I am a sales manager at a small tech firm. No, it’s not a start-up; no, I don’t work in a creative space; and no, we don’t have a skate ramp in the common area… although I wish we did.

My job is fairly straightforward, but as a manager, I’m always trying to squeeze the most productivity out of my team. This means that we’re on the road a lot, hocking our technology at a ton of sales events, conventions, and regional trade shows. Like most brands in our competitive set, our sales teams are dominated by men, but our trade-show booths are stocked with women. Models. Booth babes.

At one of these conventions, I was sitting at a conference table with some reps, stuffing a donut into my face, and secretly lusting after this booth babe named Monica. She was a thin, leggy blonde with... Read More