Work Departure

By R. Richard

Jianna asks, “Okay, where would James Dyll take me? Maybe, some raucous pizza place where the computer people hang out?”
Her mother pounces, “James Dyll wants to take you to the Sampan.”
Jianna is surprised, “Wait a minute. If I remember correctly, the Sampan is a Chinese place with a legendary view over a nighttime beach.”
Her mother says brightly, “Real Chinese food, with a romantic moonlight view.”
* * *
Jianna is marched, reluctantly, into the Sea Bird Bar, by (Jian) Janey, an executive with the company where James Dyll works.
(James Dyll proves to be a very hard looking man, who is not ugly, at least not all that ugly. James is wearing a very attractive suit. Well, Jianna is wearing a watered silk dress that shows more watered silk than skin. Jianna observes that she and James Dyll are perhaps a bit over dressed for the Sea Bird Bar. Despite Jianna’s worst fears, James Dyll is not dressed in uncured animal skins. In fact James Dyll is dressed in what must be a top of the line, patterned black wool suit.)
Janey introduces Jianna and James.
James responds with, “Hello, lovely lady.”
Jianna says, “Hello James, you are somewhat different than what I was led to expect.”
James starts things off with a mini lecture, “Due to heredity, plus my nightly work outs, I am built somewhat differently that the average man. Thus, I have my suits tailored. With a bit of careful shopping, I sometimes manage to buy mill end fabric, that project an upscale image.”
Jianna says, “Yes, the textured fabric does something.”
James says, “The watered silk dress that you wear leaves many of the rest of the ladies looking like they are wearing upscale burlap.”
Jianna smiles and says, “James, you are really on tonight.” (My ‘wolf dog on the prowl’ alarm is in full cry, but I ignore the warning.)
James Dyll says, “Well, when I am in social company, I try to rise to the occasion.”
Jianna asks, “Janey, is he always like this?”
* * *
My doorbell rings and it’s Jason Dyll, come to pick me up. I’m dressed in a short little black dress, with a strand of Mikimoto pearls.
Jason wears a flashy gold toned suit. He says, “Jianna, you look fabulous, no other word will do.” (Okay, what Jason means is you look fabulous in your LBD and even better out of your LBD. The night may well get to hand to hand.)
Jason escorts me out to his car and off we go, to the Sampan.
It’s my first time at the Sampan and I find that the staff is all Chinese. I mention the fact to Jason.
Jason says, “Yes, the staff is mostly from the Bejing area, in northern China, and they all speak Mandarin. There are any number of Chinese dialects, with most of them unintelligible to speakers of the other dialects. No, I don’t speak Mandarin, but the host or hostess here always speaks American.”
We have been seated out on a balcony, overlooking the moonlit beach area. It’s like a scene from a romance movie. I tell Jason, “It’s a spectacular view!”
Jason replies, “I wanted to take you here to the Sampan, when it’s near the full moon. The view is always good, but near the full moon, it’s, as you said, spectacular!”
We get the food and it’s really good. We eat and sip a good red wine. The view, the food and the wine is almost enough to make me forget that Jason wants to get me in the nude and then screw my brains out. A little delay, before the sex, is necessary here.
I ask Jason, “You are in computers. They say that you are doing well, from a business perspective. Why?”

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Mar 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224943043

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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Work Departure

By R. Richard © 2024

Chapter 1: Customer Acceptance Test

It’s just me, Diego the hardware support guy and Tanya, the Project Manager, plus a customer rep. I am just wrapping up a project Customer Acceptance Test (CAT).

Tanya hasn’t seen fit to introduce me to the customer rep guy, but no matter, since I already know the guy.

(The customer rep is ‘Howdy’ Harnish. Howdy has been around for quite a while. Howdy is actually a Senior Vice President, at the customer company. Howdy is a last second replacement as the customer rep. Probably Tanya doesn’t know who Howdy actually is.)

I let the CAT run down to finish. I then summarize for Howdy, The software run time is some 92% of the contractual time limit and the storage is at 79% of the available target computer storage. I am ready to answer questions that you might have.

Tanya jumps in, James is the assigned programmer for the program. Jim does have a Bachelor’s Degree (said with the kind of tone maybe followed by ‘And he does mostly wear shoes to work.’) We have been reshuffling our Computer Department and we have not been able to have a Master’s Degree review of James’ coding.

Howdy asks me, Jim, how is your program on computer bus loading?

I reply, Computer bus loading was an issue, and I used buffer to screen output to ease the loading. Take it, Diego.

Diego says, Jim and I worked in the lab with ‘scope tracking. The resulting computer bus loading is in the 90% range, but it fits.

Howdy asks