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J & T, LTC. Office Retreat (Part I)

Tuesday Feb 8, 2005

Jon and Travis made their way to Treasure Island. They had fallen into some money some time ago and recently began funding and building their dream, a startup water purification consulting agency. This trip to Treasure Island, just a short drive from downtown San Francisco, was a business getaway -- a team-building retreat.

Meeting Jon and Travis, or J & T as they were becoming known around town, was their small but growing staff of 4. 3 consultants named Chris, Henry, and Shaniqua, and their clerical staff of one - Sari Bennet.

It was no secret that Sari had the job before she even opened her mouth in her interview. Upon seeing her waiting in the lobby, Jon had heard bells in his head and Travis had managed to spill his incredibly hot coffee staining his pants and seering is left inner thigh. Sari was a knockout and lucky for these love struck co-owners she was also single, intelligent, and open to experimentation.

It is also no secret, at least as far at the employees of J & T are concerned, that Chris is attracted to Henry but is too shy to speak of his love, They all seem to believe that Henry is mostly asexual and is really only passionate about water products, and everyone thinks that Shaniqua was hired to fill a diversity quota.

Well two of these "facts" are actually, mostly, and beyond theory, conjecture, and the like, untrue. Henry is actually quite an animal outside of work. At work he's a tie wearing water expert, but after quitting time, forget what you know. Sari, the woman for whom which both J & T would sacrifice it all, ran into Henry just two weeks ago at the Blue Light Lounge on Geary and Stanyan. Somewhere between drinks, dancing, and Henry's sheets, she learned just how non-asexual the man is.

The other untrue-ism (not a word, but when has that stopped my mad narration skills? Anyway...) Shaniqua was not hired for racial quotas or to make the company look more diverse. Yes in hiring her the company was made to look more diverse, but this was not the motive of her hire, just a wonderful bonus of inviting her to be a part of J & T Quality Water and Natural Beverage Consultants, LTC. Shaniqua was actually brought on because unlike the rest of the new hires, she had over 20 years of experience in Beverage Quality control prior to joining and really should be running the whole firm.

Making the whole issue of the belief that anyone was hired for diversification purposes over quality experience even more ironic, Shaniqua had actually been a victim of being a baby who was switched at birth. She was a dark skinned baby who came from Sephardic Jewish lineage. The real Thomas baby who was sleeping just one incubator over at the hospital was much lighter skinned. The nurse upon looking at the tags decided that Shaniqua Thomas and Rebekah Mordechi's charts must have been switched on accident. Her assumption was that there was no way the young Jewish baby could be darker than the young black gal. She assumed incorrectly and undid what she thought was a mistake nevering speaking of the matter again. She passed away over 8 years ago. Now only I know of this mishap, and if you've read this far, you too are now aware. I created her, this nameless nurse. But I did not tell her to switch the babies. She made that mistake herself and I let that secret die with her. Don't tell anyone please.

To Be Continued . . .