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Flicking through the newspaper I could feel myself getting even more frantic by the page, my internet job searches had drawn a blank and I decided that looking through the local publications job section might prove fruitful. It had been 3 months since I lost my position at Green Recruitment and the very megre redundancy money was running worryingly low. With no savings to speak of I was quite aware that I needed to make money fast or risk losing my flat and everything else I had worked so hard for. It was nt the first time in my 53 years that I had questioned where had I gone so wrong, most men of my age had a family, loving partner, a job and a savings account to fall back on, I had none of these. Over the years I’d had a number of opportunities to find ‘happiness’ with a partner but things never worked out. Looking back I always felt in the relationship that the woman I was with at the time was never right for me, my preference for a ‘strong’ woman was the main factor for all my relationships fading out. As I turned another page my eyes were drawn to a rather colorful advert in the sales positions section. ******* A small company require a sales manager to help launch new products on to the market. Benefits include a good commission system, paid holidays, private health care and a pension contribution. Leads given and the job will include seminars and sales trips around the Country. If interested please apply to salesstaff@LBU.co.uk ••••••• A quick internet search could nt find a company called LBU but that peaked my interest even further. In a positive frame of mind I quickly wrote a cover letter, popped that along with CV on an email to the address supplied and sent it off. A few days later whilst checking my emails I saw that I had got a reply from LBU and they had requested I attend an interview at an address in Watford, Herts, the following day. Whilst this was a bit further than I wanted to travel for work from my home in Kent it was the first positive reply I’d had from my numerous job applications in a while and I was desperate. So on Tuesday 4th at 2pm I found myself walking into a shared office block dressed in my best suit waiting to meet the interview team from LBU.. The receptionist had greeted me and asked me to sit down in the nearby chair and said the section manager would be down to meet me very soon. I looked around the reception area to see what sort of business LBU was, but all adverts and promotions seemed to be for a company called Little Uns and all featured images of babies and toddlers in nappies or just photos of the nappies. Distracted for a minute I had nt seen the stunning blonde woman walking towards me and offering her hand. “Ahem” she coughed to gain my attention. Looking up I apologised straight away “So sorry, I was miles away, I’m Dan” and I extended my hand to shake the lady’s hand. “Abby Jones” the blonde said betraying a strong Scottish accent. “I’m the manager of the companys new LBU section. Very pleased to meet you” I reciprocated and Abby asked me to follow her to her office where she would conduct the interview. I had the chance to study Abby on the short walk up the stairs and realised it had been a while since I’d been in the company of such a beauty. I estimated her age at around 40 years old, she had the confidence of someone who knew that their blue eyes and pretty features would appeal to most of the opposite sex and she carried her amazonesque frame with grandeur. It was nt until I was asked to sit down in the office we had entered that I managed to get my thoughts out of the gutter. “So, Dan, I’ve read your cv, and whilst you’re not experienced in the area we are looking for, your sales results seem to speak for there selves” “Thank you” I replied “I like to think that I can turn my hand to selling anything and will do everything in my power to make the sale” “Well let me start by telling you a little of what our company is about and what you’ll be selling in the new section” “Little Uns was founded by Mary Reeves in the early 80s and soon became the go to company for disposable nappies for babies, or rather their parents in the UK” “Over the years we have diversified into many areas of protective underwear and other baby paraphernalia and this year we are getting ready to launch our next product on to the market” “Little Big Uns is a disposable nappy range for adults, basically a larger version of our most popular baby product” I raised my eyebrows having never heard that adults needing nappies. Having seen my surprised look Abby continued. “The idea for an adult sized version came about after we increased the size of our largest toddler version” “It seemed that on our Little Uns website we were being continually asked if whether we could make an even bigger version to fit a fully grown adult” “Acting upon research that says due to an aging population the need for adult incontinence is an ever growing market we decided to launch LBU and see where we go” I nodded as Abby continued “So what I’m looking for is someone who can sell our new product direct to focus groups and then eventually supermarkets and department stores around the UK” In my most confident voice I repeated my earlier claim that I was sure that my sales technique would mean that I could sell anything. “Good” said Abby, “be aware though, to start with, the majority of the focus groups we will be visiting will be females” “Do have any issues with that?” “Absolutely none” I replied “And that the team here and on your sales trips are mainly women too” I shook my head again “Excellent”, “Well lets have a quick chat about you, discuss salary and benefits and all being okay I shall introduce you to the product you’ll be selling” During the next 20 minutes Abby grilled me about my previous occupations, personal life and ambitions and even clothes sizes. The salary was a little less than I was expecting but the commission on sales was very high and with every confidence in my own abilities to sell I gladly accepted the position when Abby offered it to me. We shook hands and I thought that was that. Abby excused herself and left the office for ten minutes, on her return she entered the room with a grin “Welcome aboard” Abby said “I’d like you to start on Friday, if you can arrive at 8.30am I’ll introduce you to the LBU team” “Great” I replied “I look forward to working here and making us both a lot of money” Abby smiled “Before you leave, please ask reception to give a sample packet. I’d like you to study the product completely before Friday and let me know your thoughts” “No worries” we shook hands again and Abby walked me to the reception area. Two hours later I was sitting back in my flat in Kent with the parcel I had collected from reception. I made myself a cup of tea and sat down on the sofa. Reaching for the brown package I ripped the protective paper of and pulled out the white object inside. As I opened up the large disposable nappy a note dropped out, but before reading it I studied the product. It was white, rather thick and made of a soft plastic. They was faint writing on the front saying LBU. To me it just looked like a larger sized nappy similar to the ones my nephew had worn as a baby. Two tapes on either side of the front, I did nt think there was too much to be learnt from the sample. Sipping my tea I reached for the note and read the hand written words Hi Dan, lI look forward to working with you. Please look at the sample of LBU. Try it on for size and test it. I expect a full report on Friday morning. Abby x