I woke early this Monday morning and immediately slipped out of bed and started the inside coffeepot. I showered quickly then turned on the patio light by five-thirty. At ten to six Kevin, Susan and kids showed up asking me if we had any cereal for breakfast. We had a whole cabinet of cereals so they made their choices filling their bowls. I had poured them glasses of orange juice and milk and said I would bring them toast.
The kids ate then at six fifteen we all walked up to the Office turn-a-round to join a bunch of other high school kids including Tammy waiting for the school bus. We three adults backed off to let the kids mingle and meet each other. Kids seem to gravitate to each other easier if adults are not hovering.
We watched as they all stepped onto the bus. We then watched as the bus did the circle turn and headed back out the entrance to the park.
Before we walked back to the house I showed them the building with the mailboxes. Susan said she would make sure all her mail and accounts were being forwarded. She also said she would show Nancy. Charlie and Matty came out of the office and walked down to the patio with us.
The patio people were coming in bunches now. By six forty-five most everyone was present drinking coffee, juice, or milk. Some were eating breakfast sandwiches, some were eating cereal, some just toast and some smiling as they enjoyed a gooey pastry.
A man was hesitantly walking up to the patio. Kevin saw him and hollered, "Come on in Luis. Join us, we're friendly."
Kevin got him a cup showing him where everything was then began introducing him around. When he was introduced to Sue, Mercy and I, Juanita was sitting next to Sue. You could see the interest flicker across Luis' face and the flash of Juanita's eyes was impossible to miss. She even grabbed Sue's leg and squeezed.
Sue told me later that Juanita said she had seen Luis many times but had never had the opportunity to meet him. Sue, Susan, Matty and Juanita were soon in a huddle discussing everything they knew about Luis. Poor guy, the vultures were circling.
It didn't take Kevin long before he had Luis sitting with Crystal and himself discussing what kind of experience Luis had, what he wanted to do, and would he be interested in a job he could walk to work at. The conversation was going well as I heard from him, "I'll borrow someone's pickup and go get my tools this morning. I'm just being paid piecework at that store so I don't have to give them notice. Thanks. This is going to be great."
Crystal told Luis that he didn't need to borrow a truck, they could take the parts truck to go for his tools. Kevin can drive you and you both can load it. Get on over there so you guys can get to work. We are always covered up.
When they had left for the dealership, Crystal said to me, "I like your bother in law. The man's sharp and is going to be a real company man, a real asset. Pretty slick; his second day on the job and he's already scrounged up another mechanic. That's good thinking."
"How did it go out at Bear's clubhouse?" I asked curious.
"Good," answered Crystal. "They are trying to build some cluster housing along with a barn and some other outbuildings. It's going to be a while but they should be looking good in a few months. Bear says getting the place built and making the guys self-sufficient is his responsibility. He's finding jobs for his men as he goes. I think that's been pretty difficult. I probably saw more out there than I should but then, he may not know I grew up with a Dad who was a one percenter. I'm not telling him right now either. It's better he thinks I'm a novice."
I told Crystal, "Be nice and be careful. Bear's a good man but he's still a guy committed to his club first and everything comes after that."
Crystal smiled, "I know. He'll come around. I don't think that man has even been to bed with a woman who wasn't either paid or a pro before me. He had absolutely no clue as to what to do with a real woman. I'm gonna teach him though."
The day began fast and got faster. Everyone was doing their jobs but there was a constant stream of people going over to check out the El Camino. When I walked over to see Jeff about how he was doing traveling back and forth between the shop and the park, I noticed an engine on a mobile stand and a big tool chest had been set near the truck. There was white crease pencil writing on the glass and X's in various places on the body. One of transmissions and the rear end was missing. It looked like this was going to be a group project.
While I was looking at the truck, Abe walked in, "This is a sweet little toy you picked up Steve. Kevin's kid is going to be one lucky kid." Abe sorted through a stack of parts and picked up a power steering pump and alternator and starter, then walked back to his shop.
I finished up with Jeff then walked back through Abe's shop curious as to what he was going to do with the parts he had picked up. He had the power steering pump and the alternator in pieces. He was replacing the brushes on the alternator and had a note pad with parts listed for the pump and starter.
Abe looked up and said, "This stuff will be better than new with good bearings and seals. The alternator looks good, just needed new brushes. The bearings are good. The starter could use some new bearings. I think I have that size so I'll just press some in. When I get done with these I'll send them over to the chrome shop. We're going to chrome everything that's exposed. Say did you hear what Tim's going to do with the front end?"
