http://manilastandardtoday.com/mobile/2013/12/30/a-fake-congresswoman-/Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “The rich are different from you and me,†so should the hoi polloi like us stop trying to understand the actions of the officers of Dasmariñas Village Association, that exclusive enclave of the country’s richest of the rich.
How, for example, do you explain why after going to town to commend the Village’s security guards for standing up to Mayor Junjun Binay and refusing him the courtesy of exiting via the Villages Banyan Gate the guards find themselves out of a job.
The President of DVA has written a letter praising the guards and saying that the DVA has given them gifts. The DVA officers even attended the Christmas party of the security guards. This is something they have not done in the past.
With all the praises and gifts showered on them, the security guards are confused why the DVA is serving notice that the services of their agency, Right 8 Security Agency is being terminated.
It appears that there are two reasons for the notice of termination.
One the services of Right 8 is being cut short because one of the officers of Right 8, Ram Antonio, apologized to Mayor Binay and went on TV to say that the Mayor of Makati enjoys the courtesy of exiting from the Banyan Gate after 10 pm.
The second reason, if true, is more intriguing. Although this will probably not be included in the formal notice of termination, it appears that some officers of DVA are unhappy with Right 8 because of the refusal of the guards manning the Banyan Gate at the time of the incident to be interviewed by a columnist of a major broadsheet who earlier wrote about the incident.
It is New Year and the security guards of Right 8 assigned to Dasmarinas are out of a job unless of course the DVA officers insist that the new security agency to be hired by DVA will commit to hire the Right 8 security guards.
We don’t know if this will happen. The thinking of the rich is different from yours and mine.
