I was sat at my desk going over some customer accounts when Geoff, my boss,
came over. Geoff was in his early 40's with dark brown hair and was about 6
feet tall and of average build, a lot of the women in the office found him
very attractive.
"I want a chat with you in my office in 5 minutes" he said.
I thought nothing of it as it was not uncommon for him to call anyone in to
his office, he probably wanted to discuss an upcoming project or go over
figures. I finished off what I was doing and went up and knocked on his
door.
"Come in" came the shout from behind the door.
I opened the door and went in.
"Close the door behind you" said Geoff.
I closed the door and walked up to his desk.
"Take a seat" he told me. I sat down.
"What was it you wanted to see me about?"I asked him.
"You were working late last night weren't you?" he questioned.
"Yes sir I was" I replied.
"Can you tell me what exactly it was you were working on?" he continued.
"I was just processing those orders you asked me to do" I told him.
"And nothing else?" he said.
"No that was it" I replied slightly nervously.
"Thats funny" he said "because we've just had new cameras installed and
when I checked last nights tape I was slightly surprised to see this".
My heart was in my mouth as he turned the monitor round to show me the
video. It was of me smoking a spliff on the fire escape. I breathed a
slight sigh of relief but was still concerned about what he would do about
it.
"You know I would be well within my rights to pass this on to the police
don't you, it's a clear breach of company policy and furthermore it's
illegal" he said.
"I'm really sorry sir" I said "I know its against the rules and I promise
it won't happen again".
"It had better not" said Geoff.
"Thank you so much sir" I replied.