"Should I ask? Are we going to lose a lot of time on this project or is this going to be one of those team building experiences?" I laughed.
Abe looked at me over his glasses and said, "This is what all of your people love about you. You dangle a challenge in front of them and they can't wait to show you what they can do. Just sit back and enjoy young man. Your people are getting ready to do you proud. I think they're working twice as hard at their regular tasks just so they can mess with that little truck."
He smiled and said, "You need to go see Robert and Roberta. They want to know if they can do something."
Even more curious I walked over where Tim was busily working with a new guy cleaning up welds on a frame. I didn't have to ask what he wanted to do with the truck, on his bench there was a pad with a couple of sketches showing the entire front end tilted up displaying the engine compartment. He had arrows and notes indicating the raising and lowering of the front end would be electric or hydraulic. He had an air pointing under the cab with 'compressor' and another arrow with the words 'storage tank' written in. Wonder what that's going to be for.
In the motor shop I saw Roberta polishing an intake manifold while Robert was working on some valves. On a portable worktable was the differential that was missing from the big warehouse. The two saw me and stopped then began jabbering at once. I held my hand up to slow them down and said, "One at a time, please."
Roberta glared at Robert then said, "I want to gear the rear end but Robert wants to leave it bone stock. That rear end never was worth a shit and needs to be geared right. Can I redo the gearing? I'll make the posi-traction even better. I already pressed in new bearing everywhere and polished up the main shaft. How about it, can I gear the sucker?"
I winked at Robert and nodded to Roberta. "Do it girl, make it special but save some of the work for the kid. He needs to know how this stuff goes together okay?"
"Gotcha boss, I'll show him how the thing works and let him balance and install the gears."
As I walked past Sandy she nodded toward the two gay girls. I went over to them and the one asked, "Can we do the Turbo 350. I love those things and can make one that is tough as nails. I know the perfect torque converter for it too. Even a kid can't tear it up."
"Sure but make sure you let the kid help. He has to learn how to do this stuff. It wouldn't be right to just give it to him," I said giving her butt a squeeze as I passed. I ducked the rag I knew was coming my way and smiled at her.
"You better watch yourself," She said pinching one her own nipples, "I may decide to play on both sides of aisle. I'll be lobbying to get some time with you and Sue."
Upstairs, Henry was working with Tiny trying to put together some numbers that didn't mean anything to me at the moment. Ruth said she heard that Dennis would be coming in to work and what did I want to pay him. I told her to make it the same as the other high school kids and to make sure he knew that during his work hours he had to work. After work he could play with his toy. "I'm sure all of the people are going to have him doing work on his project under the pretense of learning to do important work. I just want him to know that work is important."
When I went down stairs I saw Sue's Expedition across the street so I walked over to see what was going on. Sue had some people at a table in the big office with Mia and Stevie on the floor. They were looking very closely at a seam on a couple of garments. Sue called me over to show me what they were looking at. Sue said, "These two pieces came from machines twenty-seven and twenty-eight. None of the other machines are making seams like this. Luckily both of the seamstresses found the weird stitching right away. What do you think?"
I asked, "Do you have the same seam by a good machine?"
Hanna got up, left, then quickly returned with another garment that looked just like it. I looked at the two seams real hard but since I am not sewing machine literate I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Can I look at these two machines and maybe one near it that is working properly?"
The thing that was strange was the machines would make a small group of stitches very tight then progressively looser until they would be very loose then go back to the group of very tight stitches.
There were several regulators on the machine. Mike was there and I had him show me what the different regulators did. Instead of showing me he began telling me how he had tried the machine at all different settings. I asked again for him to show me what the different regulators did and he went on and on into some dissertation of the other things he had done. I asked him to sit down for a minute and motioned for the senior seamstress to help me. I asked her to show me what each regulator did and she showed carefully what each one controlled. I pulled up the guard plates on the one machine then moved the regulator back and forth fast then slow watching what head was doing. I tried moving the head with my fingers and it didn't have any give. I moved both the regulator and the head at the same time and then felt a slight give as I rolled the regulator. It looked like there was a tiny shim that fit between the plate and the guide.
I looked at the good machine the same way then turned the regulator back and forth. It was solid at all the settings. The shim looked about the same but it had to be different. I happened to duck my head under the machine to see if I could see something different from there. What I did see was a paper strip with a date two days before. I went to two bad machines and looked to find the same paper strips with the last date entered being two days before.
I turned to the head seamstress and asked, "Did you guys just have maintenance on these machines?"
