The Ape in the Office

I am re-reading "the ape in the office"again, the Chinese version. I find that the translation is just simply lousy. Some of the passages are hard to understand because the logic wasn't translated precisely. The cause and consequence pair doesn't link with each other. Nevertheless, this is my only accesss.

In a part of the book, it describes how the ape in the high position usually demonstrates relax gesture among group while the lower-rank ape behave timidly. This can be observed in meeting room as well, the boss would come to the meeting, taking off the jacket and sit down with unapologetic face if being late. Some pick their noses or scratch behinds at ease.

In Tokyo airport today, I suspect my one of the fellow passengers, dress in suit, glued his snot on the plants next to the railing of the automatic walkway. (Or he is just touching the plant for fun?) Was he trying to show who is the boss?