Sex columnist Sydney Summers has shared a cautionary tale about having sex in a meeting room at her workplace, describing the experience as awful and something she never wants to repeat. In a frank account for Metro, she detailed the encounter with a colleague named Ryan (name changed) and the immediate regret that followed.
The Encounter
Summers, who worked as a designer at a creative agency, had been seeing Ryan for two months. The pair often met after work drinks, but one hot day, she indicated she was wearing a short skirt for “easy access.” Ryan suggested booking a meeting room, and after a moment of hesitation, she agreed. She booked a room on the top floor, which still had lockable doors, an hour later.
When the time came, she casually left her desk with her laptop as a cover. Ryan was delayed by a colleague asking about drinks, but they eventually met in the meeting room. The sex was rushed; Summers did not try to orgasm. “All I could think about was the possibility of losing my job,” she wrote. Ryan finished quickly, and she flatly told him, “I never want to do this ever again.”
Immediate Aftermath
Summers left the room half-undressed, checking the coast was clear. She took the elevator alone while Ryan speed-walked after her. When they met downstairs, she hissed at him to go the other way. Her work bestie immediately gave her a knowing smile, and Summers made her promise not to tell anyone. “Everyone knows you’re seeing Ryan,” her friend shrugged. “Yeah, but no one can know we had sex in the office. It’s just wrong.”
Background and Regret
Summers had been enamoured with Ryan from her first day at the job, describing him as tall, handsome, with dark hair and broad shoulders. They flirted at work drinks in her first week, and he kissed her after calling her “the hottest girl in the office.” She told him she didn’t want a relationship, and they began a casual hookup. Only a few colleagues knew about them.
But the office sex changed everything. Summers felt dread rising even before the act, especially after noticing a camera in the lift. “In that moment, I couldn’t believe I was possibly letting a man destroy everything for me,” she wrote. They stopped sleeping together after that; Ryan seemed hurt, and Summers felt only dread at the thought of resuming.
Lesson Learned
Summers managed to stay in her dream job for a few years before moving on. “It was nice to know I had self-control and was able to put myself ahead of good-looking men,” she said. She concluded, “I learned my lesson – I never had sex in an office again.”
