Her Special PayBack: #6

I walked into the apartment at seven that night. Holly was watching television news and smiled at me as I walked up to her.

I grinned, "Two sales today means I get a big commission check next month. You're still a lucky charm for me."

She grinned back. "Maybe it's because you're a good salesman Phil."

I asked, "How about a drink before dinner so I can come down a little bit from my high?"

She nodded yes and I made the drinks. I toasted her, "To my good luck charm."

She giggled.

We sipped for a few minutes and then I asked, "Are you making much progress with the operations manual?" "Yes." she replied. "In fact, I'm done with it."

"Holly, no one can get through those five hundred pages in a day and understand it. It just can't be done." She smirked as she said, "Wanna bet?"

I replied, "A bet wouldn't be fair. You can't win."

She answered with a challenge in her voice. "Okay Phil, make up a list of questions or give me reports to edit or change using your software package. If I do them right by the time you get home tomorrow, you have to wash the dishes tomorrow. And I'm warning you that what I'm making is going to be super messy."

I was actually surprised and delighted with her challenge. After dinner I went through a list of the most common call back problems I had with my new customers for the last four months and chose the ten toughest and wrote them out. I showed them to Holly who asked a couple of clarification questions.

As I went to bed that night, Holly called after me in a mocking voice, "I hope you know how to wash dishes Phil."

I woke up at one in the morning for a bathroom trip and saw that the living room lights were still on. I grinned to myself and thought that if she got five of the ten correct, I would call it a success.

came into the kitchen the next

"Not real

only had three sales calls that day and came back at about four. Holly was in

the living room. A smudge of flour was on her forehead and nose. "I haven't made this in a long

clean it

"But there is one problem we

"What?"

be done right because there is an error in the

"Impossible," I said.

"Wanna bet?"

"Sure," I answered.

I'm right that there is a software error, you wash the dishes tonight

even ask what I would win if Holly was

On the tenth problem she showed me where the software forgot to carry over a column, but then

was amazed and delighted, and made no effort to conceal my surprise. She relished in my praise. It was

"How late were you up

a little sheepish and muttered, "Maybe about five this

"Holly..."

bet. You didn't say I had to

grinned and

on me and helped me clean up after dinner. Thank god for little favors-she used more dishes than I knew I owned. However, the meal was

I suggested we walk to the park. We circled it once and found ourselves at the same table that we sat at a week earlier.

week one went well?" I

perfect,"

know about

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