She didn't get a chance to answer, Mike butted in, "The factory techs were here for the quarterly inspections. They had a warranty upgrade to do."
I frowned at him for butting in but continued, "Would you call them and have them come right out?"
"Oh nothing those guys did could cause this. It's something we, ah, the girls did the machine. They will just charge us a big service call," Mike whined.
"Mike, do like I said or give me the number and I will call."
He began to open his mouth again then saw my frown and slammed his hand down and left the room.
The head seamstress handed me a piece of paper with a telephone number and a name on it. "This is the company number and this is the man who was here."
I used my cell phone and called the number. I asked the dispatcher to send this tech right away. If necessary, I would pay for an emergency service call. He said the man was not busy and would be there in twenty minutes.
Sue came in to see how I was coming. I showed her the difference between the two machines and told her about the recent inspections and warranty upgrades. She was puzzled by the warranty upgrade said the machines were all under a maintenance agreement.
The tech walked in with his toolbox.
I explained what I had found and showed him the shim that appeared to work itself loose. He unscrewed the little head, removed the shim then put a new one from his toolbox in. I had the senior seamstress use some scrap material and repeat the seam we needed done. She sewed two pieces then it began doing the same thing. I moved the regulator around and it acted the same.
"Did you change brands of those shims lately?" I asked.
The tech thought for a second and said, "I was running out of these warranty upgrade shims and grabbed another box before I came out the other day. I only needed a couple and I think they were up here. Hmm, I wonder if it was these two machines."
"Do you have any of the other warranty shims back at the shop?"
He answered immediately, "Sure, we received a case of them not long ago so we could do these upgrades."
"Go get four or five boxes so we have a comparison. Here, give me the box you're using now so I can mark it to keep it separate."
The tech took off meeting Mike as he walked out the door. Mike said, "What are you doing here?"
"I'll be back," the tech said as he left.
"What's he doing here, I didn't call him yet," Mike said sounding perturbed.
"I called him. I think we've discovered the problem," I said then spoke directly to Mike. "Let's go to Sue's office a minute."
The office was temporarily empty so I sat him down. "Mike, the way to do perfect work is to take care of problems immediately. Never let something go that you can begin correcting at that moment. If someone asks you to work with them on a problem, do it now, not later. I'm confused why you didn't respond when I asked you to get the maintenance man back out."
"I'm the plant manager and I'm responsible for costs. Those guys cost a lot of money."
I held my hand up and said, "You have to think like a manager then. Why do we have a maintenance agreement? So when we have a problem we can ask them to hurry and correct it. This line being down is costing money because people can't work. Even if you put them on a different line, the production schedule gets messed up. Each shift this line isn't working, the schedule gets farther behind. If you are being too stressed lately, lets send you on a vacation. If having these three shifts is too much for you, then we need to have some good assistants. Whatever it is that's making you unco- operative, we need to fix it."
Mike slumped in his chair then said, "You're right. I'm really frazzled. I was in on and off all weekend trying to figure out what was wrong with those machines. My wife is upset with me not being home. She's been sick and I should spend more time with her but I have this responsibility. And the worse thing is, I have two employees that are not working out and I have to let them go. I hate that but I don't know what else to do."
"Let's take care of one thing at a time. The tech will be back any second with the parts we need. Let's check out whether the manufacturer has a bad run or what, then we'll take care of the other two problems. Let's go to the sewing room."
We went into the room just as the tech arrived. He had six boxes. I looked at all six boxes and compared them with the one he had left. The only thing different was the manufacture date and lot number. Three of the boxes had the lot number of the bad box. The others were a higher number. I pulled one shim from each of the boxes and laid it in front of the box it came from. Next I pulled a shim from the box that that I thought had bad ones in it.
I turned to the senior seamstress and asked, "Any chance you would have a tweezers and magnifying glass?"
The tech said, "I have both. Here use these," he said handing me the tools.
I placed the known bad on next to one of the same lot number and they looked identical. Next I placed the known bad one next to one from the other lot number. There was a major difference in thickness. The higher lot number was visibly thicker. I handed a thicker shim to the tech and told him to put it the other machine. When he was through I had the senior seamstress use some scrap and sew the seam we needed. She did six in a row and it never failed. I then had the tech take a shim from a different box with the suspected bad lot number and put it in the machine that was just working.
He replaced the shim then the seamstress began doing the seam. On the third seam the machine was surging again with the erratic stitches.
