dam you woman!!"