3 Women

[Chattering, Indistinct]

[Chattering Continues]

[Chattering]

- Legs need exercise. Yeah.

- Yeah.

[Chattering]

Huh? Come on over here.

Let's sit with Mr. Hollingworth.

This is our indoor therapy pool. You'll probably

be doing most of your work in here.

None of our patients

can really stand the sun. Millie.

Yes, Miss Bunweill?

- This is Pinky Rose. She'll be starting with us today.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I want you to get her a suit and a locker...

and show her the routine

the way you did with Alcira.

Okay, but I got Mr. Shaw

for after lunch.

Peggy can take over for you.

Millie's one of our best girls.

- She'll show you how simple it really is.

- Okay.

Okay, after lunch.

- What'll I do till then?

- You can have lunch in the caf...

and meet Millie

in the locker room afterwards.

I wanna see you

before you leave tonight.

Ten more and you're finished.

Yep.

Just keep 'em movin'.

- You could do some of these, too, Mr. Hollingworth, you know?

- I've done 'em.

- [Bunweill] No, it doesn't.

- [Man] It's $ 100 a day.

- No, it's $50 a day.

- Since when?

[Millie] I'm savin'for one of those

new microwave ovens I've been readin'about.

You can cook a hot dog

in three minutes.

I like mine burned crisp, and you can

set it to burn food just like ya like it.

I've already got 43 and a half

books saved up.

- Hi.

- Hi.

[Chattering]

I think I'll have the...

chicken-fried steak with gravy.

You know the Breck girl?

Well, they're havin' a contest to find a new one...

and I'm gonna send

my best picture in.

Hi. I'm Pinky.

Remember me? At lunch?

That wasn't me.

- I thought you had the day off.

- I did.

Old Big-Buns called me in

to work for her.

Mmm, sorry.

I gotta break in a new girl.

- Hi.

- Hi.

I don't know why she picks me.

There's nothin'to teach.

[Woman #1]

That's probably why.

- [Millie] Do you guys know how to play Scrabble?

- [Woman #2] No.

It's a real good game.

You can learn a lot of new words.

My roommate's got this boyfriend

who's really good at it.

[Woman #1]

What's that supposed to mean?

He knows some words

I've never even heard of before.

- Well, they say they want a receptionist.

- "Orator."

- It's in the dictionary, all right.

- Two of'em or one?

- Two.

- I think it's some kind of, oh, professional talker or something.

- [Woman #2] That's where I could've worked.

- [Woman #1] You're too short.

But the most unusual one

was "zebus."

- You know what zebus are?

- Mm-mmm. - No.

- The humps on a camel's back.

- Ohh.

I didn't like the guy that I was with

too much, though.

All he wanted to do

was make up dirty words.

We weren't gonna play

that way.

- You know what we had for dinner?

- What'd you have?

Tuna casserole.

I cooked it.

- [Woman #1] Was it any good?

- Yeah.

I got this whole book of recipes that I'm keepin'.

And I list 'em by how long they take to make.

You know, if you only have 20 minutes,

you just look under 20 minutes...

and it tells ya all the kind of things

that you can make in that amount of time.

[Woman #1]

That makes sense.

It's real good.

It's really not a book,

but a kind of file with times marked on it.

You don't say.

- Pretty good.

- Uh-huh. Couldn't improve it

Oh, um

Polly, this is Pinky.

Pinky, that's Polly.

- Hi, Millie.

- Hi.

- It is Pinky, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Okay, let's go get you a suit that fits.

- Okay.

You ever worked

in these kind of places before?

No. This is my first job

in California.

They're not very big

with the salaries here. Oof.

- You're a little like me, aren't ya?

- Yeah.

This looks like

it's about as best as we can do.

- Why don't you put this on? I'll wait for you outside.

- Okay.

After you've checked the list in the morning,

you'll know who you're supposed to have.

There'll be a time

written right by each name.

You'll meet 'em here

and they'll give you their cards.

Okay, suppose you got Mr. Shaw and it says,

on his card, uh, "Mineral pool and rest."

Well, you get him

to enter the water right away.

Ten minutes is the max, though,

like it says on that wall.

Then you get him out,

wrap him up and put him on a chaise lounge...

and he's gotta stay there for at least 20 minutes

before he can go back in.

Now, you're gonna

play the patient...

and I'm gonna take ya in.

First we gotta take off

our robes and our shoes.

[Softly]

Okay. Robe. Take off our shoes.

Okay, now,

what's wrong with ya?

- Nothin'?

- Well, there's gotta be somethin'wrong with ya.

- My bathing suit's too big?

- No.

I mean, why else would you be here if it weren't

somethin' like your legs or your arms or

There's gotta be

somethin'wrong with ya.

Oh, my back!

Oh, my back.

- And my leg. My leg. My leg hurts.

- Okay, your back and your legs.

- This is for people with bad backs and legs.

- [Groaning] Thank you.

- Now, you're gonna have to take it real slow and easy now.

- Okay. [Groans]

- We don't want you to get hurt.

- Okay.

- Just be careful 'cause it's real slippery.

- Okay.

- [Groaning]

- Just take it easy.

- Okay.

- Doesn't that feel good?

Mm-hmm.

- Oh, it's hot.

- Come on back up.

It's 106.

You know, my grandmother had

a bad back and leg, too.

- She did?

- Yeah.

Okay, now, do you wanna stoop

and get all the way in?

I don't know.

Am I supposed to?

- Not you. That's what you're supposed to ask them.

- Oh.

- You have to kind of humor 'em.

- Oh.

- Sort of talk 'em into what they're supposed to do.

- Yeah.

Okay, now, follow me.

[Sighs]

I don't believe it.

- If Bunweill had seen that you'd be in hot trouble.

- You said all the way.

Well, now let's go do

some exercises over here.

- It's okay.

- [Gasping]

Now we're gonna exercise

these hurt legs.

What's the matter?

Haven't ya ever seen twins before?

[Woman Chattering]

[Millie] These are our individual hot tubs. The

water comes directly from the springs to here.

And over here

ya got your rest area.

They probably won't let ya work the tubs

until you've been here a week or two.

There's really

nothin' to it...

but ya just gotta know

when somebody's gettin' a bad reaction.

Sometimes they can't get out by themselves,

and if you leave 'em in too long they could die.

- They could die?

- Yeah. Uh-oh.

[Man]

About that floater we had yesterday

Oh, Graham,

I don't know how that happened.

Took her blood pressure

and she was fine.

Next she's floating

face down in the pool.

- Is our, uh, malpractice premium for this quarter paid?

- Yeah.

- Lammoreaux?

- Yes, Dr. Maas?

- How is Miss Rose doing?

- Just fine, Dr. Maas.

Well, good.

You two should, uh, get along very well.

- Don't you have something in common?

- What?

I don't know. Aren't you both

from Texas or something?

- Couldn't you find a suit that fits you better, Rose?

- Oh, yeah.

- No, ma'am.

- Well, try.

[Dr. Maas]

Vivian, have you ever been to Texas?

- Is your name Lammoreaux?

- Uh-huh.

- You French?

- Nah, I'm American.

- Are you from Texas?

- Yeah, near Longview. You?

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