I actually make more than minimum wage, I'm a salesperson at an electronics store, but "Minimum Wage, Maximum Benefits" makes for a better title than "Slightly Above Minimum Wage (With Commissions), Maximum Benefits".
That being said, I get it: A guy in his mid 20s who works in an electronics store doesn't seem like much of a "go getter." (Well... be honest:
late
20s.) I understand that. But what
you
have to understand is that some of us don't adhere to society's rigid rules for what does and does not constitute "normal" or "acceptable" behaviour. No, I didn't finish college, or get married and start fathering babies when some of my friends did, but I live my life the way
I want
to live it, stress-free and happy-go-lucky. Really, I'm more forward-thinking than you might expect: with the mechanization and computerization of its workforce, North America is moving toward a service-based economy, where jobs like mine will be the primary way North Americans work in the near future. I'm just slightly ahead of the curve.
Of course, most of what I just said is bullshit. I dropped out of college because I'm lazy, not because I'm an anarchist; I work at an electronics store because it's all I can get, not because it's stress-free; and despite what I said about avoiding stress, the job isn't even all that stress-free, there are all
kinds
of weird stresses they put on us in the retail world. But I'm trying to work on my shtick for those awkward conversations with my mom. And, even though there are stresses, when I leave the store at 6 or 7, I leave all of those stresses behind (until the next morning). I don't get calls or emails during the night, I don't have "emergencies" to deal with, I don't have to provide monthly reports to anyone. The stresses are contained.
Not to mention that you'd be surprised how one can find little ways to relieve those daily stresses at work. Which brings me to my colleagues. Not all of them, most of my colleagues aren't important to this story - or to the world in general - but three are:
Kristen:
She works cash. She's white, with blonde hair, has a perfect body, and is almost always laughing or smiling.
Naomi:
She works cash. She's black, a little taller than the others, has a perfect body, and is almost always giggling or smiling.
Mia:
She works cash. She's Korean, a little shorter than the others, has a perfect body, and is usually smiling a knowing, quiet smile, like she knows exactly what's going on in your mind.
Visually, these girls are different from each other, but mentally and spiritually they're identical. Each of them could just as easily be named Becky - or Barbie. They're the kind of hot, 20-something girls who coast through life, having boyfriends and not really thinking about much else. Knowing that they don't have to work too hard - at anything - because they'll eventually be marrying guys with good jobs who'll take care of them. Their futures are mapped out: living in Barbie Dream Houses; driving pink, convertible Barbie cars; having babies and becoming doting moms. The whole package.
The reality is that they'll probably marry jocks (assuming that success in the college social scene will lead to success in life), become lower-middle-class dumpy moms, and spend "book club" every Friday afternoon drinking wine and reliving how hot they used to be.
I know, it sounds cynicle. But it's not all bad news, because in the meantime, those types of girls are
extremely
fuckable. Not because they're good at it - a lot of them aren't - but they just look so good that it's a great experience regardless. (Ever see an "oh face" on a hot, 20-something girl? Putting that look on a girl's face makes you feel like the king of the world!) If you can get a girl like that into bed,
do it.
And if you can get
three
of them... Then you should write it all down, like I'm doing now, so that you can get high fives well into your 40s for what a stud you used to be.
So this is the story of how these three girls became my... well... "harem" is probably not the right word. We'll just say "fuck buddies."
And it all started when I played hard to get...
The Prelude: Playing Hard to Get
It wasn't something I did on purpose. I can only tell this part of the story with the benefit of hindsight, because at the time I was clueless.
It started with a girl who came in to buy a tablet. Based on her accent, I think she was Pakistani, but whatever her race, she was the kind of girl it's hard to take your eyes off. Long, dark hair cascading off her shoulders; smoky eyes; perfectly done lipstick and sculpted eyebrows. She was wearing jeans and a button-down shirt, and the causal ensemble just emphasized how incredible her body was.
By all rights I should have been falling all over myself to please her, and normally I would have been. (Nobody's claiming I'm a smooth operator.) The thing is, I'd just gotten a call that my mom was in the hospital, so I was distracted. Don't worry, everything turned out fine! This isn't that kind of story. But it distracted me at the time, so I wasn't paying much attention to this girl or her looks.
The thing is, it's true what they say about playing hard to get: it really does make you more attractive. So while I was off in my own little world, more focused on helping this girl pick out a tablet than I was on her cleavage - did I mention her amazing, beautiful, wondrous cleavage? (They should have sent a poet...) -
she
was getting more and more interested in this average-looking guy who wasn't awed by her hot body the way most guys are.
The other thing about playing hard to get: it works best if you're not actually playing, but really
are
hard to get. In the beginning, this girl was all business, she just wanted a tablet. But then, when she didn't get her usual reaction from a guy like me, she started with a bit of light flirting. And when there was still no reaction, she started flipping her hair, trying to catch my eye. At one point she put her hand on my arm, a clear sign of interest from any girl, and I just brushed past her to show her a different tablet.
So she started to get even bolder. She hinted that one of the reasons she wanted a tablet was to get some "me time," in her lonely bed at night, until she could find someone else to join her there. So I showed her a tablet that was a little more expensive than the others, true, but had
great
colour, so she'd be able to experience every detail.