I told the tech that we had found the problem so I had him change the shims in both machines with the good ones. I put the bad shims into the boxes they came from and stacked them separately. On the boxes was the company's telephone number. I used my cell phone to call the number and when they answered with the name on the machine I asked for technical support.
Once the tech was on the line I explained what had been the problem and what we had found. I gave him the bad lot number and the good lot number and defined how we had determined the problem. When he said since I was probably a small user this may not be that much of a problem. I told him we had about fifteen hundred machines and were anticipating purchasing that many more if we received the type of service we expected, he straightened up.
He said, "You have a maintenance agreement so you don't have to pay for a problem like this."
I told him, "No it doesn't cost me to fix a problem, but my line has lost almost three full days which is nine shifts plus the waste of the material and time of bad garments."
He said too casually, "You can just sell them as seconds or mix them in with your stock."
I answered him very caustically, "We do not have seconds. Our garments come from our line perfect, period, no seconds, no waste."
I was becoming agitated, "Look what your saying is not logical. I've called to report a major problem with a lot number. Make your customers and techs aware of it. Goodbye."
The tech was smiling and said, "They can be some arrogant assholes."
"Okay Mike, we've resolved this one let's go take care of the next."
The tech said, "Thanks for finding this, I'll tell my boss so we can get rid of this lot number completely. I hope our other techs haven't put any in yet, but I'll find out. Thanks again."
As Mike and I were going to go downstairs to get the two people he needed to take action on he said, "You know what, you made me see something that I should have done. These two were working on cutting and were not doing a good job. I'll just give them different jobs. I need both inside custodian and outside maintenance. Let me switch them and see if they do better. It would be a shame to waist someone we have already hired."
"Go have one of your assistants do that and let's take care of the last problem. I'll wait in Sue's office for you."
Sue was back in the office so I explained what we found. She said she already heard that the line was starting back up. She gave me a hug thanking me for taking the time to help.
I told her about Mike's stress level and she said she had noticed he had been stressed out lately. I told her of his three immediate problems and how he was going to handle the second one. Sue asked me, "How are you going to fix up his home problem?"
"Easy, send them over to the Don Cesar for a couple of days then help him work out his time schedule so he can be with his wife more. He says she's been sick, we should probably find out what kind of sick."
Sue picked up her phone and talked to Betty for a second then hung up. "Mike's wife miscarried a couple of months ago. That's why she's freaked out. I don't think they have any other kids. We'll get them to a specialist and get her knocked up and they will be fine."
Mike had been standing at the door and said, "I need some time to get that job done. I've just not had time or the energy."
"Call your wife Mike. Tell her to pack up some clothes and especially her swimsuit. You are on your way to the Don Cesar for the rest of the week, through Saturday night. Come back next Monday refreshed, okay?"
"I can't afford the Don Cesar for a week," Mike whined.
"Don't whine. Just go, it's paid for, if you want to make your wife, Sue and me happy, get out of here. Get!"
Mike's face went from a frown to a grin. He smiled at Sue and I, turned and left. I told Sue to call Betty to tell her that if Mike calls or comes by she was to be notified immediately. She agreed and called Betty.
Sue walked out of the office and returned with a small Spanish guy. "Sergio, you remember Steve, my husband. Mike is going to be gone for this week so you have to take up his slack. If you need to swap around with the other shift managers, do it. If you have a problem that you can't or don't know how to resolve, call me."
"Thank you Miss Sue, I'll do a good job. I really want that manager job at the new plant. Thank you very much," Sergio said as he headed out the door.
Sue said, "Nothing like a little trial by fire or under fire or whatever it is. Let me get Stevie and you can feed us. I'm starved."
It was already nearing two. No wonder she was hungry. We went to the little Greek place and had a nice lunch. The owner couldn't get over little Steve. He sat in his carry seat and played with a chew toy the whole time we ate. We left in separate vehicles for the house where we stashed Stevie with Juanita and gathered the girls that wanted to go with us to the gym.
Glenda told Juanita to get her workout stuff on as she needed to go too. Glenda said that Martin and her could watch the kids as the kids would probably sleep anyway.
We did the workout then came back and went up to the pool for our fifteen minutes a side of sunshine. Most of us swam some laps then we went back to the house. Juanita joked that last Friday she had one more part of a good workout. She looked at Sue when we were alone and said, "I could borrow him for some tummy exercise, yes?"
Sue and Mercy both laughed and told her, maybe later.
