So this one is another Old Man playing around story, with a computer and deals with Cam Girls. Please enjoy, let me know what you think, and again, be polite and useful in your comments. My next one will be from a request of fan and part of the Action Figures series.
ADMIN RIGHTS
Jim yawned and stretched. It was the end of a long day at work and it was time to head home.
"Well, that's it for me. You working late?" he asked the woman across from his cubical.
The pretty woman named Samantha next to his cubical didn't respond right away. She gave his a look of "Why are you talking to me creep" and then said "Hell no. I'm heading out with Diane and Rebecca from HR, girls night at the Roadhouse with cheap margaritas." Samantha responded.
Jim forced a smile. "Sounds fun. Better than my night anyway. Grab a bite and then some binge TV."
Samantha sneered and said "No surprise there."
They started packing up when Samantha muttered "Oh ho! BB is coming!"
Jim froze for a second and muttered "Oh please no."
BB was short for "Boss Bitch", which was the unflattering name of Heather Mackenson, the owner, CEO, and over all boss of the small communications company they worked for. She was young, a genius, a stunning knockout, and an absolute bitch when it came to work.
She was a complete iron maiden and ran her company with an iron fist. And on top of it, she really had it out for him. Jim was arguably one of her best workers, but she always was on his case for everything. And it didn't help he was the only man in the company and she was a hard core feminist.
"Jim! We have an issue, and it needs to be resolved now." Heather said as she marched up to his cubicle.
Jim repressed a sigh and nodded. "Ok, what's up? The Denore packet?"
"No, the Frederick Contract."
Jim paled. That was his main project and he had thought everything was good to go on it.
"What's the issue?"
Heather glared at him. "Why did you go with version 5.6?"
"That was what we had agreed on."
"No, last week we switched to 5.9."
Jim stared at her dumbfounded. "What? When?"
"At the midweek conference."
"The one that was cancelled?"
"It wasn't cancelled. It went ahead and I covered for you. And then I sent you the updates."
"I never got them!"
"Yes, you did. Susan showed me. So, did you just pencil whip it, and not really read it? Or are you just fucking off?" Heather said with a nasty tone.
"I never saw anything! I can show you my email!" Jim went to start up his computer but Heather cut him off.
"I don't want to see anything or hear your excuses!" Heather marched up to him and looked him dead in the eye. "This is due Monday morning, it's now Thursday night. I don't care what you have to do, but you WILL be done on time. Am I clear?"
Jim was twitching with rage. That damned Susan! She had set him up!
Susan was Heather's personal assistant, and a real snake in the grass. She thought she was a lot smarter than she was, but she was nasty good at office politics. Jim and others suspected she was angling for the General Office Manager position that was going to come open in a couple of years when the company underwent some major changes. While she never wrecked a project, she seemed to constantly be involved in finding "errors" or "delays" with things. Such as emails not being sent and then somehow showing up.
Jim knew that if he opened his work email, there would be an open and read email showing exactly what Heather was saying. Susan had access and authority to make stuff like that happen, and Heather trusted her fully. Susan was really the only real blind spot Heather had in the business.
Jim swallowed his anger and said "I understand."
Heather nodded and marched off. Jim sat down and sighed.
"Well, so much for your "night". Enjoy." Samantha said with a bit of a nasty grin.
"Yeah. Looks like a long night. Fucking Susan."
Samantha stood up and stared hard at him. "You say something? That sounded a lot like an accusation without proof. Maybe I should call up HR? See what they think."
Jim nodded and turned his computer back on. "If you want to waste your Friday fucking with me, go ahead. If not, get lost and have a nice night."
Samantha scowled and then stormed out.
Jim worked all night and all the next day. He went home for a few hours Friday night to shower and get some sleep, after getting reamed again by Heather via a phone call. He worked all day Saturday, most of the night, another nap, and then all day Sunday. He had everything done at 5 minutes till 5. Heather sent him a terse email telling him good job, but to get his head in the game.
Jim snarled at that and left the building. Jim got in his car and drove home. Instead of going up to his place, he got out and started to walk around the block to clear his head.
"Fucking bitch. What the hell did I ever do to her? Fucking over other people just to set herself up! I should quit and work somewhere else." Jim muttered.
After a few walks around the block, Jim stopped and sat down on a bench. It was a nice night out, and some couples were walking around. Jim sighed again. It would be nice to have a girlfriend but work and the usual load of modern bs seemed to keep him unattached.
It didn't help that Jim knew he wasn't exactly the biggest stud either. He had a few extra pounds, and it was gaining on him as he was working longer and longer and had less time to himself. He couldn't even leave for lunch anymore without someone in the office making some damned comment or complaint.
And it was hard not to notice that this was becoming more and more routine. Emails not sent, meetings "cancelled" and then back on but without any notice given. And to top it all off, nearly every woman there was pretty good looking.
Jim sighed again. He knew what he would do that night. Get online and go to one of those live stream girl sites. He'd have a couple of drinks and end up wasting a bunch of money on a woman he'd never see pretending to care.