Management Page #2

Well it was much more than a butt touch.

Still you can't stay.

I've got a lot of work to do.

Well how much stuff can you do in one night?

- A lot.

Like what?

You got out with friends or...?

You see that girl over there?

She works for Burger King.

She gives me vouchers every week.

And I pass them out.

That's what I do.

I just wanna let you know. If you want

me to leave tomorrow, I will, I promise.

Hey guys!

- Sue is here.

Whopper. Whopper.

Whopper. Whopper. Whopper.

Okay, Chicken Tenders.

Careful.

Easy, easy, easy. Easy.

Here you go, Chicken Tender.

Ok. BK veggie burger.

Not that, Sue.

- Come on, it's supposed to be delicious.

I don't think so... - Come on guys,

it's got soya in it, it's good, it's really good.

Fine, I'll take one.

All right, hey, who wants a powerade? All right.

This is nice.

- Thanks. I've been here two years.

Compact fluorescents.

- Oh. Bummer.

So I think I'm gonna, go to sleep.

You want me to touch your butt first?

No. I only do that when I'm travelling.

Right.

So do you... are you alone here in Maryland

or do you have relatives around or...?

- My mom, she's over in Laurel. That...

Her name is Mary.

- What does she do?

She sells insurance to deaf people.

Nice sweatsuit.

I don't want you to take this the

wrong way but I think, we probably

shouldn't sleep in the same bed.

It's a good call.

So is your return ticket all set?

I actually don't have one.

- You don't have a return ticket?

I bought a one-way.

- Why?

That's completely unacceptable, Mike.

- I know.

You need to buy one.

- I know, I'm sorry. I didn't have enough money.

What?

- I only had enough for a one-way.

And I thought, I thought, I'm just gonna go for it.

- With me?

Yes. It was a far-flung notion.

- That was a f***ing stupid notion.

I guess.

- I'll lend you the money.

No, you don't have to do that!

- Yeah, well I'm going to.

Okay, hey, would you first consider

taking a morning off from work?

No.

- We can hang out and then I'll leave.

If I don't you can... mace me.

You're insane.

- We could go to the zoo, that'd be fun.

Mike, zoos suck.

- Okay, then we'll do something else.

Come on Sue, take a day off from work,

you look like you could use it.

I do?

Have me buzz those people,

come on, let me take it!

Not too hard okay?

You shouldn't smoke.

I'm done. Forever. I'm serious.

No, you don't... hey! You don't need to do that.

Yeah but I am, I'm done.

It's time.

Let's see if I understand something.

Do you think that you like me, Mike?

Yes.

- Why?

Cause you have style.

No I don't.

- Yeah you do.

No, no. I don't.

- Yeah.

You give away 30% of your income.

You would to if you'd... make... more.

- No I wouldn't.

You're also incredibly sweet.

Well beneath...

- Beneath what?

Beneath the part of you that's not.

I'm gonna get you bus.

I'll pay you back for the ticket.

- Don't worry about it.

So will I ever see you again?

That wouldn't be good for you, Mike.

I'm not good with people.

No, that's not true.

- Yeah, I know it is.

No, it's not. What about those homeless guys?

They love you.

What about the soccer gals?

What about me?

Okay, buddy, all aboard.

Hey, Mike, I think you better go on the bus.

Hey Sue, it's Mike. Calling, again,

I'm trying not to call too much but,

I just wanted to make sure that you

got the poem that I sent last week

you know, the sort of an elongated haiku thing...

Anyway, you know my home number

and of course the front desk.

But seriously,

you should call cause I'm definitely around.

Anyway, talk to you later, I hope, bye.

I thought you were gonna quit smoking?

I just did.

What are you doing here?

Work.

Hey, did you, did you get my haiku?

- The elongated one?

Yeah.

- Yeah.

It was nice.

So you're just uh, passing through?

Yeah, fly out from Phoenix tomorrow.

Here, I'll take it.

- Oh, thank you.

So, this must be a really good

region for corporate art sales?

Yes, it is.

Hey, I'm supposed to go to this yoga class later.

Would you like to come with me?

Do you have a boyfriend Sue?

- No.

Did you, recently?

- Yes.

What was his name?

- Jango.

He was an ex-punk.

- Ex, like ex-punk?

Ex rock-punk.

We broke up when he moved away.

Why did he leave?

To open the Pacific northwest branch

of his organic yoghurt company.

He's the president.

- Here you go.

Thank you.

Thanks.

So how is your job these days?

- It's okay.

But it's not your fantasy job.

- I don't really do fantasy about it.

If you could close your eyes and

pick anything what would it be?

But you gotta close your eyes

otherwise it's not gonna work.

Okay.

To run a full service state

of the art soup kitchen.

Multiple housing units upstairs,

recreational facilities in the basement,

job outreach.

Midnight basketball.

Good soup.

- Excellent soup, first and foremost.

What about kids, you wanna have kids?

You know what was really

great about that yoga class?

It was the breathing stuff.

I don't do that.

- Breathe?

There are days where I have to instruct

my heart to request additional air.

And I have to tell myself:

'Breathe, Sue'.

'Just keep breathing'.

Yes, I want kids.

Were you not sure when I asked?

I just don't think that I've ever been asked.

That way. Before.

Can I ask one more question?

Then I'm done, I swear.

Will you come visit my mom

with me on the way home?

She's sick and I um, I promised I'd stop by.

Here, these are for you.

There was a flower show downtown.

That's nice of you.

Hey ma,

Sue flew in from Baltimore just this morning.

What do you do, Sue?

- I sell corporate decorative art.

I've met you before.

- Yeah, you know, she stayed at the motel, ma.

That's how we met.

And where you're from originally?

- Uh, I'm from Columbia. Maryland.

Do you come from a good family?

- Uhm, no not really.

Is there something specifically wrong

with your family? - Uh, well my father

lives in ashram, in northern California.

Pretty much sums up everything.

About, you know...

He once forgot to pick me up from gymnastics.

For an entire night.

That's quite a lot of somersaults.

I didn't care. I didn't. It really just explains

more about him, um, than it does about me.

Could you hand me those pills, Mike?

- Which ones?

The ones on the left, Mike.

Can I talk to my son in private for a moment?

- Did I, did I say something wrong?

Not at all.

It'll just be a moment.

Okay.

I like her.

- Really?

She's a bit of a long shot.

But then she's logical.

In an emotionally annihilated kind of way.

But that's okay, underneath there

is a heart of...

Gold?

- No, I wouldn't say gold.

Maybe made of - leather.

But if it works out,

she'll be good for you when I'm gone.

Needless to say what would make me

happy is for you to find something for

yourself before my check-out time.

Just so I know it's not you and your father

alone here, walking around like robots.

Ma, dad's not a robot.

- He is.

But I was mostly talking about you.

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