▶ Your Answer :
In the memo, the
vice president of a food distribution company states that the ways to eradicate
pests of Fly-Away Past Control Company is not effective and waste of money. Although
this argument may seem convincing at first, the lack of alternative explanations
leads me to question the validity of conclusions.
First, the
author should take into account of alternative explanations for the intrinsic qualities
of between Palm city’s and Wintervale’s warehouse. However, if Wintervale is
located in the town where there might be less pests than the countryside that
the Palm’s warehouse is located, the author cannot refer to the amount of
damaged loss as the company’s ability of eliminating pests. Moreover, it is
likely that there might be other factors that can have adverse impact on food
such as temperature, humidity and pollutants.
Second, the
author need to take into consideration of alternatives for last month damage of
food in warehouse. The author solely focuses on the amount of damaged food.
However, the first conditions about the number of pests of each city may be
considered, then the evaluation of the Fly-Away’s performance have to be
updated. That is, if the number of pests in the pests are significant and this
company kill a plethora of pests, then $20,000 worth of food which was damaged
might be negligible. Moreover, since the amount of loss during last month can
be an aberration, the author should view this in the long run.
Lastly, alternatives
for the conclusion that the difference of the money of damaged food caused by each
company shows the negligence of Fly-Away should be considered. Since pests can
become strains if they are exposed to the pesticides for a long time, the
author cannot take at face value the present difference in pest as the skill of
each company.
In summary, the author’s argument is
unsound on many grounds. To bolster the argument, the author should consider more
alternatives for the intrinsic conditions of Palm city and Wintervale, the
initial number of pests in each city and soundness of conclusions. |