The Chain Of Screaminghow I Met Your Mother : S... «REAL · STRATEGY»

In the world of How I Met Your Mother , Season 3, Episode 15 gave us a universal truth about the workplace that is as toxic as it is hilarious. Whether you call it the Pyramid of Shouting or the Circle of Accountability, we all know the drill: someone higher up has a bad day, and like a rolling snowball of misplaced rage, that stress eventually hits the person at the bottom of the ladder. The Catalyst: Arthur "The Artillery" Hobbs

But as Barney explains through one of his flawless (and highly questionable) diagrams, you can’t just stop a scream. It has to go somewhere. The Anatomy of the Chain Barney’s theory is simple: screams at Barney . Barney screams at Marshall . Marshall is supposed to scream at Lily . Lily screams at her kindergarteners. The Chain of ScreamingHow I Met Your Mother : S...

The episode kicks off when Barney’s boss, the legendary Arthur Hobbs (aptly nicknamed "The Artillery"), screams at Marshall. Marshall, being the sensitive soul he is, doesn’t scream back. He doesn’t "ninja" his way out of it like Barney suggests. Instead, he takes it. He eats the scream. In the world of How I Met Your