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Gorillas In Our Midst 

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Part 5 of 5

An even smaller number of Gorillas with Brass Ones, by cunning intuition or more likely by sheer dumb luck become Silver Backs. They are now the elder statesmen. They realize that they will never achieve the ultimate status - that of The Big Gorilla. But having survived a hailstorm or two, they are convinced of their own invincibility. They are in great position to enjoy their status. They can get the Hairy Gorillas to do most of the feed-the-monkey work (who naturally assign it to the Baboons, Chimps and the Organ grinders) and the monkey gets fed. If the monkey is still hungry (which is the usual), the dung gets smeared on the organization, starting with the lowest monkeys. If the monkey is ever satisfied (which is extremely rare), the Gorilla population is rewarded with a truckload of choicest Cavendish. The legend grows in the corporate lore and (H)BS case studies are launched.  The “trickle-down” theory of rewards breaks down after this. Of course, there never has been a “trickle-up” theory on dung smearing so it stays in the trenches.

The Big Gorilla, of course, is the one perched on the highest branch of the tallest tree and has the most protective executive assistant beating other monkeys off with a stick. He or She is known to do the “Vision Thing” for the corporation with Bored of Distractors. That is about the only thing about their job functions known to the general monkey population. Every once in a while, tabloid TV shows may reveal some of the other lurid details. This Big Gorilla status, of course, is one that “you can’t get there from here” for most of Organ-grinders/Chimps, etc. Some rare Baboons if they are quick with the knife placement in the back of other Baboons may make it to the Big Gorilla status. Typical Chimps have an inherent disadvantage in this respect. Not having the proper B-school purple rope draped around the neck makes it damn near impossible for the Chimps to even be on the same tree as the Big Gorilla.

There are, I realize, some that cannot be classified in any of the groups above. We call them Assorted Primate Excreta (APE). Some of them are calling you right now from the US Social Security Administration or Internal Revenue Service about a warrant out for your arrest or for your car's extended warranty. 

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