BurningMonkey
TheMan In TheMirror
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Ben Crawford, age 43
Ben leaned back in his chair, tiredly. One more meeting, and then his day was done, and though after-hours meetings were usually a pain, he found he was actually kind of looking forward to this one.
She wasn’t one of his direct reports, but was only assigned to him temporarily. When Henry had come down sick, his accounts had been divided up among the other administrators, and Ben had acquired three new account managers that he was to meet with weekly. But with almost a dozen reports of his own, finding room for three more regular meetings would have meant some serious schedule juggling and an attendant interruption of the normal work-flow.
And so, with his new staff members’ permission, he had set it up to meet with them individually after normal work hours; it meant he had to stay late three nights a week, but at least it didn’t seriously disrupt the department. Gloria hadn’t been happy, but she’d been mollified when he explained that it was only temporary until Henry returned from sick leave.
This one was a relatively new hire; she’d only been with the company for a month. Animated, young, strikingly pretty, she had already caused a bit of a stir among the male population. She had a nice wavy frame, too, and though she never dressed unprofessionally, still there was something almost provocative about her wardrobe choices. He suspected she would have been provocative even if she wore a burlap sack; there was something…sinuous and liquid about the way she moved, like her joints were connected with ball bearings. And he’d been around the block often enough that he recognized a woman who very much enjoyed the attention of men, and she was one.
I wouldn’t mind tapping that, myself he mused idly, but it was only an idle thought, much as it made Mr. Stiffy twich. He wouldn’t try for it, for three reasons: One, the company had a strict policy about liaisons between employees, especially when it involved two people of different rank. Any moves in that regard, even if reciprocated, could lead to termination. Two, a man had to be careful; sexual harassment charges were nothing to be scoffed at. And three, he was married. He’d seen enough men’s lives go down in flames because they let the little head do their thinking, losing family, home, and career. He wasn’t about to go down that path.
Still, she was nice eye-candy to sit across the table from, and her presence would brighten an otherwise onerous task.
Ben leaned back in his chair, tiredly. One more meeting, and then his day was done, and though after-hours meetings were usually a pain, he found he was actually kind of looking forward to this one.
She wasn’t one of his direct reports, but was only assigned to him temporarily. When Henry had come down sick, his accounts had been divided up among the other administrators, and Ben had acquired three new account managers that he was to meet with weekly. But with almost a dozen reports of his own, finding room for three more regular meetings would have meant some serious schedule juggling and an attendant interruption of the normal work-flow.
And so, with his new staff members’ permission, he had set it up to meet with them individually after normal work hours; it meant he had to stay late three nights a week, but at least it didn’t seriously disrupt the department. Gloria hadn’t been happy, but she’d been mollified when he explained that it was only temporary until Henry returned from sick leave.
This one was a relatively new hire; she’d only been with the company for a month. Animated, young, strikingly pretty, she had already caused a bit of a stir among the male population. She had a nice wavy frame, too, and though she never dressed unprofessionally, still there was something almost provocative about her wardrobe choices. He suspected she would have been provocative even if she wore a burlap sack; there was something…sinuous and liquid about the way she moved, like her joints were connected with ball bearings. And he’d been around the block often enough that he recognized a woman who very much enjoyed the attention of men, and she was one.
I wouldn’t mind tapping that, myself he mused idly, but it was only an idle thought, much as it made Mr. Stiffy twich. He wouldn’t try for it, for three reasons: One, the company had a strict policy about liaisons between employees, especially when it involved two people of different rank. Any moves in that regard, even if reciprocated, could lead to termination. Two, a man had to be careful; sexual harassment charges were nothing to be scoffed at. And three, he was married. He’d seen enough men’s lives go down in flames because they let the little head do their thinking, losing family, home, and career. He wasn’t about to go down that path.
Still, she was nice eye-candy to sit across the table from, and her presence would brighten an otherwise onerous task.