Behind The Gates With The 1%
Mike Penney
- In
- this
- (slightly)
- satirical
- memoir,
- a
- worker
- bee
- of
- the
- 99%
- finds
- himself
- employed
- as
- a
- functionary
- at
- a
- World
- Class
- Resort
- in
- Hawaii,
- daily
- representing
- the
- Resort
- in
- interactions
- with
- the
- rich
- and
- happy
- 1%
- residents
- with
- their
- mega-mansions,
- their
- home
- owner
- associations,
- and
- their
- personal
- wishes
- and
- desires
- in
- relation
- to
- the
- Resort.
As
- time
- passes,
- it
- dawns
- on
- this
- common
- hive
- drone
- that
- a
- tremendous
- opportunity
- has
- befallen
- him
- in
- being
- permitted
- to
- tread
- in
- the
- shadows
- of
- the
- grand
- and
- glorious
- 1%.
- He
- reasons
- that
- even
- if
- merely
- a
- worker
- bee
- of
- the
- 99%,
- that
- shouldn't
- deter
- him
- from
- a
- higher
- enlightenment
- by
- means
- of
- his
- association
- with
- the
- 1%
- rich
- and
- happy.
Studying
- the
- social
- behaviors
- of
- the
- gathered
- 1%
- in
- their
- natural
- habitat
- of
- the
- World
- Class
- Resort,
- this
- common
- drudge
- worker
- bee
- calculates
- he
- might
- prosper
- as
- he
- learns
- from
- the
- uppermost
- upper
- crust,
- and
- then
- applies
- the
- knowledge
- garnered
- in
- interactions
- with
- other
- working
- stiffs
- of
- his
- own
- stripe.
- He
- determines
- further
- that
- in
- observing
- and
- reflecting
- on
- how
- the
- 1%
- treat
- each
- other,
- as
- equals
- living
- behind
- the
- gates,
- there
- might
- more
- gems
- of
- wisdom
- to
- take
- outside
- the
- gates
- to
- make
- his
- life
- better,
- so
- as
- to
- more
- appropriately
- treat
- others.
Eventually,
- he
- realizes
- that
- although
- he
- obviously
- doesn't
- have
- the
- money
- of
- the
- 1%,
- there
- was
- perhaps
- no
- reason
- he
- couldn't
- become
- one
- of
- the
- de
- facto
- 1%
- –
- if
- he
- could
- unravel
- their
- secrets!
And
- so,
- with
- this
- personal
- Quest
- giving
- his
- life
- new
- meaning,
- a
- worker
- bee
- of
- the
- 99%
- passes
- for
- years
- among
- the
- rich
- and
- happy
- 1%
- in
- a
- World
- Class
- Resort,
- assimilating,
- appreciating,
- and
- ruminating
- on
- what
- was
- there
- for
- the taking.
