Author: deejayrumba

So I’ve been trying to decide if I wanted to share this story. I am really struggling to come to terms with what happened. Hopefully you all don’t think I’m a pushover idiot.

Anyways, roughly one week after my encounter at Joe’s office I get a call…

I answer in my usual scripted corporate manner, and he replies, “Jesus do you rehearse that?”.

Before I can protest he continues, “never mind I don’t care. I need to meet with you and go over these invoices they’re all fucked up and I need you to fix them”

I am all business, still really mad about how he treated me last time, “Of course we can do that – no problem. Why don’t you come by my office and we can go over whatever you want?”

Joe laughs and says “I’m not driving all the way out there meet me at our favorite diner and bring your little laptop and we’ll fix it there.”

Before I can suggest somewhere closer to me he hangs up and I groan in irritation. Read more »

After what happened last week I was pretty ashamed with myself. I decided that there was no way that I would ever do anything with Joe again. It was not only wrong considering he was a taken man, but I didn’t even like him. All went to plan until last night…

It’s 7 PM Friday Night. This week was just awful at work. I am exhausted and lonely. My friend Jen was supposed to take me out and we were going to have fun tonight, but apparently, she got called into work.

So, I’m here, still in my work outfit, sitting on the computer reading terrible news about how this and that is awful and such and such died. My work phone springs to life with loud vibrations and it almost falls off my desk. I glance at it and halfheartedly prevent its imminent demise.

I answer it without checking to see who it is, and immediately get an earful of angry shouts. “God dammit you stupid bitch you sent me the wrong shit” I pull the phone away from my ear and see its Joe. Oh no. What did I do now? Read more »

Hi. I’m Katie. I’m a 24 year old middle level salewoman at a giant corporation. I’m not the best at my job to be honest. I always try to be fair to my customers but sometimes it just gets too stressful to handle. This happened a few weeks ago and I haven’t been able to really come to terms with it fully. I hope you all like my retelling. I’ll warn you there’s a bit of intro..
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There is a stigma that surrounds professional sales people, that they’ll do anything to get a sale. I didn’t think that was a fair stigma, but after today I suppose it’s true.

I am already 15 minutes late to work this morning. I could try and blame the traffic, or say I overslept my alarm or make up some excuse but nobody even cares if I show up or not. They don’t think i’m important. Just a wall ornament, a pity hire, some dumb blonde that doesn’t know how to do anything.

So I get to my dinky cubicle in the back corner of the office and sink onto my creaky 20 year old office chair. I see my reflection on a plaque I was given for being sales trainee of the month two years ago. I immediately feel disappointed in my lack of even trying today. Read more »