I went over to see how Kevin was doing. Crystal intercepted me and told me to leave him alone. He was doing perfectly fine. She said he had been resolving a service issue with an RV owner and it turned out that he was selling them a half million dollar RV at that moment. The customer wouldn't have to worry about the cost of repair now because the new one would be under warranty for five years or a hundred thousand miles. Crystal said, "We'll fix his old one up like new and make a killing on it. Just leave the boy alone. I'll take care of him."
"How's Luis Mendoza doing?" I asked wondering if she thought that he would work out.
"He's doing fine. Leave that one alone too. I've had his ass buried in reefers all day. You'll like him. When I told him comebacks pissed me off, the sucker said to me; quote, "I don't have come backs. I fix things once. I may not be fast but when it's fixed it's fixed." Honest he told me that."
I smiled and waved bye as I left Crystal to handle another crisis walking up to her at the time.
I drove quickly around to check on the houses being built, the sports complex, the golf cart expansion and the Sue's new plant. Everything was moving. I wanted that instant gratification that the old contractor was able to give sometimes. I knew it couldn't always be done but oh well, I could wish.
I waited for Dennis to get off the bus. I asked about homework and he said he had completed everything in school but would go over it again later. He said school had been great. I had him put on older clothes that could get dirty, then headed to the shop. Tina had changed and was going to trail along. I told Tina I couldn't hire her until she was fifteen but would that happen soon enough. She seemed to understand.
First we had to see Ruth then I took him down to Sandy. The Andies took him to a spare bench in the back that had one of their engine parts diagrams laid out on it. Sandy said, "Use these tools here, this can of penetrating oil, read the directions okay, then take this motor apart and place the parts on this mat. We're working till six so you have about two hours to work. Get to it. Anything you can't turn, come get us and we'll show you how to get it unstuck without busting the head off."
I mentioned to Sandy, "That's not one of his motors."
"I know boss but he needs to learn and earn a little first. Then we'll work on his engine. Besides, that customer wants his motor back right away and we're not finished with this repair yet. It'll give us a running start. Go away, we'll bring the kid to the house."
I turned to Tina and said, "You see, I get no respect."
She giggled and followed me out to look at who or what might be going on with the El Camino. The entire body was on the floor separated into the nose, the cab, and the bed. The frame was hanging from the bars of a forklift. Tim looked my way and said, "We'll sandblast that sucker and get all the crud off of it before we decide whether to chrome it or not. Come look, I have the frame for the front clip so it will tilt up. All I have to do is to put in either a hydraulic, air, or electric lift."
I remembered the drawing and asked, "What is the compressor and storage tank for?"
"The lift man, the lift. I'm going to make this thing a low rider. It can be down to a couple of inches off the ground or twenty-four inches using air. You know, you've seen how you can make the nose of a car hop up and down. Let me get. I want to do this frame real quick." Tim drove the fork lift with the truck unibody frame to the superlift paint shop sand blasting room.
Tina said, "Wow, these guys really get into doing this stuff don't they?"
"Like you wouldn't believe girl, like you wouldn't believe," I said smiling at the way the whole crew went after things. Abe was right, this was something that gave them a chance to show off.
Before Tina and I headed home I took her into my office and told her to watch out on the floor and the monitors to see if she could tell what was happening. Pretty soon she said, "Some of the people are putting things away and sweeping. That guy is mopping over on that monitor. These two guys are working on something as if they're trying to get done. Another guy is sweeping under them as they work. Why are they all cleaning?"
Debbie turned around and said, "Because your Uncle is anal about a clean shop and a neat business at night. Take a walk and go look at the desks in the big rooms. If they are not neat, they are being straightened. Go look."
Tina walked out of the room toward where Deanne was. She came back in a few minutes then walked the other way. When she came back into the office while I was on the phone returning messages, she stared at the monitors and out the window.
I got off the phone about the time a line was forming where the time cards were. Some people were still cleaning up and one of the welders was still grinding. A team member was measuring and gauging angles. The man lifted up, used a piece of sandpaper then rubbed his fingers over the spot then you could see him say, 'perfect.'
The two men hung the frame on the paint rack then swept up and put their tools away. They took off their smocks and folded them into the cabinets. They looked around then headed toward the end of the line at the time clock. Tina said, "Wow, they wanted to finish what they were doing. They wouldn't hurry, they just finished it, checked it and hung it on that rack."
"See there," She said pointing at the motor shop monitor, "those two girls and Dennis are still working. They are the only ones except Shawna, she's doing something to that motorcycle."
I said, "Let's wonder through the offices to see if we have any slobs. I don't do this often but it's fun to do some times. Come on Tina, let's hunt down the slobs." We left the office with Debbie laughing at us.
