Glengarry Glen Ross Page #10

ROMA:

I don't...yes. Okay, the board.

AARONOW:

I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm f***ed on the

board. You. You see how...I...

(pause)

I can't...my mind must be in other

places. 'Cause I can't do any...

ROMA:

What? You can't do any what?

Pause.

AARONOW:

I can't close 'em.

ROMA:

Well, they're old. I saw the sh*t

that they were giving you.

AARONOW:

Yes.

ROMA:

Huh?

AARONOW:

Yes. They are old.

ROMA:

They're ancient.

AARONOW:

Clear...

ROMA:

Clear Meadows. That sh*t's dead.

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Pause.

AARONOW:

It is dead.

ROMA:

It's a waste of time.

AARONOW:

Yes.

(long pause)

I'm no f***ing good.

ROMA:

That's...

AARONOW:

Everything I...you know...

ROMA:

That's not...F*** that sh*t, George.

You're a, hey, you had a bad month.

You're a good man, George.

AARONOW:

I am?

ROMA:

You hit a bad streak. We've all...

look at this:
fifteen units Mountain

View, the f***ing things get stole.

AARONOW:

He said he filed...

ROMA:

He filed half of them, he filed the

big one. All the little ones, I

have, I have to go back and...ah,

f***, I got to go out like a

f***ing schmuck hat in my hand and

reclose the...

(pause)

I mean, talk about a bad streak.

That would sap anyone's self

confi... I got to go out and

reclose all my... Where's the phones?

AARONOW:

They stole...

ROMA:

They stole the...

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AARONOW:

What. What kind of outfit are we

running where...where anyone...

ROMA:

(to himself)

They stole the phones.

AARONOW:

Where criminals can come in here...

they take the...

ROMA:

They stole the phones. They stole

the leads. They're...Christ.

(pause)

What am I going to do this month?

Oh, sh*t...

(starts for the door)

AARONOW:

You think they're going to catch...

where are you going?

ROMA:

Down the street.

WILLIAMSON:

(sticking his head

out of the door)

Where are you going?

ROMA:

To the restaura...what do you

f***ing...?

WILLIAMSON:

Aren't you going out today?

ROMA:

With what?

(pause)

With what, John, they took the

leads...

WILLIAMSON:

I have the stuff from last year's...

ROMA:

Oh. Oh. Oh, your "nostalgia"

file, they's fine. No. Swell.

'Cause I don't have to...

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WILLIAMSON:

...you want to go out today...?

ROMA:

'Cause I don't have to eat this

month. No. Okay. Give 'em to

me...

(to himself)

F***ing Mitch and Murray going to

sh*t a br...what am I going to do

all...

Williamson starts back into the office. He is accosted by

Aaronow.

AARONOW:

Were the leads...

ROMA:

...what am I going to do all month...

AARONOW:

Were the leads insured?

WILLIAMSON:

I don't know, George, why?

AARONOW:

'Cause, you know, 'cause they

weren't, I know that Mitch and

Murray uh...

Pause.

WILLIAMSON:

What?

AARONOW:

That they're going to be upset.

WILLIAMSON:

That's right.

(going back into his

office. Pause. To Roma)

You want to go out today...?

Pause. Williamson returns to his office.

AARONOW:

He said we're all going to have to

go talk to the guy.

ROMA:

What?

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AARONOW:

He said we...

ROMA:

To the cops?

AARONOW:

Yeah.

ROMA:

Yeah. That's swell. Another waste

of time.

AARONOW:

A waste of time? Why?

ROMA:

Why? 'Cause they aren't going to

find the guy.

AARONOW:

The cops?

ROMA:

Yes. The cops. No.

AARONOW:

They aren't?

ROMA:

No.

AARONOW:

Why don't you think so?

ROMA:

Why? Because they're stupid.

"Where were you last night..."

AARONOW:

Where were you?

ROMA:

Where was I?

AARONOW:

Yes.

ROMA:

I was at home, where were you?

AARONOW:

At home.

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ROMA:

See...? Were you the guy who broke

in?

AARONOW:

Was I?

ROMA:

Yes.

AARONOW:

No.

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