To use the title's reference: Even ONE bad apple spoils the bunch. A single rotten apple spreads its corruption to all apples around it until you have a bushel full of rot.
The only thing you can do is discard the rot and start over with freshly picked apples.
Thats exactly the point of the analogy. And why "just one bad apple" excuse is a terrible excuse because it admits there's more corruption that needs to be plucked. or at least closely inspected for spreading corruption.
Yes, it will be hard.
To use the title's reference: Even ONE bad apple spoils the bunch. A single rotten apple spreads its corruption to all apples around it until you have a bushel full of rot.
The only thing you can do is discard the rot and start over with freshly picked apples.
Thats exactly the point of the analogy. And why "just one bad apple" excuse is a terrible excuse because it admits there's more corruption that needs to be plucked. or at least closely inspected for spreading corruption.
Oh yes, you cannot keep even one. Ethylene gas would infect all things.