(I) Ricardo
Petunia LeBar, 20, was wearing a tight, sleeveless red dress that only went half-way down her upper legs, with black fishnets and matching high heels. All this, and a brightly made-up face, with red lipstick, to catch the attention of a potential male employer, in her desperate search for a job she'd be unqualified for, but one that would pay enough so she could live. Even the tips she'd made as a waitress weren't enough to live on, and had they been, it still wouldn't have mattered, because she'd just been fired for yelling at one customer and spilling coffee on another.
Walking about downtown Toronto, she saw a sign on an office window: NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY, FULL TRAINING PROVIDED. She went right into the office. A man at a desk smiled at her.
"Hi," he said warmly, putting out his hand to shake hers. "I'm Ricardo Davis." They shook hands.
"Petunia LeBar," she said, sitting down.
She looks perfect for the job, he thought; But, does she have the...talents?
"The sign outside says I'll get all the training I need, right?" she said. "But, what is the job, and how do you choose who you want for it? Are there any qualifications I need to have?"
"Well," he said, looking her up and down, "all I need to know is how badly you want this job." He took out a piece of paper.
"How well does the job pay? If it pays what I need to live and eat comfortably," she then purred, "I'll do anything you want."
"Oh, you won't need to worry about money. With this job, you'll never worry about rent, food, or clothing ever again. As for comfort, well...this job is all about comfort."
"Then I'm in," she purred, noting his ogling.
"Good," he said, giving her the paper and a pen. "Just fill out this questionnaire, and let me take your picture."
"OK," she said, standing up and letting him take a full-body picture of her with his cellphone.
"Good. Then, if you'll just fill out the questionnaire, please?"
"OK." She sat down, picked up the pen, and looked at the questions. She marked her place of birth as Vancouver.
"Wow. You're from that far away, eh?"
"Yeah," she said, noting the question, 'Emotional Relationship with Family,' and marking the box that said, 'Estranged/Not on Speaking Terms'.
Ricardo raised his eyebrows and smirked at that choice of answer.
"These are very strange questions," she said after checking two on a scale of one to ten, one being '100% straight', and ten being '100% gay.' Ricardo smiled at her choice of two. "They don't seem like the kinds of questions to ask about job qualifications."
"Well, as you know, we'll give you full training, so things like education and job experience aren't so relevant. We just want to know if your personality traits are suited to us."
For 'Have you ever been given an IQ test?' she checked 'Yes,' then wrote her score, after hesitating, as 98.
You're lying, aren't you? he thought, grinning; You scored lower than 98, I'll bet. Good: we aren't looking for smart people.
For the question, 'How many relationships have you been in?' Petunia checked '5-10 boy/girlfriends'. And for 'Are you in a relationship now?' she checked 'No.'
Again, Ricardo smiled at her answers. Lots of sexual experience, we can safely assume, he thought; and no current attachments.
For 'Experience with Recreational Drugs,' on a scale of zero (never) to five (regular user), she hesitated again.
"Please be honest," Ricardo said. "Don't just tell us what you think we want to hear. You'll be surprised at what we like here."
She checked 'three'. He smiled.
Then she changed the IQ of 98 to 94. He grinned.
"Honesty is the best policy here," he said. "Your chances of being hired will be better, I assure you."
'How difficult is your current financial situation?' was the next question. From one (dire) to five (good), she chose one.
His smile never left his face. "How dire?" he asked.
Her eyes watered up. "I really need this job."
"Oh, there, there." He motioned for her to come sit on his lap. She went over, sat on his erection, and broke out in tears.
"I don't know what I'm going to do," she sobbed. They embraced, and she put her head on his left shoulder. "When my roommate moved out of our old apartment to go back home, I couldn't find a replacement to share paying the rent. My old waitress job didn't make anywhere near enough in tips and the hourly wage to pay rent in any decent apartment, and what's more, I lost that job, too. I'm stuck in a filthy apartment with cockroaches, paying with my savings, but that money will all be used up in just a few months. I'm desperate. I'll do anything for this job."
Looking at her clothes and smelling her perfume, he was sure she'd do anything. "I think we can train you in something involving office and clerical work," he said, patting her on the bottom and staring down into her cleavage. "Don't worry, sweetie. Ricardo will help."
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The next day was her first day at work. She came into Davis's office wearing a tight-fitting, brown wool dress that again went only half-way down her upper legs. She also wore high heels, and the usual bright, heavy makeup, but no hosiery.
She stood there before him, letting him ogle her. "Do you like how I look?" she asked.
"Oh, very much," he said, looking down at her cleavage and legs.
"Do you want me to turn around?" she asked, as distasteful as it felt to ask him.
"Yes," he panted, "turn around for me. Let me see the rest of you."