A Customer's Grievance

Story by tygacat on SoFurry

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#2 of Lyre City

Zoey has a very bad day at work.


Zoey slammed the door behind her. "Fuck!" The chinchilla kicked a folding chair over. "Damn bitch. Fuck." She picked up another chair and threw it against the wall. She grabbed the table and shook it, spilling a bottle of orange juice someone had left on there.

"Bitch cunt fuck fuck fuck!" she kicked another chair. She smacked her fist against the wall, then held it in her other hand as she cried, "Fuck." She tore her her shirt off and threw it at the wall, the only effect being the clicking of her nametag against the wall. She turned and pounded her fists against the table as hard as she could. "Damn it." She dropped to her knees sobbing.

The door opened. Mary Anne and Nori, an aardwolf and a lioness respectively, walked in.

"Zoey." Mary Anne whispered as she knelt next to the chinchilla. "What did she say to you?"

"Are you okay?" Nori asked.

"No!"

"It's okay, it's going to be okay. Just calm down." Nori patted Zoey.

"You tore your shirt," Nori said, picking up the garment.

"Leave her alone. Here, stand up. That's it, now let's sit down in a chair. Good, now breathe. It's going to be okay. Allanna's talking with the woman...,"

Zoey wailed. "Allanna hates me."

"She doesn't hate you,"

"Yes she does,"

"I think you just popped some buttons off. I can fix them for you..."

"Nori, forget about the damn shirt. Zoe, please, just try to calm down. It's going to be alright, just try and tell me what happened."

The door opened again. Max, the german shephard floor supervisor stepped in. Zoe relaxed at the sight of him. He had always been good to her. "What the hell happened, Zoe? Where's your shirt?"

"She tore the buttons on it," Nori said softly, holding it up.

Max sighed. "Go grab something off the clearance rack."

"What's her..."

"Go." Nori left the breakroom quickly. "I'm going to have to take that out of your check," he told Zoe.

"Dude, go easy on her," Mary Anne chastised.

"You don't know how important this is," he righted one of the chairs and sat on it. "I need a statement, now."

Zoey was on the verge of breaking down again. Mary Anne rubbed her back, "It's okay, take a breath. There you go. Now, go slowly."

"I... I was covering the perfume counter for Gloria again. And, this woman came up, and I asked if she'd like a sample, and I thought she said yes, and I spritzed her paw, and she started yelling at me and saying she was allergic to things and that her cub was allergic, too, and that I could have caused them to break out. And I said I was sorry that I thought she said she wanted one, and she said I didn't ask, and I said I did, and she called me rude and said she wasn't deaf and she demanded to know what was in the perfume."

Zoey sniffled, "And, I started reading the ingredients to her and she started yelling at me again and I told her I'd call for a manager, but she demanded I do something myself and I didn't know what to do. So I went to pick up the phone to call a manager, and then her cub was crying and she said I was ignoring her. And I said I was calling a manager and she stepped behind the counter and pushed the hang up button and started yelling in my face that she'd sue the store and sue me. And I was just crying because I didn't know what to do, and then Mary Anne and Nori came over and interupted the lady and she started yelling at them. And Mary Anne told me to come back here and I did."

Max struggled to write everything down. When he got caught up he asked, "Did you ask her?"

"Yes."

"Did she say yes?"

"I... thought so. Maybe she was talking to her cub."

"Damn it, Zoey, you need to make sure you have their attention when you talk to them. This is bad."

Zoey cried all the harder. "I... I'm sorry." Mary Anne tried to comfort her as best as she could.

Nori entered again, "I... got this one. I didn't know what size she wears."

"You had the old one with you, Nori," Mary Anne remarked.

"Oh, I guess I did." She compared the sizes, "It's a bit large, I'll get a different one."

"It's fine," Max growled. He took the shirt from Nori and pushed it into Zoey's lap. "Put it on."

"Oh, and Allanna says she needs to speak with Zoey in Mark's office."

Zoey was now to terrified to cry. Fear paralysed her, and it was several minutes before Mark and the two girls managed to get her up. They draped the shirt across her back, and led her slowly to the office of the general manager Mark. Zoey hoped that Mark himself would be there, anyone but Allanna. If Max had been that hard on her... She cried all the harder at the thought.

They entered the office and sat her down in one of the chairs in front of the desk. Sure enough, Allanna was seated in the large leather rolling chair on the other side. Zoey was choked up under the leopard's gaze. "Nori? Mary Anne? Leave us," they nodded and stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind them.

"I have her statement," Max said.