We went toward the side opposite Deanne then went upstairs where the big customer service area was. There were about thirty girls still working. Judy was standing talking with one of the girls and saw that I was puzzled. She pointed at groups and said, "These ten are mid-west for the central time zone, these ten are mountain time zone, and these are pacific time zone. They start an hour, two hours, and three hours later. Next week we are beginning our twenty-four hour customer service for overseas customers. It's taken us a while to gather the people who could speak the languages.
We have ten people now and they will work from eight PM to four AM. That's a tough shift but we're paying pretty good. They are all English speaking but they can field, German, French, Spanish, Greek, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Hebrew, Chinese and Japanese."
"That's awesome Judy, that's a great idea. Was it yours?" I asked.
Judy shook her head, "One of our girls who speaks a couple of languages heard Phil giving voice to his wishful thinking and suggested it. We surveyed our people, hired a few from outside and have been training them."
"I hope you rewarded the young lady who made the suggestion," I said.
"You're sending her to Hawaii this week. I think she feels rewarded," Judy answered with a smile.
We went home arriving in time to meet Kevin smiling broadly. He asked, "Is it true that I get commission on that big RV I sold today?"
I smiled, "It is and you will get a commission when we sell the one you took in on trade when it sells."
"Hell there's nothing really wrong with it," Kevin said. "The thing just has a bad compressor on the main air. The reason it's bad is because they park in a camp with bad power for months at a time. If they would buy a good power conditioner they wouldn't wear out the compressor so fast. The compressors aren't cheap."
Kevin leaned toward me and said, "That Crystal tries to act like a slave driver but she's a pussy cat. No wonder Henry and Nancy are hot for her."
Henry came in with Nancy and Susan heading toward the bar. Once they were fitted with drinks Susan came over to Kevin and I with a drink for Kevin. Nancy came over too and said to me, "Okay, Susan and I have had our vacation. We want to go to work. We'll clean up here, at the office or any of the places at the park, we will damn near do anything but we need to do something. We can't just hang around all day.
Ruth heard the girls and said, "Nancy, you're supposed to be the new hiring person for both me and Sue's companies. You'll have a bunch of help for the mass hiring but trust me, you'll be busy. I'll get you together with Hanna, Crystal and Terrell. They will give you what they need then you can start finding what and who they need.
Ruth turned to Susan and said, "From your background you could work in Judy's group, the general office, or you could work in either the Truck or RV store as they both need billing clerks right now. I think the Truck store is looking for a billing manager. You did that before so go ask Crystal and find out. You know you could probably work your hours so you're home when Tina gets off the bus."
Hanna was getting herself a beer and offered, "There is always a place for someone who has half a brain in this company. I know the cart store is trying to hire people right now too. Office, sales, mechanics, builders, everything. The hotel is looking for a day desk clerk. Denny's is looking for waitresses, Publix is always looking for people. The possibilities are unlimited."
I let them be and went to look for Sue since I had not seen her. They were in the living room with Shawna and Debbie nursing. The little buggers were all slurping away. Mia was sleeping and had probably just finished draining Hanna.
It's funny how when women nurse, a bunch of other women come in to keep them company. Glenda, Nelda, Juanita and Matty were all sitting with the mothers. I gave Sue a kiss and she smiled then whispered to me. "Go look in the bedroom. Be quiet though."
I walked back to our bedroom and quietly opened the door. Mercy was naked, lying on a much larger naked form. I could hear the person under Mercy slurping away. Mercy looked up at me and smiled. She gave me an air kiss then pointed at me then at the big lipped pussy staring right at me.
This was a little surprising. I quietly closed the door then walked to the edge of the bed dropping my jeans. Mercy sucked me into her mouth then brought it down to aim right at the very wet juicy pussy. As I slid in the familiar voice of Crystal moaned, "Oh fuck yeah, whoever you are I'm in love. Oh God will I ever stop coming. Jesus give it all to me. Christ you're as big as Henry, maybe bigger. Slam that sucker."
Mercy was giggling from Crystal's comments. The words were tickling her pussy. She pushed her pussy back into Crystal's mouth to shut her up.
Mercy looked up at me and mouthed, "Don't come." Easy for her to say.
I slammed, pumped, pummeled and thumped till I had felt Crystal's stomach clinch and quiver several times. She finally said, "No more, no more, Christ you're gonna kill me."
