It was a showdown that had been coming for weeks. The deadline for meeting the government's gender equality target for contractors with more than one hundred employees was today. It was Melanie's responsibility and she had failed. Penalties began immediately and D-Flowco's contract payments would be reduced. That meant a fifteen percent across the board pay cut for all managers. The Board of Directors was not happy and voted to have her sanctioned.
The all-staff meeting in the large auditorium gave everyone the bad news and the opportunity to watch, as she chose her punishment. Out-of-town employees watched online. She stood alone on stage to make her choice by selecting one of three doors. She knew one door was demotion, one door was termination and another door was two years as a mailgirl. She did not know which door was which. Nervous as she had ever been on stage, she chose door number one. To her dismay, it was opened by Mistress M who stepped out holding a mailgirl contract. She held it up for Melanie to see and then to her right and left so the people in the auditorium could see it, too.
Melanie knew what that meant. She was going to have to strip right there in the spotlight. She froze for five seconds, took a deep breath, then snapped out of it. She knew she could do this. Her mailgirl program had relegated many women to a similar fate and, if they could survive it, so could she.
She stepped out of her heels and unbuttoned her jacket, slid it off her shoulders, folded it and realized there was nowhere to put it except on the floor. She bent her knees to lay the jacket beside her then stood to unzip her skirt. She stepped out of it and folded it on top of her jacket. Her low-cut, ivory blouse buttoned down the front and she opened it to reveal a lacy bra that was almost transparent. She dropped her blouse on top of the pile and reached behind her back to unfasten her 36C bra. The crowded room was almost silent as she revealed her breasts with nipples erect.
She was standing in front of all those people wearing just a lacy thong, transparent like her bra. She was terrified and turned on and realized the front of her panties was wet. Maybe she secretly wanted to become a mailgirl? She slipped the fingers of both her hands under the narrow waistband, and that's when her alarm beeped. "Oh! What a crazy dream!"
She had made good, early progress on hiring more women, but the rate of change had slowed and she knew she had to do more.
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Giving to charity is important at D-Flowco. The company matches employee donations to the community fund, and there is friendly competition between offices to donate the most. During the year, there are several events to raise donations including the chance to hit a target with a baseball and drop a senior manager into the chilly water in a dunk tank.
Ross, Bashir, Scott, and David are forty-something managers who frequently play tennis, golf, and poker together. They are competitive and evenly matched in all three. At one monthly poker night, Bashir said he had an idea that would be a sure bet to win the community fundraising contest this year. They could collect donations for the four of them to compete in a skill-testing event, with the loser becoming a mailboy for a day.
None of the four of them wanted to work naked for a day, but they all believed they were good enough that one of the others would lose. During the next few hands at the poker table, and after more alcohol had been consumed, they agreed on a putting competition and shook hands on it.
Bashir took the lead and proposed the idea to Naomi Oyama, manager of the mailgirl/mailboy program. Naomi agreed it could be a good way to support the community fund. She also thought it could be used as a mailboy recruiting tool. She took the idea to John Gilmour, the human resources director, who arranged a meeting with CEO Melanie Jenssen because of her hands-on involvement in mailgirl/mailboy decisions.
"We're promoting equality at D-Flowco so let's expand it to be mailboy or mailgirl for a day," Melanie said. "There may be more people with a secret fascination about what it's like to be naked at work. Whether it's exhibitionism, submissive thoughts, or just curiosity; they're potential recruits for the program. They don't have to admit their kinky leanings because they can say they're just doing it to support charity.
"This expands our reach beyond the people who are vulnerable because they have taken advantage of our low-interest loan program. To help more people get comfortable with the idea, all cameras will be banned that day."
Personal cell phones could be left at home or at security in case of emergency. Company phones would be reprogrammed for the day to disable the camera function. In case anyone was tempted to break the rule by smuggling a camera into the office, the penalty for being caught was working naked for a week.
