At the end of the week, as the work day starts to wind down, I'm working to finish up, get everyone their final bits to be done for the day. I've been heads-down for hours, door shut, putting together the dreaded weekend lists for everyone to finish up over the weekend.
There's a soft knock at the door and I try to ignore it. But the knocking comes again, this time louder. I mumble something resembling "come in," hoping that whomever is on the other side of the door will take the hint and go away. Nothing happens. I grin to myself, thinking I succeeded, then the knock again. Now I'm getting annoyed. "Come in!" is all I can get out, with an expletive or two under my breath afterward.
Silence.
Then another knock. I'm about to come out of my seat and instead decide I'm going to have words with whatever person is on the other side - tired of the game and aggravated as I'm trying to finish up. I walk over to the door... and pull it open sharply.
Just as I'm about to speak, you're standing there. Cliche' trench coat on and black, slinky, leather, beautiful lingerie on underneath, that I can see, because the coat is open now.
A million thoughts race through my head immediately. The first is "OMIGOD look at this vixen and ... OMIGOD!" and the second is "HOLY CRAP, my employees are going to see her!" These seem to happen both at the same time. Both as loud.
"Hey..." is all you say. You walk by me and I notice that all the office lights are out. You hand me a piece of paper as you pass, a printed out email.
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To: All Employees
Subject: Early break on Friday afternoon
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to let you know that we'll be closing early today - we're having some maintenance done in the office and we need to clear out at 3p. I'll be staying to coordinate. Please make sure you're out of the office for the day at 3.
Have a great weekend!
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It's from you to everyone. I grin, but then I realize what you've done. You've played the boss card, sent everyone home. I realize suddenly that those plans I was putting together for everyone for the weekend suddenly don't matter, for multiple reasons. The most important of these is standing in front of me in leather... as you drop the coat to the floor.
I start to ask and all I get to is "What..."
You cut me off. "I wanted to play. I sent everyone home. Since I'm the boss, you don't have a problem with that, do you?"