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The White Bead Corp. Morale-Boosting Tee (Premium Super-Soft)

$25.00

Imagine, if you will, that two worlds collided: that of Dr. W.E. Deming's famous Red Bead Experiment and the other of the fictional company from the Portal video game, Aperture Laboratories. Further imagine that Dr. Deming hired Aperture's dysfunctional founding CEO, Cave Johnson, to head up the White Bead Corp. in the experiment, and boy was Cave excited to "make science" with some "willing" above-average test subjects. Really let his inner-child loose, you know?

What do you think the failed willing workers might pick up at the company store on the way out after being dismissed for their dysmal performance at being able to sort a paddle of 50 white beads from a bucket containing an 80/20 dispersion of white to red beads? While dodging lasers designed to evaporate the red beads, but the AI targeting system still has some bugs to work out?

We at Digestible Deming Labs are willing to bet it would be a premium super-soft tee commemorating their time at the White Bead Corp. under Cave's steadfast leadership, featuring the company logo and a quote from an inspiring pep talk he gave them on Day 2 of onboarding:

"SOME PEOPLE WOULD DIE FOR A 6% SUCCESS RATE. SOME HAVE. SO STOP WHINING ABOUT VARIATION AND DIP THE PADDLE."

Apparently, Cave didn't fully understand the 94%/6% system to special causes heuristic.

Cave had a chat with the VP of HR after this, who suggested that it wasn't helpful and could lead to costly litigation. In turn, Cave instructed the VP on cause-and-effect in systems and fired him and his entire team, saving millions in operational costs, and then had their floor repurposed into a laser tag facility with real lasers the boys in the lab were itching to test.

So, Win-Win as Dr. D. would say, right?


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  • Solid colors are 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton
  • Ash color is 99% combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester
  • Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton, 48% polyester
  • Athletic and Black Heather are 90% combed and ring-spun cotton, 10% polyester
  • Heather Prism colors are 99% combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester
  • Lightweight fabric (4.2 oz) 
  • Regular fit
  • Unisex sizing
Quality Guarantee & Returns
  • Quality is guaranteed. If there is a print error or visible quality issue, we'll replace or refund it.
  • Because the products are made to order, we do not accept general returns or sizing-related returns.