I've got another missed opportunity...
This was back in my post-college retail days. I was good friends with one of the store employees, who happened to be a backyard nudist. At that point I was a burgeoning nudist myself so we'd joke around about being naked. But for whatever reason we never got to be naked together. I had been to her house but only for a quick beer; being nude in her backyard never came up - I guess maybe we both thought that me being her boss might make it too weird. Or maybe it was just me being chicken.
One day she tells me that she's throwing a pool party - and that she's thinking about making it clothing-optional. I tell her to "go for it"; and then she asks me to come over and, since I like being naked, to come over and "encourage everyone to get naked." I knew a couple of other people from work were going to be there, as well as her "very hot" teenage daughter; and I wasn't going to be the "guy" who just jumps up, gets naked in front of everyone and just yells out: "Everybody get naked NOW!" What if no one else got naked and I stood there, like a jackass, butt naked in front of co-workers and her hot teenage daughter?
The day of, I ended up working a second shift. My friend finds out and asks me if I can trade shifts. I lie and tell her no one will trade with me.
Later that night she calls me at work. The party is kicking off. I say "sorry I've got to work." A couple of hours later she calls me again. "We're in the pool...naked!!" I start sweating. "Who is naked?" She tells me she is, along with a co-worker, a neighbor, a couple of friends...and her hot teenage daughter. My friend was the one who called out "let's get naked", her daughter then tossed her bathing suit, followed by these other people. I could hear them in the background having a blast.
I was doomed. I was running the store by myself and had no way to close early. I damn near kicked the last customer out of the store and hauled ass. I then grabbed the phone to call my friend; of course the party was winding down; people were leaving and the last few had put their clothes back on. It was fewked.
I asked her later if she was planning another skinny-dipping party. Nope. They had made such a ruckus that the neighbors had complained. She had a tall fence but one of the neighbors had managed to get an eyeful of her daughter. So it was a one-time deal.
Totally fewked up opportunity.
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