I arrived at the agreed upon restaurant right on time. She entered the door five minutes late, walked straight to where I was seated, kissed me on the cheek, and sat down facing me.   “First of all, we have been together three times and have not introduced ourselves. I am Brittany.” “Yes, I know,” I replied. “I have researched you. And my name is Kyle.” “And Kyle, what have you discovered in your research?” “You are a v...

As it neared 4:30 in the afternoon I walked toward my neighbor’s office. Her door was not locked so I gently pushed it open and entered. She was on the phone but motioned for me to come in. As she talked I looked at the awards and photos on her wall. Other than an occasional visit to Facebook I knew little about the social media world. But she had local, state, and national awards hung on her walls. There were also pictur...

In today’s world with the COVID travel restrictions, most business travel was suspended. Technology tools such as Zoom and other similar sites had become the norm. After no travel for several months, I was somewhat excited for a West Coast trip to Los Angeles and with a little luck could close a multi-million-dollar contract. The new regulations now in place made it more difficult and time-consuming. Temperature checks, p...

I did some quick research overnight to see what I could find out about my neighbor. She owned a social media company and had a great business reputation in our city. Apparently, she had been my office neighbor for two years and I have never seen her before. I arrived at the office around ten and wondered if she would be there or if I would ever see her again. The morning was quiet with little activity and no sign of my ne...

I rented a small office in a complex with many other businesses. My unit shared a restroom facility with another small office. The shared restroom was in between the two offices and both were locked from the inside, so we did not have access to each other’s offices. Because of the COVID restrictions and time constraints I had never seen the person in the other office. It was mid-afternoon on a Wednesday in August. I unloc...

I was in South Florida for a three-day trade show, the worst way to spend a weekend. Driving from the hotel to the trade show on the first morning I saw a sign just off the Turnpike that said Adult Cinema. A thought went through my mind and I wondered what a place like that would look like inside. I had watched porn, been to strip clubs, but never to an adult theater. I attended the first day of the trade show, but the th...