Pam Does Paris © Copyright, LdyJessika@aol.com, 2000
Author:  LdyJessika
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Jade had spent a long night arguing with Trevor, which wasn’t very unusual since they’d been arguing weekly for over three years. She was late opening the toy store, the new shirts she had ordered arrived with the wrong letter and it was the beginning of a hell of a bad hair day! She specifically wanted a letter and they incorrectly put the letter "A" - she stated she had wanted "J". She was arguing on the phone.

"No, I said a letter, not the letter "A". I wanted "J" –You were the one that said the letter "A" is a company on the east coast." She was in the process of finally getting the correct shirts, with the "J". "Look, send me a carton of the damn things. NO, I don’t want four orders, I don’t even believe in having company shirts. Who the hell is Steve? NO! no-one by that name works here. Look, send me a carton and we’ll see how I like wearing a logo on my tit – oh, excuse me, my chest."

Hanging up the phone she went behind the counter and started stocking the latest in adult toys from a reputable US company. The door opened and Jade looked up to see a woman walking in carrying an attaché case. Groaning to herself Jade recognized the case as a sales case. She didn’t particularly care for the type of woman that walked into her toy store and recognized the logo on the case. She wanted to just kick her out but business is business and she always looked over the competition’s products.

The woman spoke with a French accent, "Hello, I’m Pam from Paris. May I speak with the gentleman that owns the store? Is he here?"

Jade smiled, "I’m the owner, but you knew that. How can I help you?"

"Oh, you are the owner? Then you, of course, are familiar with my products?"

Pam opened her attaché case of products and put a competing vibrator on the counter. Jade had seen this model for years. The original was very well done but the French company had taken most of the substance out of it. Now it was mostly hype and not really kept up to standards. It came in so many versions that a customer had to buy all separate attachment packages to get anything to work. And then, if you called them because it didn’t work out they wanted to charge you for the phone call as consulting.

Jade sighed, "Look, I’m sure you believe in your product but it’s over priced and I prefer products that are one package. I don’t believe in making the customer buy all the extras that should belong in the original product.

Pam purred, "Oh, Cherie, that is such old thinking. But, I see you are an older generation than me. My customers have to stay with me – what does it matter if they have to buy all the extras – I have many, many beautiful products even if they are really all the same – why mon cher should I give them away for free."

Jade grinned, "Yes, I can see you wouldn’t give anything away for free."

At that moment Lisa walked into the store and walking up to the counter she looked over Pam with a dismissing look of disapproval.

Jade smiled, "Lisa, this is Pam does Paris. Oops, I meant Pam from Paris."

Lisa looked over at Pam and smiled, "Looks like the same thing. What are these things on the counter?"

Pam smiled, "Oh, you must be the lovely Jade’s partner? Yes? Well this is the flagship product and then you have all these other products that go with it?"

Lisa picked up one, "Oh kind of like the over priced flagship and then a bunch of over priced row boats?"

Pam smiled, "Why no, no, no. This you need to optimize the original. And see this one here you need to make the attachment you already bought actually useful. Then this one is for…"

Lisa cut her off, "Look, my little pastry, this shit is over-priced!"

Pam look confused, "Pastry? My name is Pam."

Lisa moved closer, "Pam, honey, you don’t want me to go on. Jade I’m going in the back and look at the shirts you received. How the hell that guy talked you into trying shirts is beyond me."

Jade was now getting a headache when Trevor walked in the door. Jade groaned knowing what was coming next just by Trevor being Trevor. All Jade could think of was Trevor meeting pastry, that she was mentally calling Pam.

Trevor picked up the Pam-Toy, "Wow. I haven’t seen this product in California in a while in any store. Jade, are you going to carry this?" He then turned and introduced himself. Pam smiled and went into her sales pitch of multi packages to gain the most in revenue.

Trevor of course agreed, but then Trevor always agreed when he had one thing in mind. Trevor knew Pam was thinking that through him she could get her product into Jade’s store. He had already sized her up that she’d do anything to get what she wanted whether it was ethical or not.

Jade glared at Trevor, "You aren’t going to do what I think you are?"

Trevor grinned, "Well, I think a product deserves a good going over, don’t you? Maybe run some timings between the two vibrators and see which runs more efficiently?"

Jade kept glaring at Trevor and said, "It depends just what kind of comparisons you’re going to run. Fine, you go run comparisons with Pam – I have work to do."

As Pam and Trevor left the store Lisa came out from the back office, "Where is Trevor going with Croissant?"

"He’s going to go over Pam’s products. I’m sure we’ll get a full description when he gets done."

Lisa laughed, "Well I’m sure we will. Jade, what are all those shirts with the "A" on them? And why the hell did you buy shirts? Are you planning on going to a trade show or something?"

Jade sat down and groaned, "It’s a long story so let’s grab a cup of coffee."

They finished the morning in quiet and had sold quite a bit of stock when the phone rang.

Jade answered it, "Jade’s Toy Store. Jade speaking, may I help you?"

She heard what sounded like a very satisfied Trevor, "Nope babe. You can’t help me. I think you’re going to have a run for your money with Pam in town. I might invite her to stay at my apartment while she’s in town for the next week."

Jade screeched, "I own the fucking building! That puff pastry can’t stay in my building!"

Trevor laughed and hung up the phone saying, "Well, that’s why I pay rent."

Lisa looked at Jade and said, "What’s the big deal? He probably got a blow-job. That’s how she gets into most companies since her products aren’t worth their batteries! She bad-mouths all the other products then uses her mouth on the purchasing manager’s product, so to speak. Calm down!"

Jade’s tossed her long black hair over her shoulder and her green eyes glared like a cat’s in anger. "I’ll be back. Watch the store. And, get these Pam-Shit products off my counter!"

Lisa grinned, "Well say hi to Trevor for me."