“Oh I hate him!” Debra Turnow slammed her file onto the file cabinet behind her desk. “That arrogant, conceited, prick!”
The focus of her anger was Richard Tawny, the sole male sales rep in the banquet and catering company Debra called home. All the salespeople were exceptional at their jobs, but Richard was the best, and he knew it. He lorded over the women in the office with a chauvinistic air of superiority. His constant advances on the poor women would have been grounds for dismissal, but the company needed the income that Richard commissioned, so they all grumbled about a problem they were powerless to fix.
Debra sat at her computer and, checking her e-mail, realized that she had a message from her brother. “Hey, Sis! This website looks kinda fun, check it out and tell me what you think!” She followed the link to “Transformation.net.”
The front page had all sorts of suggestions, like “Be the person you’ve always wanted to be” and “Give a special surprise to the one you love.” The one that she like the most, though, was “Get revenge on that co-worker you hate.” She clicked on it and quickly entered Richard’s information.
Debra was a little shocked by the 3D rendering that appeared. It matched Richard perfectly. He was about 30 years old, with dark brown hair, a runner’s build, and stylish glasses. He was pretty average, but he had earned a lot of money at an early age which made him cocky and narcissistic.
She started playing with the options, making him short and fat, then tall and thin.
“I hate that man!” Gina, a young Asian sales girl walked in and sat on the edge of Debra’s desk.
“Richard? Yeah, me too. But take a look at this website my brother sent me! I think it’ll make you feel better!”
“Oh my GOD! Is that Richard?” Gina laughed at the picture of a short, fat, balding man with terrible acne.
“Yeah! Isn’t it great! I was thinking I should make him a woman… give him a taste of his own medicine.”
“No, that’s not fun. There are too many women in this office. Just make him gay, so he stops hitting on all of us.”