Beverley

I have been at my current place of work for just over 3 years now. I started there on a agency basis after moving back home after my divorce. The agency said they didn't have anything really for a person of my experience and qualifications but if I just wanted to earn some money then they had plenty of work. I done a few short assignments for them when a new company came to us. They had always used or competitor but they had recently fell out. The boss said she wanted a safe pair of hands to do this first assignment. There wasn't much money in it but she'd make it up to me with a good assignment next.

The job was at a factory. I arrived on the first day and the boss showed me to my predecessors desk. She'd left a sack of incorrect invoices that needed correcting against job sheets and sent back out. The piles of invoices weren't even in order. The boss said to concentrate on the invoices over £1,000 value first.

It took all the first day to sort the invoices into numerical order and two piles. I had to match the job sheets to the invoice which wasn't easy. This brought to light a few big mistakes and invoices had to be moved between piles. Next day I spent the day correctly updating the electronic system. Then I was ready to print out the first batch of invoices. The printer was out of paper. The permanent PA to the MD told me where to get it from.

I walked off downstairs past reception and into a storage room. I looked around for the paper and eventually found it. I walked back to the door and found it was shut. I'd left it open. Not only shut it appeared locked. I'd not heard anything. Fortunately there was another door in the room and I went to try it. It was open. It led to an internal corridor with a external door and windows on the rights and doors to large walk-in cupboards on the left. I walked along to the door at the far end of the corridor hoping it would come out some where in the building and wasn't locked.

Fortunately it was unlocked and I pushed it open. It exited onto the factory floor. I'd not been in the factory part of the building only shown it from the corridor when I was shown around. I stepped out and walked past the internal wall the door was on and turned to head for the door back through to the office part. Just then a siren sounded and all the machines began to winded down. A voice shouted stop right there and I turned to see who was shouting at who.

The voice was the foreman. What are you doing in here with out the correct PPE. He screamed at me. I began to explain but was cut short by a further rant about my high heels, skirt, low cut blouse, sparks, steel splinters, forklifts and molten metal. In short I was a working danger to myself and what's more I had stopped production.

I tired to explain and apologise but he grabbed me by the arm and began propelling me to the door. Has he pasted the health and safety board he pointed out two things the health and safety rules and the consequences.

The consequences was a drawing of a guy in hard hat, goggles, safety boots and hi-visibility vest. By this I mean nothing on underneath. The caption read "You can wear what you like to work but at work you must wear these! I had to have a little chuckle because the cartoon had sketched a rather large wish fulfilment penis on the guy.

The foreman pointed at the other cartoon. It was of a man with his trousers down around his ankles running down a factory walkway. That's the price around here for not being dressed properly, capisco. I nodded.

I finished work that day and returned the next and finished the back log of invoices. The manager came and said that that was just the back log last weeks and this weeks invoices needed doing and he'd ask the agency if I could stay on to do them.

So by Monday of the next week I was up to day but had missed the post collection so said i would run and put the batch into the post box. I went out the side door for quickness. I'd left it on the latch. On my return it was locked. I then remembers the other side door and went to try it. The door was open and i went in through the store room but the door near reception was locked. I'd have to go the other way. I figured on calling out to the foreman to bring me some PPE or have him stop the work to let me through safely.

I pushed open the door into the factory area and stepped out just a few feet into the grey painted area. I'd been told by the boss on asking that yellow was pedestrians ways, grey was safe zones, black was forklift runs, and red was danger zone.

I didn't have the chance to call out over the noise of the factory before the alarm was sounding and everything was winding down. The foreman saw me and I was immediate the centre of everyone attention.The foreman read me the riot act again and as he was finishing the boss appeared. He wanted to know why production had stopped for the third time that day. They had a major order to get out. The foreman pointed to me. The boss now calmly explained why dressed as I was was not safe. He said I should hurry up through the the man could get back to work.

The foreman then said that I hadn't yet paid up for the safety infringement. The boss said that was an issue I had a choice much as he needed me I could pay the fine or report back to the agency. I foolishly asked what the fine was. The foreman pointed to the second cartoon and to spell it out for me he said once around the yellow ring like that.

I said I wasn't wearing any trousers so that was out of the question. The women working in the factory wore trousers like the men. I started to walk off the boss said pack your things and I'll give you a good report I won't mention this health and safety infraction. Look I'm really sorry I still have another batch of invoices to finish tomorrow I said. I've learnt my lesson and in future I'll stay safe I promise.

The boss looked at the foreman. What do you say we give her a second chance. This is her second chance the foreman said and explained last week. The boss looked at me. I'll tell you what. If you are caught again without PPE you will pay the fine no matter what and we'll let this be your final warning. I agreed.

The next week I was at another place of work when the agency called and said that the replacement from the agency had slipped on her way to work and broken her leg. Could I cover for her next week for a couple of days until another girl could be recruited.

I arrived at the factory and got on with my work. Day three came and I was out of envelopes so went in search of some in the store room. I made sure I left the door wide open. I looked high and low for them but couldn't find any. I went back to the PA and she said that they must have been moved into the cupboards by mistake. So off I went back. This time I left the door open again. Crossed the room and went out through the other door to the cupboards. I found the envelopes and began my walk back. The door was locked. I knocked loudly figuring that would attract the receptionist. No one came. I then waited figuring that the PA would wonder where I was and come and find me. Time tick by and no one came.

I eventually realised I was going to have to go through the factory. I walked to the door and pushed it open staying inside the passage way and tried to call above the noise to the one guy I could see back to me. He just could be made to turn and see my plight. I thought well I'll just try my best to seek out and around the corner. I pushed the door open a little more then it was ripped out of my hand and I ended up nearly falling flat on my face. I would of except for the foreman catching me. He looked at me sternly and went in his pocket for his whistle which he blew deafening me. The factory alarm went and the machine wound down. I was grabbed by the arm and propelled to the middle of the grey painted floor area.

The foreman wasted no time. Well lady we'll have those tights and your panties down. I near died just like that. I couldn't believe he was so matter of fact about it. Well you agreed if I caught you again you'd pay the fine. So get them down and dress up out of the way. I was riveted to the spot. Just then the boss came in and saw me. You again. You may be a good invoice clerk but you are costing me more money in down time. Well collect your things and I'll be telling your agency I don't want any more of you. Oh please i said don't tell the agency. I had just that morning been offered a rather nice assignment as promised.

Well then pay the fine or I will.

I blushed. I was caught good and proper. I'll take my tights down i said. No tights and panties. The foreman turned to the gathered audience. Girls how do you do it. One of the women from the floor said with or panties and bushes on show. The foreman turned back to me and smiled.

So I had very little choice. I pushed my hands up my skirt and found my tights waistband and shuffled them carefully down and over my panties. I then rolled them down slowly to my ankles. My cheeks where bright red and burning. Next I slipped my hands back up my skirt and found my panties waistband and pulled them down over my bum. Then slowly with every eye in the place on my hem line I rolled them into a ring and pushed them down my legs. They ended up on top of my nylons their snow-white in contrast to their jet black. Then I began to walk towards the yellow marked circular way around the factory floor.

Not so fast the boss said. The skirt hitch it up bush on show. I slowly now really blushing hitched it up. Ah that is why the reticence your not a true blonde the boss said. I had to waddle around the factory floor like that bum cheeks on show bush on show. The guys wolf whistled and even the girls past comments catty ones. When I drew level with the exit door the boss made me walk back to my starting point before he had me waddle back to the exit door and only then could I pull my things up.