Chris was very pleased with himself. He recently received a promotion to regional sales manager along with a very nice raise at the Thompson Insurance Company, the company where he worked. He could hardly wait to tell Jennifer, his lovely blonde wife of ten years.
One of the VP’s knocked on the door to his office. William Tyndall, the VP over the department came into Chris’ new office and closed the door. Mr. Tyndall casually sat on the edge of the new executive’s desk.
“Hello, Chris,” he said. “Congratulations on your recent promotion. You have moved up very nicely now and have even greater promotion potential within the company, if you play your cards right. Do you know what I mean?”
“Ahh, no, Mr. Tyndall,” replied Chris. “I’m not exactly sure what you mean by playing my cards right.” Chris was really quite naive.
“Now that you are an executive, Chris, please call me Bill.”
Chris was surprised at Mr. Tyndall’s lack of formally. It was almost always grounds for termination if an employee didn’t call Mr. Tyndall, “Mr. Tyndall.”
“Bill” also had the derogatory nickname of “Billy Boy.” It was rumored that if you were ever caught calling him that derogatory name, you would be fired right then and there on the spot.
“Chris, the company has great plans for you. If you play your cards right, fortune and fame will come your way. Well, no, not really, but your future bonuses will depend upon you and your wife. Now that you are one of us, you and your lovely bride, what’s her name? Jennifer isn’t it? Will be invited to participate in other Reindeer Games,” he joked.
“Yes, sir, my wife’s name is Jennifer.”
“You two have been invited to join our exclusive club which meets for drinks and dinner every Saturday night at the Thompson estate. You and your wife should really get dressed up for an intimate night of dining and dancing. Ol’ Man Thompson really knows how to throw a helluva party.”
“Let me check with my wife to see if we can make it, okay?”
“Sure, sure. Go ahead and check with the little lady. Oh, by the way,” Bill said. “Have you two ever done any swinging before?”
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