The Wine Society (Open to 1F)

[Houstonguy30]

OOC: Looking for a co-writer to play the part of a new, younger employee who accompanies a mid-40's boss to a Wine convention. They are attracted to each other but shouldn't act on it because he is married and she works for him. Against the rules and would be cheating on his marriage. They resist, they try not to give in...

IC:
Hanging up the phone, I was a little perturbed. I had just received a call from my boss letting me know that I would be taking a semi-new "rising star" in the company to the next national conference. It would occur next week, Wednesday through Sunday in Napa, California.

My name is Mark. I am 46, married, and a Regional Wine Director. That means I have 88 people that ultimately report to me who are involved with selling and distributing wine to all sorts of shops; liquor stores, restaurants, grocery stores and convenience stores. The people who report to me, managers and distributors, do the hard work. I manage them, work on the books, and all that boring stuff.

It's once a year that I really get to go have fun at a Nationwide meeting called "The Wine Society". All the senior management for wineries, distributors, and big restaurants get together and taste wine for 5 days in Napa. It is my one time to let go in an otherwise boring year. It is a "no spouses allowed" meeting so we can all focus on work 100%. At least that's what we tell our spouses. The fact is there is alot less than 100% work being done.

My boss, Tom, had called me up and told me that I was being charged with showing our newest manager the ropes during the meeting. "She's a superstar, Mark. Yes, she was just hired and reports to you, but I want you to take her under your wing. She's smart, she's ambitious, and she's a worker. Hard worker, Mark. Hell, I bet in 4 years she'll be taking my place and she will be your new boss. We haven't seen anyone this smart in years."

I hung up the phone. I was irritated. Now I had to babysit a new employee during the only meeting I got to relax at. I hadn't even really met her yet except for a few phone calls when she first started 2 weeks ago.

I dialed the number. She picked up.

"Uh.. Hi. It's Mark. I'd like to invite you to attend The Wine Society meeting with me next week. I'll show you the ropes, introduce you to all the important people. Teach you how the business really works, from the inside."

 

[HelenUK44]

Gabriella, Gab to her friends, is the only daughter of parents who run a thriving business dealing with estate. Money was no problem to the family and she had the best of education and wanted for little. Their confidence rubbed off on her and she developed through University into an accomplished, ambitious young lady.

Her mother was a full busted flirtatious lady who clients enjoyed doing business with and was excellent in using charm and her persuasive personality to seal a deal. Whilst Gab had her mother’s physical attributes but on a smaller frame her personality was more reserved and on the lines of her father who controlled the running of their family business. He was cool and competent and the quietly calculating guy behind the front of his wife.

Gab took business studies and passed with flying colours. There was overall a high degree of competence. She made girlfriends easily and was popular. There were boyfriends which Gab chose more for their professionalism and reserve rather than any looks or popularity. She ensured that her sexual needs were attended to without fuss and question. She left university without a regular boyfriend and began dating men older than herself, she found their maturity attractive and more suited to her personality and ambition.

Her parents wanted her to join their business as a junior partner, but she wanted a change, to do her own thing so that when the opportunity with the Wine Society presented itself she threw herself into the opportunity. Whilst her parents were initially resistant they could see some advantage with their daughter working in a prosperous area of a different line of business. They became supportive.

Gab dresses well, professionally, if a trifle conservatively in the office.
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I pick up the phone

“Hi Mark, Gab here, yes that sounds great. Thanks for inviting me. I guess we had better meet to flesh out the detail. My diary’s pretty free right now or would you like to chat about this informally after work over a drink sometime?”