My job is pretty much a dream one. I'm one of a team of representatives assigned at one of my company's subcontractors. We smooth out any production problems before they get to the main office. As long as things go smooth, it's as cushy a job as you can get, but if things go bad, we take a lot of heat.
We're assigned to a good company, few problems come up and they're generally minor ones. Heck, they ought to be, there's a hefty quality bonus at the end of every year and part of that is based on the field rep's score of their 'responsiveness'. As a result of our influence on their bottom line, we get free run of the place and set our own hours.
Basically, they treat us like kings, reserved parking, VERY plush, private offices, the latest computer's, even executive dining room privileges. Probably best of all they gave us an excellent secretary.
She handled all the office details, served as our network administrator, that sort of thing. While outstanding in performance she wasn't exactly eye-candy. Gina was in her late 20's, trim but with a look to her that took away any sex appeal. She wore plastic rimmed glasses and a severely pulled back hairstyle that fit the pinched expression she kept on her face. Don't get me wrong , she was always pleasant but stayed cool and professional.
When things were running smooth it was hard to occupy my time. One of the guys worked on running his side business, the other spent his time reading novels. But me? I spent the slack time surfing the web, especially the so-called 'adult' sites.
I'd developed a fondness for the one's that specialized in women abusing men, 'dominating', bossing them around and in general 'using' men like sex objects.
With the high speed net access that the company provided, I was in heaven. I'd downloaded a ton of nasty pictures, a bunch of stories and even placed ad's. Now, this was strictly against my host companies rules and MY company's policies.
But ya know, sitting in my office with some leather-clad babe's picture up in one window, reading about some poor guy suffering at the hands of a demanding woman in another, well, that wasn't all that big a concern. I even wrote out some of my fantasies and put them out on story sites (of course, I used an anonymous email account to post from) .
It was late one Friday afternoon when Gina buzzed me on the intercom and asked if I was busy, she needed to talk to me. "Well Gina, it's late Friday, most everyone's already split early and there's NOTHING going on, I'm not busy at all." She thanked me and said she'd be right in. This was very unusual for Gina. Normally she'd catch us as we walked past her desk and we'd discuss things right there. Her wanting to talk in my office suggested some kind of personal issue, humm, maybe she was thinking of transferring?
She carried a thick folder and a CD. "Jerry, we need to talk about some serious issues here." "As you know I cover a lot of areas in this office, one of which is our computers."
"Gina, you're right, frankly you're the only person holding this office together and you do the work of two people. Everyone here in the office has commented to Terri (Gina's official supervisor) that you're a really exceptional asset to us" I interjected.
"Thanks Jerry, I enjoy my work… except at times like this." This began to sound serious, REAL serious. Gina'd never looked so grim before. "Jerry, last week I did my bi-annual audit of our computer systems and I found 'inappropriate' material on yours." Gina's tone when she said 'inappropriate' was VERY prim…
WHAT! I didn't know they DID audits! " You KNOW that you're not permitted to visit 'ADULT' sites but you've done so countless times" . She dropped the folder on my desk and flipped it open, showing page after page of website's I'd visited, the images I downloaded, the stories I'd read, (and written), even the ad's I'd placed, even worse, a full listing of my accounts and passwords. At this point I was pale, this was utterly damning.
"The folder is only a partial printout of what's copied onto this CD. You've actually done FAR more than I felt like printing out and reading through."
"Well…Gina…there's not really anything I can say, is there?"
"Jerry, I've spent every evening reading through this pathetic crap you seem to be obsessed with, and, you know what? I think this CD or one of the copies I've made of it, can ruin your career."
I'd reached this conclusion myself . " Ummm, Gina, is it really necessary for you to report this? I mean, I've got the message loud and clear and guess I just got caught up in…"
"STOP RIGHT THERE!!!" "Don't you DARE give me ANY shit about how you'll be a good little boy if I just turn my head and let this go" She was almost shouting then quietly said "There are consequences for behavior like this and you're going to have to face them."
