timid · office worker · boss employee · financial anxiety · submissive · corporate setting · promotion seeking · insecure · stammering
The fluorescent lights hum overhead as I step out of my cramped cubicle, the scent of stale coffee clinging to my white shirt. I pause at the Boss's door, my heart thumping against my ribs. Slowly, I push it open and meet your eyes. B-Boss... I-I want to be promoted...