SHOP GIRL FANTASIES #1: It's not what you know.....
Up until now, Allan had had it pretty sweet. He was the only one of his friends that had managed to get to the age of 26 without actually having to enter the rat race of society. He had managed to just work in college holidays to get beer money, and had enough saved up from the job he'd had while at school and what was left of his student loans after finishing (amazing what not buying any text books will do!) to blag his way through.
However, he could put it off no longer-his bank account was as overdrawn as would allow and his folks were just about tapped out too. He was gonna have to bite the bullet and get himself out to work.
He went through his options and considered what was available to someone in his position. He didn't want to be stuck in an office or have to wear a suit. He only wanted to work the exact number of hours he had to, to get by paying the rent and bills, with enough left to go out in the evenings. If he could find somewhere near to a pub or bar that would be even better-he could just roll out of work and into the pub-great stuff!
Always the idealist, he grabbed that week's local paper in hope of the perfect position. Advert after advert for call centre and temp jobs were pretty much the standard-Allan's nightmare positions. However, flicking through the smaller ads to get to the sports pages, a small boxed ad caught his eye. Well, it wasn't so much the ad as the logo at he top of the ad that he noticed. It was one he was all too familiar with after 4 years at the place it belonged to.
It appeared that the city college were seeking a shop supervisor to work 35 hours during the new term. Could that be any more ideal, he thought to himself? Decent money, close by, not too many hours and easy enough work. Plus he already knew his way around. He looked down at the contact details and saw a name he recognised. It was the recruitment officer who worked in the reception block-a mousy, unassuming looking young woman who just happened to owe him a favour. While at College, he had come back late from a Student party to find this particular lady stripped totally naked lying on the kitchen table being roughly fucked up the ass by one of Allan's housemates.
As the woman's husband happened to be the head of Allan's course, she was naturally eager to keep this quiet and in her position in admin, she made Allan's life somewhat easier when he missed deadlines or needed a sneak at test papers.
Back in the present, Allan noticed that the application date had passed, but thought he may be able to chance it anyway. He picked up the phone and tapped in the woman's number. It rang twice before a familiar voice picked up.
"Hello admin block, Claire Shaw speaking, how can I help?"
Allan was pleased she had picked up directly herself.
"Yes, I'd like to apply for the shop job please" Allan answered confidently.
Claire replied quickly "I'm very sorry but that is not possible...." Before being interrupted by the potential applicant.
"To everyone else maybe, but I'm sure you can make an exception?"
Claire seemed somewhat hacked off by the caller's attitude and replied with a sterner tone.
"I'm sorry, but that job closed 4 days ago, interviewing takes place tomorrow and all the holes are filled!"
Again, the caller swiftly responded "And you'd know all about that wouldn't you?" Claire was now very angry at the callers unpleasant attitude but was trained to handle difficult situations with sufficient calm.
"I'm sorry but....." this time she didn't even get to finish before Allan Answered back, she clearly didn't know who was calling but he was sure she would remember the situation "You seemed to be quite an expert on getting your hole filled in my kitchen 2 years ago, Mrs Shaw!"
Immediately, the silence on the other end told him she remembered, however, she tried to bluff her way out.
"I beg your pardon, I should report you to my senior or even the police, this is harassment!"
Allan was unmoved, he just needed to remind her who he was.
"36 East Avenue, 5th December 2001 about 2.15 am" he responded, "I came home to find you bent over getting your ass reamed by my flatmate John, ring any bells now love?"
This time the answer was very swift "Allan, is that you?"
"The very same" came the quick reply.