"Good. I'll need to take another from her. Go get a statement from each of those girls," he left the room.

"Now, Zoey, I need you to tell me what happened."

Zoey couldn't bring herself to face the Allanna's judgement. She blurted out, "Just fire me already. You hate me. You want me gone. You have your reason. Just fire me."

The cat raised her eyebrow at that. "How about I just get your statement and we'll go from there. I don't want either of us to make any rash decisions regarding your employment."

The chinchilla swallowed. The cat was toying with her, getting her hopes up before going for the kill. And she had no choice in the matter. She began to explain to Allanna what had happened, vastly more difficult given the cat's gaze and the lack of Mary Anne's comforting touch.

When she had finished, Allanna said, "Wait here," and left the office. It was an eternity before she returned, again sitting in the chair behind the desk.

"I was here in Mark's office when Nori called to tell us of the irate customer. Mark had called me in to discuss a phone call he had just recieved from Mace's across the street. They told him of a woman who had just sampled a piece of cheese in their market, and proceeded to go on a tirade about how she was allergic to certain things, and that she could have been killed. She of course demanded immidiate compensation for placing her life in jeopardy.

"When I spoke to the woman myself moments ago, she seemed to not know exactly what it was she was allergic to. Personally, if I was deftly allergic to something I'd like to make a note of what it was I had to avoid," she laughed. "Mark is trying to get the woman to fill out an insurance claim in the hopes we can get her arrested on fraud."

"So you're not going to fire me."

Allanna sighed. "I hope not. I don't want to lose you. But..., as I said we want to get the woman on insurance fraud, and that means getting the insurance company involved. And you know how they are, even if the woman writes a detailed confession and admits you asked her and she acknowledged they might still want to make an example out of you."

Zoey cried, Allanna walked around the desk and sat in the chair next to her. She took a tissue from her own bag and dabbed at Zoey's eyes. "But don't worry about it. This is a minimum wage job, it's not worth it. And if they do make us terminate you I will send out a dozen letters of recomendation to every department store in town. You'll have another job by the end of the day. But I don't want it to come to that. You're a good worker, I don't want to lose you." She reached over and put her paw on Zoey's leg, "I certainly don't hate you."

"You... you always give me a ton of work to do, while the others slack off. Especially when we're busy."

Zoey looked up at the cat, and saw the fur matting beneath her eyes. "I... I'm sorry. That's my fault entirely. I..., when we're busy especially, I 'm usually picking up the slack for two other managers who can't be bothered to do their jobs. So when I have something I need done, I don't feel I have time to keep nagging Gloria every ten minutes only to end up doing it myself. So I ask you because I know it'll get done right the first time.

"I mean... Mary Anne works hard, too, but she can be difficult at times. And Nori... tries. You never argue with me. You always do whatever I ask well. And I abuse you for it. I don't want to, I just can't figure out how to make them be like you. If... you want to file out a complaint about me, I won't stop you.

"But I don't hate you," the leopard stroked Zoey's leg, tears in her eyes. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment. Then Allanna's head came forward and she kissed Zoey on the lips.

Allanna sat back, looking horrified by what she had done. Zoey just stared at her amazed. "I... I'm sorry," Allanna said and stood up. "I... guess you need to add sexual harrassment onto that."

"How... long?"

"I've had a crush on you since you started here. That's another reason I've been harsher on you at times. I've been trying to cover it up. But, seeing you so sad like that... Seeing you exposed like that...," Zoey looked down at her open shirt front. "I just wanted to show you how much I didn't hate you. I think there are some forms in here," Allanna walked back to behind the desk and started rummaging through it.

"It... it's okay. I mean, I'm straight. But after the hell I've been through today I'm not going to do the same to you. Just, could you try to be more fair to me in the future?" she said with a laugh.

"I'll try. I... it's hard sometimes. Having all this responsibillity." Allanna sat down in her chair. "I still shouldn't have lost control like that. Are you sure you don't want to fill out a complaint."

They sat silently for a while. Zoey touched her lips with a finger. She looked up at Allanna. The cat now seemed more distraught than Zoey herself had been when she had been when she was being bitched out by the customer. She stood up and walked over to Allanna. She just didn't care anymore. She bent down over the cat and kissed her on the lips.

"Zoey..."

"Shh," she kissed her more passionately. She started kissing more forcefully as she put her knee on the chair. She crawled up onto Allanna and opened her lips to let her tongue taste Allanna's.

When she finally broke their kiss, she looked down at the cat. She pulled her hand out from around Allanna, and began unbuttoning the cat's shirt. "What are you?"

