As it appeared in the Daily Nation on April 5th 2016 Lucy Kiruthu There is an old idiom that goes “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” It has a simple meaning that once we have been fooled or tricked we need to be wary of it happening again. Like many that have been fooled on April 1st in past years, I was very wary on Friday and for sure I do not get fooled this year. In the business circles, I suspect that the people who get fooled the most are customers. As customers, we get fooled by websites, by advertisement, we get fooled by sales people and we even get fooled at the point of sale or service. Do we get fooled only once or do we get fooled twice, thrice and even four times? Why do we accept to be fooled the second, third and fourth time? Are…
Dr. Lucy KiruthuApril 12, 2016