It had taken two weeks for Andrea to muster the courage to ask her boss for a raise, and today was the day she had decided that she was going to do it. She badly needed the money. She woke a full hour before the alarm and spent an hour getting dressed. She did and redid her hair trying to get the perfect balance of sexy but professional. She wore her best business suit, a navy blue jacket and skirt over a sheer white blouse, camisole and bra. She had joked with her best friend that she would not wear anything under the blouse if she thought it would get her the raise, but she thought her best chance was to look professional more than sexy. The skirt came down to just above her knees which showed her legs off very nicely. She finished off the look with a pair of blue patent leather pumps with three-and-a-half-inch heels.
She walked into the office 45 minutes before 8:00 AM. Most of her coworkers had still not arrived. Mr. Barker, her boss, was already working in his office. Andrea went to her desk to prepare herself mentally. She checked herself in a mirror and walked with all the confidence she could muster towards Mr. Barker's office. His office door was open. She knocked on the door and peered inside.
"Mr. Barker," she started "Can I talk to you about something."
Ron Barker frowned as he looked up at her. He threw his pen down onto his desk. "Yeah, come on in," he said, already looking annoyed about something. Andrea hoped it wasn't her.
Andrea closed the office door behind her, signalling that there she needed to talk to him privately, and sat down in the chair opposite her boss. "Mr. Barker," she began, "I've been working here for almost two years, and I my raise last year barely covered cost of living." She paused. "I deserve a raise because ..."
Mr. Barker cleared his throat loudly, interrupting her and said "Hold it right there. No. I can't do it."
Andrea had thought that she deserved and would get a raise, but she thought he'd give her a hearing at least. "But Mr. Barker," she protested, "I really need..."
Her boss cut her off again. "No!" He looked at her for a moment. "Kiss my ass."
"But," she protested.
"No. better yet, suck my cock!"
There was silence in the room. Andrea was shocked; her cheeks burned with humiliation. Mr. Barker was known for the occasional F-bomb, but she had never heard her boss use language like that before. She sat frozen, unable to speak; she looked at him with her jaw hanging loose in disbelief. After - what seemed to be a long silence - he asked "is that all?"
Without answering, she stood up. Her mind was racing: what was she to do about the rent, her bills, car payment. She turned and stepped away from her chair. Did she have any options? Any choice? She was breathing hard, and her heart was pounding in her chest. Quitting was obviously not an option. Lodging a complaint with HR was not going to get her the money she needed.