Mercy pulled me from Crystal's clenching pussy then scooted around and presented her bare beaver to me. I slid into her completely then began sawing to bring her off. Crystal raised her head with sleepy eyes and said, "I knew you would be a good fuck. It runs in the family. Wait till Nan hears, you'll be fucking your sister in law."
Mercy had her eyes closed and said, "Shut up Crystal, I'm almost there, yes, yes, ah, oh yes, ah."
Mercy's pussy did her killer clench and quivers, which immediately drained me into her hungry pussy. She relaxed and my dick began to relax too. As I began pulling from Mercy, Crystal spun around and locked her lips on my dick sucking off any of Mercy's juices and anything I had left.
When I was clean, she dropped her head into Mercy's crotch and did a very thorough vacuum job. I leaned down and kissed Mercy then pulled my pants up and belted them. Crystal leaned back on the bed and was licking her fingers one at a time. "Thanks boss, I needed you both. I love the snatch on this hot little magic queen. I wonder how she knew that. She just pulled me in here, took off my clothes and sat on my face. She gives as good as she gets though. Damn, I actually feel satisfied."
I smiled at both of them and said, "I'll see you two outside for a beer."
"I'm on my way boss." Crystal swung her feet off the bed.
Mercy gave me another air kiss and wiggled her fingers at me waving goodbye.
When I came out Sue was by herself in the living room watching the babies. I went her gave her kiss and asked, "What was that all about."
"Our Mercy has suddenly decided to find out who wants to fool around. She told me in my mind that Crystal was hot for her and she was going to fuck her. She actually said that Crystal was hot for all three of us. I'll bet that would be a wild time."
"How do you feel about all this," I asked loving on her a little.
"I think it's great. Between Mercy and I we should be able to attract enough pussy to satisfy even you." Sue laughed a little when she said that. "I told her you didn't really want more than us. You know what she said? She said, 'Yeah but he'll do them if we ask and I'll ask cause I really get off watching him do you or someone else. Our mind reader has changed. I think it's because she knows we love her so much."
Mercy and Crystal came out of the bedroom. Mercy came over to snuggle on the other side of Sue. Crystal came over and kissed Sue then me and looked at Sue. "Next time, I want you." Crystal was smiling as she headed toward the beer fridge.
Mercy said, "That's what I needed. She got me off real good then Steve finished me off. Mmmm, good."
Sue said, "It's going to be hard to wait for tonight."
"Don't," Mercy said. "Take the stud in the back and have him put the fire out. You're allowed."
Sue kissed me and said, "I'll wait, I'm starved again. I need to eat."
"Go out and snack on some of those raw veggies and pieces of cheese, I'll watch the kids," Mercy said. "Supper is started but won't be done for at least a half hour to forty-five minutes."
Sue and I went out to the patio. I got her a Diet Coke and myself a mug of beer. We snacked a little while we chatted. Dennis was back with Sandy and Mandy who were bragging on the kid for getting the engine completely torn down. They told Susan she needed to go into the school so Dennis could get his schedule changed. He needed to be in the student worker/intern program at the shop at least three days a week. Shawna said the school already had us on the intern program. This would just expand it to four kids now.
Henry was happy with what he had accomplished today. He said he was getting a handle on how Tiny liked to do things. He said he loved the way the shop looked in the morning and was surprised that I spent the money to have it straight every night. He said he thought the employees like to come to work in that environment too.
Tammy had been waiting for Dennis. Her Dad, Luis was having a beer with the guys after he had finished work at the truck maintenance section. He was remarking at how each maintenance bay had to be clean and shiny before the mechanic left that area for the day. He said he did enjoy working in a clean environment. He said it made him more conscious of doing a good job.
Crystal leaned over to him and said, "We don't do a good job, we do perfect work." She said she would take him down to the original shop so he could talk to some of the people there.
Juanita had inched her way over to where the men were gathered. The Andies and Crystal were there so it wasn't unusual to have a lady in their midst. Since Luis was behind the bar Juanita came up beside him and asked, "Could you fix me a rum and Coke?"
Luis looked down at the shorter woman and realized her blouse was open enough to see her belly button from his angle, straight through the valley of her breasts. It took him a second to gather his thoughts, then he asked, "Do you want lime with that?"
Juanita looked into his eyes licking her lips, "Please."
I was watching the exchange and would have been laughing if I didn't realize that a woman had made a serious decision to capture a man. He was done, stuffed and on the mantel. Men just don't have a clue or a chance.
Dennis and Tammy were playing pool while Judy and Ruth were busy with supper. Hanna and Debbie were working with them to finish before putting it on the table. I went into the kitchen and pulled Romaine apart for salads and whipped up some more ranch dressing.
