Geek Actually Season 1, Episode 3: Boss Battles by Melissa Blue

Author:Melissa Blue
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serial Box Publishing

“Why not?”

“Because we’re a store, not a hotel!” Leonard hissed.

“Yes, but you’re a bed store,” she pointed out. “And it really helped me sell a bed this morning.”

“You sold a bed?” Leonard sounded surprised.

“Yes. One of those big plush ones,” she said, pointing to it. He frowned.

“You sold a bed that was on sale,” he said. “How long did they sleep?”

“About twenty minutes.”

“Hmph. And how many people have you encouraged to ‘test-sleep’ the beds?”

“All of them.” She shrugged. “I haven’t sold any other beds, but several people seemed really refreshed. This is a big decision, you know. I think it helped.”

He rubbed his hand over his face as they watched the previously napping guy stagger out of the store. “Where is the sales paperwork? For the bed you sold?”

She frowned. She’d put it down on Leonard’s messy desk. She walked him over to it, taking a second to unearth it from the new plumber’s bills and some other sundry paperwork that had come in. She handed it to him, sighing when he frowned.

“This is filled in all wrong.”

“You didn’t show me how to fill in paperwork,” she pointed out.

“I didn’t think you were going to make a sale,” he snapped. As if that were her fault! “And I would’ve expected you to come and ask me questions if you didn’t know how to fill out the paperwork.”

“You were dealing with the plumbers. I didn’t think it was that hard …”

“You have the delivery date too soon,” he moaned. “Now we have to honor it, and I’m going to have to pay extra. This is rush delivery, but you didn’t incorporate it into the price.”

She bit her lip. Okay, that was a problem. “Um … I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”

“No, you won’t,” he said, and he had it. The Look. She was very familiar with The Look.

“I’m fired, aren’t I?”

He sighed. “Technically, we never filled out paperwork, so you weren’t even hired,” he answered. “But … I’m sorry, but you’re just not going to work out, you know?”

That seemed unfair, but to be honest, she wasn’t really looking forward to working with Leonard anyway. He didn’t seem to have the same fixations or irritations that, say, Mr. P. had—he hadn’t commented on her looks once, which was refreshing—but he did seem awfully grumpy, and she got the feeling he wouldn’t approve of how much time off she’d need.

“Well, can I get paid for today?”

He blinked at her. “You weren’t hired,” he repeated.

What would Taneesha do?

Taneesha would not take this lying down. No pun intended.

“I worked here a whole day. I sold a bed,” she insisted. “Even with the rush delivery, that makes you guys money.”

“I didn’t fill out any paperwork,” he said with a wince. “And I’m not going to get you a paycheck for a couple of hours.”

Again, like that was her fault. She tried to channel her inner Michelle this time. Like he was a subordinate, and she was putting him in his place.

He stared at her.

She stared back.

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