Well…that sounded like it was over then. My heart sank as I contemplated my future…and it wasn't pretty. When I was fired for THIS reason, I could be sure the grapevine would have all the juicy details. Eventually, all my potential employers would hear about it..Maybe a burger place would hire me, but no-one higher on the pay scale would touch me.
I was startled out of my dark thoughts when Gina spoke up, "You haven't been a bad boss these last months, I'm going to let you have a choice."
Sure I do, I can quit or be fired, I know how the game plays out… She continued unbroken, "I can report this to my boss, which they'll report the problem to YOUR boss and more than likely you'll be fired."
"And what's the other choice, resign?" I asked
"No, that's not an option for you, even if you resign before you're fired, I'm still going to have to pass all this along to my boss…No, your only other option is that we handle your disciplinary action within this office."
'HUH???' 'Well, ahh, if you mean you're going to shutoff my web access, of course I'll go along with that, I mean, that's totally reasonable to do.'
"Not exactly."
"When I read through the stories you wrote, I got some ideas about disciplining assholes like you." ….."So, here's your real option." "Starting Monday morning, you're going to get your ass whipped….literally…. When you come in at 6:30am…"
"Wait a minute Gina, I don't get here until 8:00am"
"I guess you didn't hear me. You ARE going to get here on Monday at 6:30AM…I'm going to be here with a riding crop…I'm going to use that riding crop on you EVERY day at 6:30am, during lunch and at 4:30pm for the next week."
THIS was a stunner. Where the hell did she come up with THIS idea? Well, wherever she did, I was starting to like it.. "Sooo…if I do this, you give me a clean sheet to start from? Everything gets shredded, and it's like nothing ever happened?"
Gina didn't say anything for a whole minute, just looked at me. Then she gave me a slow, tight smile.
"Oh, no, I didn't say that at all. Next week is just to see if you deserve a chance to earn your reprieve."
"Ummm, Gina,"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP" She interrupted me before I even got started…
"YOU'RE the one who's on the verge of having his career ruined. YOU'RE the one who's going to do every damn thing I want, every TIME I want."
"Or… do you want me to just take a little walk upstairs to Terri's office and drop this folder and the CD onto HER desk…I think she hasn't left yet"
I couldn't say anything, I was breathing kind of heavy as I felt my options burning away. I really liked my cushy job and I was well regarded in my field with a good future ahead of me. That could all change overnight if this mousy little twit in front of my desk so desired. Pissing her off would be a BAD thing to do at this point.
"Gina, look, you're asking a lot here. I mean, it's bad enough getting a whipping , but if it EVER got out, well…we'd BOTH be finished here." "Could you give me a chance to think things over? Please?"
"Tell you what, Jerry, I'm going to be at my desk Monday at 6:30. No-one else even gets in the building until around 8:00am. At 6:30 you'd better be kneeling beside my desk, ready to start."
"So, yeah, I'll let you have the weekend to think about it, and you think about it very hard. When you realize that you have NO other choice, you can start getting ready for me….I've loathed body hair all my life, so, since I get to call the shots, you will have ALL your body hair shaved off. EVERY BIT OF IT. I mean all, from your toe's to your neck, it all goes. Even pubic hair."
Gina had a nasty smirk on her face when she added…."And don't think I won't check, whenever I feel like it, so you'll be shaving every morning.."-
She didn't even wait for me to reply. Just as well, when she left my office, I still had my mouth open. I don't even remember the drive to my apartment.
I spent a restless weekend, alone, inside my apartment. I was busted, big time. Worst of all, I knew Gina really WAS doing me a favor, in a backhanded kind of way. At the cost of loosing a little dignity in private, I'd get the chance to keep my job.
There really wasn't anything to decide, Gina had me cold and all I could do was go along. I spend Sunday afternoon shaving my body. It took a surprising amount of time and three sets of blades for my razor. Just to be on the safe side I even finished up with some hair removal cream, you know, the stuff that's supposed to dissolve hair.
Monday morning came early. I sure couldn't afford to blow this by being late so I was dressed and sitting in the parking lot by 6:15am.