"Which brings us to the Robinson account." said Victoria as she pulled a
sheet of paper from the folder and read from it. "Our original proposal
was for Robinson Dynamics to buy 15 Stonewell K-7 modules from Triple D for
fifteen thousand each. As an added incentive, we were going to include six
months free maintenance on the modules. The motivation being that they
would later buy another 15 in six months, this time without the free
maintenance. Was this the understanding you had when you were given the
account?"
"Yes," Pamela said defensively. "And in the end I convinced the head of
their aerospace division to buy 30 modules in one purchase instead,
guaranteeing that we made the sale."
What Pam didn't add to her response was the fact that she had closed the
deal at three in the morning in the bed of Robinson's representative. They
had a business dinner in which he spent half the dinner looking down her
dress.
"God that man was boring," Pamela remembered. "And I thought Paul was a
lousy lover. It was all I could do to stay awake while he was screwing
me."
"And at the same time extending the free service to twelve months.
Victoria stated.
"I did the math, Pamela Jean interrupted. And the profit we made on the
sale of the 30 modules, even with the service contracts, was still inside
the profit guidelines."
Actually, she hadn't done the math. She tried but quickly realized it
was over her head. Paul had been away in Chicago that week on an actual
business trip, so she couldn't run to him for help. Instead she reverted
to a practice that had worked so well for her in high school and college.
There was this summer intern working in the department that everyone was
praising as a whiz kid. Pamela struck up a conversation with the awkward
teen and asked him to lunch, sort of a welcome to the firm sort of thing.
Lunch had ended with a blowjob for dessert. After that, the young man was
more than willing to help and do the math for her. It was a pity he had to
go back to school a few weeks later, she had lamented, he'd been the most
fun she'd had in months.
"Well when you did the math, maybe you should've done the research too.
At least have read the engineering specs that were in the files you were
given. Victoria said in a hard tone. If you had, you'd have known that
less than 10% of the K-7's require any maintenance at all in the first six
months, but close to 80% need it in the second six. Additionally, if they
are run beyond the recommended six-month user life, they then need to be
totally rebuilt. A rebuild that you now gave away for free."
She paused to give Pamela time to really understand what she had said.
"So now," Victoria concluded. "Instead of buying any new K-7's,
Robinson Dynamics gets 30 rebuilt modules free of charge. So instead of a
guaranteed profit, we actually suffer a loss on this deal."
"Oh shit." Pamela said under her breath.
"Oh shit indeed." Victoria said, having heard Pamela.
Another long awkward pause filled the room, until after a long hard
shallow, Pamela said.
"I guess this is the point where Dawson, Davis and Douglas and I part
company as well."
"That would seem to be the easiest solution," Victoria said as she got
out of her chair and began to walk around her desk. "But I'm not sure yet
if it's a solution that I want to take."
"I don't understand." a confused Pamela said.
"Well I think a great deal of the blame here has to lie with Paul Ryan."
Victoria explained. "That he put his girlfriend on his personal staff,
well that sort of thing has been going on for longer than you could ever
imagine. That he then went further and promoted her to a position of
responsibility to which she was in no way qualified for, well that was
extremely poor judgment."
Pamela almost wanted to laugh when Victoria referred to her as Paul's
girlfriend. She was hardly that, she was just a girl he liked to fuck. If
was funny how quickly her opinion of Paul was changing now that their
relationship was definitely over.
"So the question remains," Victoria was going on. "What do we do with
you? It's obvious that you can't continue as an Account Manager."
The younger woman had to agree with that, however reluctantly.
"When I came in early this morning, I had considered the idea of sending
you back to the bullpen."
That suggestion was definitely not to Pamela's liking. She couldn't
deal with those women again, especially after lording it over them for all
these months. Aside from that, there was a big issue of salary to
consider. Pam had come to like the lifestyle her job as a Secretarial
Assistant and then as an Account Manager had provided her with. Back when
she was just another girl in the bullpen, the best she could do was share
an apartment with two other girls. Now, her credit card bill alone took up
a quarter of her salary.
"But when I approached Mary Cox about the possibility, she was
incredible hostile to the idea," said Victoria. "She even went so far as
to suggest that you weren't even qualified to be behind the counter at
Burger Barn, much less any here at Triple D."
"Mary and I have a few issues." Pam said.
"No doubt." Victoria said as she leaned against the front edge of her
desk. "Still the question remains, what will I do with you? Do you have
any suggestions?"
Pamela started to open her mouth to say something, then stopped. There
wasn't a single thing she really felt she was qualified to do that didn't
involve her being either on her knees or her back.
"I don't supposed there's an opening for corporate whore." she said
half-heartedly.
No, I dont think so. Victoria said as she couldnt help but smile. At
least not in this politically correct age.
The older woman let Pamela think about the question a little longer,
just to see if she came up with any more serious suggestions. Three long
minutes later, none had been forthcoming.
Can we talk frankly, Pamela, I can call you Pamela cant I? Victoria
asked.
Of course. Pamela Jean quickly responded to both questions.
Good. Victoria smiled. Well since we are talking frankly, tell me, were
you happy being Paul Ryans slut? Im not being judgmental in calling you
that, but that is how most people in this office saw you.
It was funny but in all the months she had Paul had been doing it, she
never really asked herself that question. She had just taken it for
granted that was the way for her to get ahead, just as it had been a way
for her to get through school.
I guess in some ways I was, and some ways not so much. she finally
responded. I mean he sex wasnt always that great, but sometimes it was
exciting trying new things or letting him be in control.
Trying new things and letting him be in control, Victoria repeated as if
she wanted to make sure she had heard Pamela correctly. Excellent.
The statement confused Pamela but before she could seek clarification,
Victoria had already gone on.
You know, I really dont hold it against you for using your sexual assets
to try and get a leg up, so to speak. she said. That has been going on
since the day Eve offered Adam the apple. What I am disappointed with is
that you didnt make the most of any advantage you might have gained.
Instead of learning that skills that might actually have eventually
qualified you for that Account Managers position, you settled for shiny
baubles like some primitive tribeswoman.
Chicks, softcore, upskirts, stripper, viagra, whore, sex toys, sex toy...
|
Check out other hot webmasters' links
|