The Rest Of The Working Day

Needless to say, Debbi's day continued to be fraught. As Diane whisked her out of the office and towards the board room, Debbi was once again conscious of the grinning faces and of the difficulty of even walking in the ridiculous platform shoes from Carol's teenage past. Her whole body seemed to bounce as she walked.

A brief explanation regarding her outfit was given to those attending the presentation and she then tried to shut out all thought of the views she must be presenting every time she turned to point to something on the white board and concentrate on her technical expertise. It wasn't easy to do so and wasn't helped by the fact that her presentation was being relayed on zoom back to selected executives in Japan who had not been able to make the trip ! Fortunately, the fact that the Japanese delegation had a flight to catch from Heathrow meant there was no further obligation to socialize and Debbi was able to retreat once more to her office.

"Carol, this memo !" she exclaimed once she was back at her desk. "What's wrong with it ? We had to give people some sort of explanation or they would have thought you'd lost your mind or something" Carol defended herself. "Ok but did you have to go into so much detail ? And it makes me sound like a willing volunteer for that degrading spectacle" Debbi complained. "So, would you rather I'd said 'Debbi was once more tricked and made a fool of by Diane' ?" answered Carol somewhat harshly. "Guess not" Debbi conceded.

She made do with a sandwich from Pret for lunch that Carol went and bought for her and she hoped to spend the remainder of the day in her office. However, she had forgotten that HR had arranged an event for candidates for the next graduate intake and Debbi was supposed to give a talk about the company and show them the offices. "I can't do that like this" Debbi protested when Karen arrived to remind her. "It's ok, I've copied the candidates into the memo Carol sent out, so they all know the situation and won't be surprised by how you look !"

Every time Debbi sat or bent over the frayed cut offs rode up further, baring more and more of her bum. She couldn't adjust them since there was precious little material to adjust anyway and walking upstairs to HR with Karen did nothing to help the situation. Karen introduced Debbi to the half dozen candidates. "They've all read Karen's explanation and so know why you are casually dressed today" she said helpfully.

The graduates may have read the memo but that did not prepare them for quite how casually Debbi was dressed. The four males could not help but focus on Debbi's nipples that were now poking prominently through the material of her top in the fierce air conditioning of the meeting room. And then there were the legs that seem to go on and on forever right up to the abbreviated shorts ! The two female candidates just looked on with surprised and scornful smirks on their faces.

With everything else that had been going on, Debbi had not prepared but she stumbled through some platitudes about how it was a dynamic and innovative company but nevertheless a lot of fun to work at. "We work hard and play hard" she intoned, groaning inwardly as she uttered the old cliché.

The idea had been that Debbi would then show them the office where they might be working and Karen thought it a good idea if the candidates could chat informally with some of the Debbi's team. Debbi was **** to lead the way, uncomfortably aware of the rear view she was presenting as she made small talk about the canteen and other facilities.

"Stew and Sandra can tell you all about what we do here" said Debbi before hastily beating a retreat to her office once more. The candidates were less interested in the day to day work of the team than in the intriguing figure of their possible new boss. Stew and Sandra were more than happy to fill them in. "She's not like this every day" Stew began cautiously. "No, just about every couple of weeks" Sandra laughed. "Remember when she went jet skiing in her bra and pants ?"..."And secret Santa !"..."Don't forget Halloween"..."And the bikini car wash that turned into the topless car wash !" The candidates began to think that it might indeed be a fun place to work !