"Shh...," Zoey had had adrenaline coursing through her body since the incident earlier. Her mind had switched the cause of that rush from anger to fear to pain and back again. But now every last drop of adrenaline in her body was being attributed to lust. She didn't care that she that was suppose to be straight. She didn't care that they were in their manager's office. She wanted Allanna then and there.

Allanna pushed the shirt off Zoey's back. She reached around the chinchilla and unfastened her bra straps. She let that garment fall down. Allanna slowly stroked Zoey's breasts with her right hand, then rubbing Zoey's nipple with her thumb. Zoey giggled. "You like, that, huh?"

Zoey reached in through Allanna's now open shirt front and undid the cat's own bra. When Allanna's own breasts were free Zoey bent down and kissed them gently.

Zoey stood up and began to unzip her pants. Allanna took her shirt the rest of the way off and tossed it aside. Zoey pulled her trousers and panties down with one motion. Then kicked them aside along with her heels.

Zoey dropped to her knees and undid the leopard's shoes, tossing them away. She reached up and pulled the cat's skirt down and off. Allanna's panties went next.

Zoey again climbed up onto Allanna and kissed her as tenderly as she could manage. "I think I love you."

"I love you, too."

Zoey reached down between Allanna's legs and gave the cat's clit a gentle squeeze. Zoey put her mouth over Allanna's muzzle to muffle her delighted cry. Zoey began to rub, then slipped a finger into Allanna's puss. Zoey muffled another cry with a lusty kiss.

The chinchilla altered her minstrations between fingering the inside of Allanna and rubbing her clit. The cat seemed to soak in every touch Zoey feeling herself getting more aroused with every drop of juice that flowed over her paw.

Then Zoey felt Allanna's paw begin to fondle her puss, mimicing the actions Zoey performed on Allanna. Zoey had to break their lip lock to moan with pleasure.

The events of the day had drained the chinchilla's will power. She could not continue her own minstrations while she was absorbed in the pleasure being inflicted upon her own body. This allowed Allanna to regain her composure and increase the vigor of her assault on the chinchilla. Zoey squeezed her legs about Allanna's paw, further increasing the pleasure she was recieving.

Having no self control left, Zoey quickly found herself at the brink of orgasm. She panted heavily as she came, hearing the sound of her own juices dropping onto the chair. She collapsed on top of the cat and lay there, spent.

Slowly she regained awareness, and realised Allanna had not cum. She felt her paw still cupped over Allanna's puss. Zoey looked up into the leopard's face and kissed her as she resumed masturbating the cat.

Allanna did not try to hold back, as it was soon that she came herself, Zoey feeling the tight squeezing of the leopard's puss about her fingers as the cat's warm juices flowed over her paw.

After Allanna had cum, Zoey said, "Sorry."

"For what?"

"For not trying harder to finish you."

"I wanted it that way. I always thought it was good managerial practice to make sure one's subordinates came before oneself."

Zoey scowled at the cat and said, "That was terrible."

"I know."

Zoey laid her head against Allanna's chest, and slowly drifted into slumber.

"What the fuck is this!" Mark shouted. The two girl fell out of his chair onto the floor. "I... I can't believe what I'm seeing. Tell me I'm not seeing this. Get up." The two scrambled to their feet. "Sit." he pointed at the chairs in front of the desk. They moved to the chairs and sat.

He sat down in his chair. A shocked look crossed the hyena's face and he stood back up. He brushed his pants' bottom and pushed the chair aside. He shook his head. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"I... we..."

"How long has this been going on? You know what? I don't want to know. I spend I don't know how long bowing and scraping to that bitch down there, happy in the knowledge that she had dug her own grave five times over, and then I find this. Do you have any idea how bad this is? Do you? You're both fired."

"It... was just this one time. Please, it... it's a long story. We won't do it again."

"Allanna, think. Do you honestly think it's the sex that pisses me off? No. You are a manager. You cannot be in a relationship with a subordinate. We'd be accused of nepotism in a heartbeat if the wrong someone found out. How long has this been going on behind my back?"

"It hasn't. We just..."

"Quiet, that was rhetorical. You're both done here," he pulled the forms from his desk. He filled two out quickly. "Sign," he told them. They reluctantly did so. "Now get out."

"Can we... put our clothes back on first?"

***

"So, a new job by the end of the day?" They stood outside the back door of the department store.

"I can, if you want to go job hunting now."

"I don't."

"I didn't think so," Allanna took Zoey's paw in hers. "So, you want to go back to my place?"

"Yes."

The two kissed again, then walked off together.