ROLE PLAYING, SAVING MY JOB
My wife and I were driving on our way to our local bar. We were about to do another role play adventure. At my request, my wife was wearing a white, sleeveless blouse, slacks and underwear, of course.
"What are we doing tonight?" she asked.
"Well, Galdys (not her real name), we're meeting with that new boss of mine I told you about, Solomon."
"In a bar?"
"Yes. He asked for a place near where we live to meet. I suggested a few places and he said the bar would be fine."
"What's he like?" She asked.
"I don't know for sure. They're cutting people at the office and he's the guy they send in to fire people. Then they bring someone else in to try to get things going after the bloodbath."
"You told me they were cutting back. What does it have to do with us?" She asked.
"There are five analysts in my section. Word is they are cutting it to one or two and using a contractor to provide market analysis instead of us." I told her.
"Well, they wouldn't fire you, you're the best analyst they have. You were employee of the year two years ago." She said.
I went on, "They've already let Kim Roberts and Dave Akers go. They won't fire Pat Thomas. He's only been there a short time and makes less money and he's a minority."
"What kind of minority? He's white."
"Yes, but he's gay or something. He might've been a woman at one time."
She laughed
I went on, "So, there's Johnson and me left. Johnson and his wife went to dinner with Solomon last night."
She asked, "What happened?"
"I asked Johnson and he wouldn't say a thing."
We got to our favorite neighborhood bar and found a booth on the side. I sat beside 'Gladys'. After a moment, took off my jacket and went to the bar to get us each a drink.
When I came back, I sat across from Gladys and introduced my role-playing self. "I'm Solomon, people call me Sol or Solly. You're Gladys, it's nice to meet you. Your husband and some of the guys in the office have told me about you."
"What did they tell you?" She asked.
"Just guy talk." He chuckled and looked at the empty seat where her husband was 'supposedly sitting'.
I went on, role-playing as Solomon. "As you probably know, the home office has ordered some reductions in staff. We have to cut from five analysts to one or two. We might reclassify one to a lower pay grade."
Then he said, "I had to let Kim Roberts and Akers go. I tried to find a way for Kim to stay, but she wasn't open to my suggestions. Thomas stays. He's the lowest paid and it saves money to keep the lower paid guys. It also avoids pension costs, since the newer employees are not in the retirement system we used to have."
I was laying it on thick. "So, it comes down to your husband or Johnson. I had dinner with he and his wife Honey last night. Do you know her?"
Gladys said, "Yes. I've talked with her a few times."
I (Solomon) went on, "If it's not inappropriate to mention, she is a beautiful young lady. I think they are a few years younger than you two."
Gladys said, "Yes. She's quite attractive."
I said, "She has a nice figure. Her breasts are very nice and she shows them off with the clothes she wears."
"Yes, I've noticed."
'She showed them to me, you know." I said.
"Really? When did she do that?"
"Last night at dinner. We got to talking about things and somehow we got talking about the attractiveness of various women in the office and she showed me her breasts."
"Were they impressive?" Gladys asked.
He said, "Oh yes."
"Did she let you touch them?" she asked.
I nodded and said, "You have nice breasts too. By talking about hers, I didn't want to imply that yours weren't just as nice, at least as far as I can tell."
Gladys said, "I'll bet you'd like to see mine?"
I nodded again. "Maybe if you didn't have a bra on, I could get a better idea of what you have under your shirt."
Gladys looked at her husband (an empty seat) and then reached under the back of her shirt and unhooked her bra. She pulled the straps out of the arm holes of her shirt and reached under her shirt and pulled it down and off. She set it on the table. I picked it up and dropped over the back of the booth seat onto the adjoining booth.
Gladys put her hands behind her head and wiggled her chest. Her breasts swayed under her shirt and her nipples poked through the thin blouse.
"Show me." I requested.