Meanwhile in Frank’s office, things seemed to be going smoothly…for a while…
‘Hello Mr..?’, Frank asked, confused that Alex did not have a resume with him
‘D’Souza, its Alex D’ Souza but you can call me Alex’
‘Okay, Alex. So as you might know there’s tough competition for this position. We’ve already interviewed some brilliant candidates. Tell me what makes you a good fit for this position’
‘That I can do anything’ Alex said, suddenly becoming more forward
‘Um…would you care to elaborate please’
‘Well Mr. DiLeo or do you want me to call you Frank..’
‘Mr. DiLeo is fine’
‘Mmm…you like to be authoritative; nice. So, Mr. DiLeo I’m well aware of what this job demands and I can assure you I will not only ‘rise up’ to the occasion but go as high as you want me to’, Glasses spoke, pouting a little and making some formation with his lip that Frank just found utterly absurd
‘Mr. D’Souza, that’s very unclear. If you could be more specific, that’d be nice. Like for instance, tell me one quality you’ll bring to this job’
‘Well, Sirrrr’ he purred ‘I’m very bendy’
‘Bendy?! Oh, you mean like flexible? Like working well in a group?’
‘Yes sure, I can work in a group. I ‘worked’ with 7 people before. And that was one memorable night’
‘Ok, still a little vague, but let’s move ahead. What practical experience do you have in this field?’
‘Not a lot sir, I’ve only recently transferred to this ‘field’ because of recession and lack of jobs, but the few clients I’ve worked for are all extremely satisfied with me. In fact, I still haven’t quit my last job. But when I came to know that you were offering 65000$ plus bonuses, I knew I had to try out for this job’
‘Oh well, Mr. D’Souza I think you’re a little mistaken. We’re only offering 50000$ and no bonuses’
‘That isn’t too bad either ‘sirr’
‘Ok. So now I need to test your practical skills. Are you ready Mr. D’Souza?’
‘Absolutely sirr’ he said, crossing his feet and sitting back on the chair more comfortable. This was his time to shine
‘So, here are a set of objects, you can pick any one of them and demonstrate their use Mr. D’Souza. You have 5 minutes’
Glasses Alex looked at the strange objects on the table. Though new to this he had done some pretty weird shit. But had never seen any of these objects before.
There was a Lego like wooden block
and some screws. ‘Ouch, that’s gonna hurt’ he thought to himself.
Then there was a metal frame with two bars at the end, and five metal balls hanging down on a metal string.
‘Hmm…this looks interesting’ he thought and gave a little gentle push to one of the balls and all the five started swinging in sync. As temptingly interesting as it looked, he didn’t really know what to do with them and so he moved on to the next.
It was a weird puzzle like thing, with six to seven wooden blocks. He had no idea where or how they fit.
There were a few more weird assortments on the table. But at the end, a little away from the other things was a banana.
Ah! Glasses Alex exclaimed to himself. I know exactly what to do with this.
‘You ready Mr. D’Souza?’ Frank asked looking at his watch
‘Yes sir’ Alex replied confidently
‘Okay, go ahead. Your time starts now’
Glasses picked up the banana, kissed the little open tip at the end, licked it a little and then placed the thick yellow skin in between his teeth and peeled it off slowly. He licked the naked shaft of banana and moved on top again. Bit into another yellow bit and peeled it off. Once the banana was completely naked, Glasses began licking it all over. He then took the upper half in his mouth and sucked it, making sensual sounds. He took the banana deeper and deeper, shoving it back and forth in his mouth, till he heard a loud bang on the table and stopped
‘Mr. D’Souza, what in the living hell are you doing!’
‘I’m just demonstrating my skills Sirrr’
‘What fucking skill is that’
‘Oh no sir, this isn’t a fucking skill. That comes after. If you want, I can show you that too’
‘What!? No. Mr. D’Souza, this is totally inappropriate behavior’
‘But sir, you asked me to demonstrate my skills sir’
‘Yes! Your skills with machines and parts. These puzzle pieces are all for that Mr. D’Souza’
‘But why did you keep a banana on the table then, Sirr’
‘That was my lunch Mr. D’Souza’,
Frank spoke with an utterly disgusted look on his face
‘Oh, I’m sorry’
‘Jesus!’ Frank took a few deep breaths and then calmly continued ‘Mr. D’Souza, the sugarbaby interviews are being held in the office at the left end of this corridor. But I don’t think you’re…no you know what, you should go for the interview. I’m sure Mr. Jackson would be delighted to interview you’
‘Ok Mr. DiLeo. Thank you and um…sorry for this’ He wrapped the banana back and held it out to Frank ‘Here’s your lunch’
‘It’s ok. You can keep it. Have fun!’
Glasses Alex walked back into the corridor to find Jeanie sitting at her desk
‘Excuse me’ he spoke and she looked up
‘Yes..’
‘I think you sent me to the wrong room’
‘You’re here for the applications engineer position right?’
‘No, um…actually I’m here for the sugarbaby thing’
‘What!’ Jeanie laughed. ‘You’ve got to be kidding me!’
‘No, I’m serious. I thought Mr. DiLeo was interviewing me for that position and well he clearly wasn’t’
‘Oh god! You thought Frank’ she laughed ‘oh god, no I cannot imagine that’
‘Umm…yes. So now, you need to show me um…Mr. Jackson’s room’
‘Lol yeah right. I don’t wanna be fired.
Wait. If you’re here that means, the other Alex….oh no! Shit…Shit…Shit’, she got up from her desk and ran towards Michael’s office as fast as her Gucci heals allowed her and glasses followed right behind her.
