When I left school I got a job in a small electrical shop. Mostly we did repairs to household items, such as washers, TVs and the like. Apart from the boss I was the only full time member of staff, though there were a couple of part-timers.
After I'd been working there for about six months I went through a bit of an emotional upheaval when I split up with my fiancΓ© and moved out from home and into a flat which I got with a girlfriend. Financially it was a bit of a struggle, but my parents were very helpful and that made a big difference.
I was only 18 years old, but I liked my job and after three months my boss, Steve, had said that he was pleased with my work and attitude and had given me a raise. He was a pleasant man in his forties (to me that seemed really old!). I certainly didn't fancy him, but there were a couple of occasions when I'd caught him looking at me. Still I didn't think too much of it because I might have been young, but I knew that men like to look at women, and anyway I'd met his wife and as far as I was concerned they were happily married.
Late one Friday I went into the back workshop to look for something. Steve was in there working on a washer, and a fan heater he had repaired earlier was running on test. As I walked past it the hot air caught my skirt and wafted it upwards. For a brief moment my skirt was up around my waist then I caught hold of the hem and, blushing furiously, I pulled it down.
I glanced at Steve and he was stood transfixed - it was as if the sight of my red knickers had hypnotised him. Trying to carry on as normal I picked up the part I was after and went back into the shop.
Ten minutes later I had to go back into the workshop again. As I rummaged through the shelves Steve joked that he hoped I was going to walk past the fan heater again. When I said that I wasn't going anywhere near it, he said, "Go on, be a sport, make an old man's day."
Although his tone was light and bantering I realised he was actually quite serious.
"Sorry," I said. "No way."
"Go on," he said. "I'll make it worth your while."
Intrigued I asked him what he meant. He said that if I gave him a proper flash of my knickers he would treat that as the first payment on the washing machine I had said I was after. Rather to my surprise I was tempted and after a bit of thought I agreed and said OK as long as there was no touching and it was done in the back room after we had locked up for the day.
So fifteen minutes later at 5.30 prompt Steve locked the shop door and we went through into the backroom. While Steve sat at his desk I lifted my skirt and did a slow twirl with my knickers on full display.
True to his word he got out a new payments book and marked down the first payment on a new washer. He offered to deliver it and plumb it in, in exchange for another flash in a week's time; that would obviously save me the hassle so I agreed to it.