A date was chosen and announced to all D-Flowco employees. Mailboy or mailgirl for a day allowed employees to agree to work naked and collect pledges from co-workers and friends who would pay to support them. Half a dozen people signed up and lots of employees made pledges.
Melanie invited the four managers to her office for coffee one morning to thank them for the idea which was looking like it would be the most successful fundraiser the company had ever seen. She discreetly looked over all four of them wondering which one would be the mailboy.
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When the day arrived, the four men with their favourite putters met at 6:00am with a handful of spectators for a contest using a putting cup on the thick carpet in the executive boardroom. First one to miss two putts would be the mailboy. They all were successful at two feet. Bashir was the first to miss at three feet. Everyone sunk four feet and five feet but Ross missed once at six feet. Perhaps it was nerves affecting his stroke. He missed again at seven feet and was declared the loser.
Ross swallowed the anti-erection pill that had been provided to Bashir by Ms. Oyama, and sat down to finish his coffee. He was much more nervous now than he'd been while putting. Ten minutes later, Bashir said, "That's enough time for the pill to take effect, Ross. It's time to strip."
"You mean here? Now?" he said. Others in the room all nodded. "Mailboys must be in uniform at all times when they are in the building except for the change room and the showers," Bashir said. Ross reluctantly nodded in agreement and removed his clothing one piece at a time until he was standing naked in front of them. He wasn't sure where to put his hands, and thought covering up would be pointless, so he stood with his hands at his sides.
Bashir used his mailgirl app to summon an escort and Mailgirl 7 showed up three minutes later to lead Ross down to the change room and showers. "Walk quickly," she whispered. "This is going to be so much fun showing you what we go through every day. We'll take the stairs because mailboys don't use the elevator. I can call you Ross, instead of Mr. Dobson, now that you are a mailboy, at least when nobody else is nearby. You can call me Angie.
"I'm glad it's you I'm training this morning. You're one of the good ones who does not give mailgirls a hard time and you're good looking, too. All the girls think so." She talked non-stop while they went down the stairs, only stopping when they approached the change room doors.
Most people being temporary mailboys or mailgirls decided a few days in advance and had time to remove most of their body hair below the neck. It was the mailgirl tradition to leave some hair in the groin area to be shaved off in the showers facing the mirrors on their first morning. The mirrors were one way glass so the crowd in the coffee shop had a great view of very exposed people shaving themselves.
Ms. Oyama was happy to help the four managers and support their contest so she had an esthetician and a massage table ready in the change room to shave Ross's body almost to maiboy standards. He was given shaving cream and a disposable razor to finish shaving his groin with his legs spread wide in the showers.
After he dried himself, Mistress M did an inspection, noted that his penis was suitably limp, wrote T7 with a grease pencil on his right thigh and lower back, and gave him a Mailboy Management Unit synchronized to 7's. The elastic sleeve holding the MMU fit snugly on his upper arm.
Within minutes, 7 and T7 were off to their first pickup. The morning was hectic with several pickups and deliveries on all four floors. When they returned to the shower room to freshen up on their morning break, Mistress M checked their performance on her app. She noted they were doing well with only a few demerits, so she unsynchronized their MMUs. "You're on your own now T7," she said. "You've worked here for enough years to know your way around. Let's see how you do as a mailboy with the training wheels off." A few minutes later, his MMU buzzed and he moved along quickly.
Ross felt strange enough running around the office naked with 7 to guide him, but being solo was really weird. Two openly gay guys he knew, smiled broadly as he approached and as he walked away. They didn't say a single word, but they checked him out inch by inch, including his penis which hung uselessly in front of him. It was much more visible now that all his pubic hair had been shaved off.
He felt some arousal, but it didn't show in the usual way. His balls had been feeling full and congested ever since he showered with several mailgirls at the start of the day. When he had bent down to wash his legs his face was just inches away from a shaved, soapy pussy and the mailgirl who was washing herself didn't seem to mind at all.
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