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Me in
the nice town of Oxford
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A few days ago, I was in London for a meeting,
but since I had said to the CEO of the supplier that I was a fanatic rider, he
had arranged a visit to the old town of Oxford including a ride together with
one of his female directors (HR). Although meant as a surprise I knew he had
arranged something like that since he had asked Me to bring My riding outfit.
Although their CEO did not ride himself, he
came along and helped Me like a good stableboy. He told Me that he had been
working on a farm when a teenager and that although he did not ride, he knew
how to handle horses.
Anyway, he helped Me mounting the horse (a
nice chestnut gelding) and I could not resist to test him and dropped
“accidentally” My crop. And indeed, as expected he immediately went down to
grab it and give it back to Me. Normally it is a first tiny test to check whether
someone is a bit of a sub and will be prepared to go further, but in this case
it was more tricky since he was very eager to do business with Me. I knew that
they desperately needed new contracts!
After a good ride of more that three hours
along the beautiful countryside around Oxford, we came back to the riding club
where they were waiting for us with champagne and very tasty snacks.
After the ride I was invited for a tour
around Oxford and its university and We had diner in a restaurant together with
his HR-manager and QC-manager. Their I decided to test him a bit further and
during the meal, I kicked him a few times “accidentally” with My riding boots
under the table. The first time he did not say a thing, but when I did it a
second time and much harder, I excused Myself. To My delight he said that it
was no problem and that he did not mind. Again I was unsure of what it was. Courtesy
or submissivity?
He told us that he used to be a football
player and that he got kicked on the shins before, “ but never with a riding
boot” he added. So, I asked him teasingly what hurt most. As a reaction
everyone started laughing at the question, but half a minute or so later, he
said that My boots hurt more but that he preferred to get kicked by a
“beautiful” woman instead of an ugly guy… General laughter again, but I got the
message!
A bit later, I brought up the foxhunting and
asked them how they felt about that. This clearly was a dangerous subject
because nobody seemed to dare answering My question. So I asked Mike directly
and he could not else than admitting that he was against it but immediately
added that he had no objections to the people doing so. Clearly trying to
accommodate Me without jeopardizing his own ideas.
However, his QC-manager brought up the
woman who whipped protesters with her crop. On the other hand, the HR-manager
who was clearly more likeminded saw in Me a rare ally and said that the
protester should not have attacted the woman. He objected and said that she
should not have whipped him with her crop. I gave her however the upper hand by
stating that he got what he deserved and that one should never mess with a
horsewoman!
Being their customer, the men did not dare
to go straight forward against My opinion and Mike tried to change the subject.
But, I liked the subject and I kept on pushing him and finally he agreed that
one should never “disturb” a woman on horseback and that she has the right to defend
herself even with the use of a whip.
Courtesy or submissivity? Maybe next meetings will tell…
I wonder what you think…
Lady Contessa Pat
FYI: I am not really into killing animals,
but I would not mind hunting humans like that!