Mickey and Samantha along with Shawna and Nelda began setting the tables. I loved being a part of the teamwork that was a part of our supper ritual.
When we sat down to eat, I did what I usually do. I observed the various pairing and groupings to see if there was something from one of the businesses that may be important. I did see Juanita on one side of Luis and Tammy on the other side of him. Tammy had Dennis sitting next to her so they were busy while Luis and Juanita spoke in both English and Spanish while they ate.
Crystal and Nancy had their heads together while Susan was keeping her ear cocked toward them trying to pick up on the conversation. Sue and Mercy were content, eating their healthy food, making sure they didn't eat too much. Both wanted to be able to recover their pre-motherhood figures.
After dinner Charlie, Hank, Jim, Sandy, Mandy, and Mickey all wanted to take a ride. Crystal asked the three girls if she could catch a ride with them. When she was told we probably were not going by the club house she said, "So what, I just found out I love to ride. Shit, I'll have to buy me one of these things."
Baby sitting was arranged and we took off with both of my girls riding with on the garbage truck and in the side car. We stopped by Big Jim's then went over to the Crab Shack then on to Clearwater beach. From there we went up to New Port Richey to State 52 then all the way across to I75. We rode down to State 54 then over to Dade City. We stopped for only a beer and potty break then rode home. This was a ride for a ride. Lots of wind in the face to make you feel good.
We got home about nine thirty where Sue and Mercy began encouraging a hot tub run. The baby sitting was taken care of by Glenda and Nelda who said for us to go and have fun so for the first time in a long time, the bunch of us walked up to the pool area.
Surprise, surprise, my brother and my sister in law, Nancy, were with Tiny and Ruth doing far more than just soaking. Henry had Ruth standing bent over the side pounding away. Nancy was playing rodeo riding on Tiny who was stretched out on the platform at the side of the tub.
Shawna with her swelling belly jumped into the tub startling Henry and Nancy. The second person in the tub was Crystal saying, "Nancy I get next on that thing." Hanna decided she wanted a tasty treat from her hubby, Jim, for his and her first one. Mercy said she wanted to try Charlie because she had heard so much about his wide monster. We could have used more men because we were instantly involved in a mass orgy.
Sue demanded I bend her over for a good one before she tried to sample the rest of the male participants. She didn't last long and was sinking into the water not able to hold herself up in less than five minutes. It seemed all the women were really wound up tonight. When the mass switch was on, Nancy demanded I lay back while she sampled her husband's brother. About ten minutes later she proclaimed me another Sharp that was a decent fuck.
Nancy didn't continue until she made me get off so I was still ready and able for Crystal when she came for our second joining today. Usually big women wish to be on the bottom but this lady in addition to being an amazon was limber and flexible. She insisted on riding me and gave me some intense pleasure from her rapidly gyrating hips. I was just about to let loose when Crystal collapsed on me whispering sweet nothings into my ear. "You and your brother are such studs. If I can keep getting this much good dick, I may give up pussy. But in the mean time, I see your lovely wife laying back waiting for me to attend to her sloppy pussy."
Crystal no sooner unsheathed herself than Mercy was sliding down on me. She was extra slick. She leaned to me, kissing me as she moved slowly up and down. "I love you so much. That you can let Sue and I indulge ourselves the way you do makes me love you that much more."
As we were loving I asked, "What changed your mind about joining into this?"
"I've always been easily excitable and very horny," my dark hared lover huskily said. "Sue and I have been loving on each other and you so much I thought you might enjoy a little variety. The more I thought of variety the more I thought I would like to have some too. Since it doesn't affect how much I love you and how much you and Sue love me why not join in. I promise, I'll be careful and not hurt the baby. Now fill be up, make me sloppy with your juices."
When Mercy rolled off me, Hanna was right there slurping up what I had left. She is really funny the way she smacks her lips when she has finished a helping of male essence.
Shawna, Ruth and I never did connect but I think they were well taken care of by the time we slipped on our robes and walked back to the patio to relieve the baby sitters and relax. We all had another drink then went off to bed.
I had a surprise when we went into the master bedroom. Juanita had the covers turned down and was laying naked, spread out, waiting for us. Sue and Mercy primed her with touches, licks and kisses then pulled my re-awakened poker into her. She came hard several times and when she began to protest, Sue pulled me into her to squeeze the juices right out of me.
I fell asleep with Sue on one shoulder and Juanita on the other. Mercy was behind Juanita with a hand cupping one of her breast.