Unspoken Pleasure by Erotica

Her Special PayBack: #12

Holly looked at me and I nodded encouragement. She said, "Two might be used, but the other ten are junk."

Joe was sipping his drink and started coughing.

I quickly joked, "Holly, tell us what you really think. Don't hold back because the big guns are here."

She blushed, but Richard said, "Phil, I want to know what Holly thinks. It's kind of refreshing in a perverse way to hear someone tell me that three months of development work has been wasted."

"Look," Holly said. "I'm not guessing. I went to eight of our best customers and showed them the twelve changes and asked them. They are the ones who told me they were junk and that they would never use them. That is, except for the two changes, and then only three customers said they might help them a little.

"The company is doing things backward. They are guessing what the customer wants and then they go to the customer and tell them this is what they want. If you went into the field with me for three days we could visit twenty or more customers and they would tell you what they really want.

"That's what Phil and I do."

Richard quit talking and the table was silent as we sipped our drinks. Holly gave me a quick, worried look that told me she felt she might have said too much.

Richard looked at Holly and asked, "I want to offer you a job in the company in sales. You would do exactly what Phil does, and you would be on both salary and commission. Atlanta is a huge market so there is plenty of room for both of you." Joe was visibly surprised, but then smiled in agreement. Holy beamed at the offer and looked at me. The smile left her face and she said, "I really appreciate the offer, but I can't take it."

Richard was nonplussed. "Why not?"

Holly collected her thoughts for a few moments and then said, "There are a couple of reasons. First, I owe Phil everything. I don't know what he told you but I was down and he picked me up emotionally and financially. I haven't paid him back yet and until I do, I work only for him.

"Holly," I said...

would be dumb to make me a salesperson. Even if I was as good as Phil, and I'm not, and even if I liked selling as

That's my job. If I left him, he would have to significantly reduce his sales

a two person sales team is really the way you should

was over and Joe and

the end of the meal and we were waiting for his credit card to

then Holly. "I've been thinking during dinner. Here's what I think

did you start

four months ago," answered

resources department, but I'm pretty sure support an development employees make about twenty dollars and hour or more, which is about forty thousand per year. Will you join the company on straight salary and your job

at me and I nodded

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like that... no, I'd love that," said

them. Your official hire date is going to be four months ago, so your first check is going to be a big one." Holly smiled, "That's

but I want you to expense her car, cell phone, and any other legitimate business expenses you

little

meeting to go over our plans for the future. This year it's in Maui. I expect to see you there, and I want Holly to come too. I want you to prepare a presentation on the concept of the two-person sales team and present it to the group. I

I stammered, "No."

"And don't be surprised if we ask you to come to headquarters every three months or so to talk about what your customers want. In addition, I think every now and

of you. Holly, welcome to the company. I suspect I'm going to hear a lot about you and Phil in

other

the classy French restaurant. Mary was our waitress again-I had asked for her specifically. She brought over a bottle of Champaign when we sat down. I protested,