Office Culture

Chapter 1

"It's so embarrassing watching them. It's like, do they even know​? Because they eat like they don't!" Quinn told her husband, gesturing her irritation as she removed her work clothes. "It's like being in an office full of pigs. Completely appalling."

"It can't be that bad," Wayne said with a smile, enjoying how animated his wife was getting about the whole thing.

"I saw Emma eat four donuts before lunch today. Four! That's like 800 calories! And then she went and loaded up two plates in the cafeteria like it was nothing, and she had two slices of cake when we did a little birthday celebration for George later in the day. Marta looks like she can barely fit in her office chair-I heard her complaining to Mark that having office chairs with arms is 'so restrictive'"-Quinn paused in her undressing to throw up quotes with her fingers-"and he agreed with her I'm just like, christ, get a grip, all of you!"

She pulled her short dark hair into a little ponytail before moving to grab her pajamas. The movement emphasized how slender she was: stomach so flat it was concave, hardly a bit of spare fat on her except a little around her butt and thighs. She pulled on a pair of sleep shorts, the elastic waistband on the extra small shorts slightly loose. One of Wayne's old t-shirts completed her ensemble, and she was swimming in it.

"That sounds ridiculous, but it's not like that every day, right?"

"It literally is. It's like they can't resist stuffing their faces. I think I'm the only person in the office under 200 pounds." She walked into the bathroom and he heard the sink start running, the sounds of her cleaning off her makeup. When she came out of the bathroom, her face was a little pink from the cold water, her bangs damp against her forehead. "Anyway-what did you end up making for dinner? It's fucked up, but watching people eat like that all day has me starving."

***

Wayne noticed she was putting on weight long before she said anything. And, in fairness to her, with the weight seeming to all go straight to her ass, it was somewhat reasonable that she seemed to take so long to realize it was even there.