To avoid confusion, I’ve named the characters. Tess is the female POV character, Adam is her boyfriend. The end of this part ends with a decision point. What does Mr. Stacey do? Does he even notice? Comment below and I’ll take the most like comment as the way forward.
Tess arrived two minutes late to work. Any other company may have forgiven the occasional tardiness, but Mr. Stacey, her manager, would not be forgiving. Tess knew she’d be called into his office within five minutes of settling in at her desk. Being reprimanded wouldn’t be so horrible if there wasn’t an element of public shame and humiliation involved. After each long and stern lecture from Mr. Stacey, he would then escort the employee in question out to the main floor, tell them to have a seat, and then lecture the entire office on why everyone else shouldn’t be like the employee sitting in the chair.