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- Oh, thank you, Ted.

So, Ted, do you live around here?

Yeah.

Yeah, I moved up here.

Little over 10 years ago.

Why?

I mean, not that it's not nice.

I'm sure.

But why?

Why not, you know?

What's so great about a city?

Well, I mean,

the cultural advantages alone.

Museums, opera, ballet, theater.

Not to mention nightlife.

Oh, yeah.

Do you know I was in a restaurant,

and Justin Timberlake walked in?

For real?

- Is he one of your MP3 fellas?

Oh, that's nice.

I thought all they had

was skinny supermodels...

...and Colombian drug lords.

Ted, that's terrible.

You know who else was there,

Bobbie?

Fergie.

I bet you like her music, huh?

My dad won't let me like that stuff.

Well, you seem old enough

to decide for yourself what you like.

Excuse me?

Women like that just selling

themselves as sex objects?

What kind of a role model is that

for young girls?

I think that any examples of strong

successful young women are vital.

And that's how you measure success?

By how provocative a woman can be?

We'll pass on that.

We'll listen to country.

Oh, the twangy drivel

about the losers who drink beer...

...and drive pickup trucks?

Yeah.

How about polka?

It's got something for everybody.

That's it, Harve,

you're exactly right. Bingo.

I like beer.

I drive a pickup.

I should have known.

You probably drive a new car

for what it says about you...

...when what it says about you...

...is how you bow down to the big

corporations that made a gravy train.

And would anybody like

more gravy?

Trudy? Kimberley?

Industrial competition in a free-market

economy is what built this country.

No, robber barons built it, and they

did it from the blood of working folks.

If you steal somebody's car,

you get thrown in jail.

If you steal life savings,

you get to be a CEO.

I'm planning on being a CEO.

You better count the silverware

before she leaves.

I'm leaving now.

- Not if I leave first.

Come on, baby.

- I've got Snickerdoodles with tapioca.

Thanks for dinner.

- Thanks for dinner.

Totally awesome.

Miss Hill.

Stu Kopenhafer, plant foreman.

I'm supposed to show you around.

Milk processors, cooking facilities.

Curdling vats, slop sinks...

...auxiliary refrigeration,

more slop sinks.

Storage racks over there.

Conveyor belt.

This is your main production floor.

I'd really like to speak

with the workers.

Where can I do that?

Bob.

What are you waiting for?

Greetings, New Ulm.

I'm here to usher in a new phase.

This is a great opportunity.

I'm here to reconfigure

for the initialization of Rocket Bars.

This will be an exciting utilization

of new branding...

...for capitalizing

on a highly profitable demographic.

Cut to the chase.

We don't give a fart on a muggy day

what you're making us make.

Tell us how many you're planning

on laying off.

Management at Munck Foods

in Miami has sent me here...

...to conduct mechanization

and modernization procedures.

Yeah, you Munck-ees all say

that crap.

But every time one of you comes,

we end up losing jobs.

Well, I'm interested

in the jobs we'll create.

If you're not, that's fine, but I'll expect

you to implement the changes...

...in a timely manner.

Okay?

Oh, yeah, well, nice try, Trudy.

No, you're not getting

that recipe out of me.

Because I...

All right, listen, gotta go.

Okay, yeah.

Let me jump.

Yeah, okay, I know.

I'll give it to you later.

Okay, bye-bye then. Yeah, bye.

Oh, good morning.

Sorry about that.

That was Trudy. She's always trying

to get my tapioca recipe out of me.

Yeah, well, I doubt that your tapioca

recipe is gonna affect the plant.

So let's just stick to work

if we could.

Oh, okay.

Oh, listen, sorry about being late.

Billy had a run-in up at the school.

Had to go talk to the principal,

don't you know?

He thinks he's a little Puff Diddly,

in case you didn't notice last night.

Is that my office?

- Oh, yeah.

I'd like to see you in there, please.

As a female, do you know

how I'm on the fast track to VP...

...in a Fortune 500 company?

- No, I don't.

When it's time to work,

I concentrate on work.

I get you.

- And I expect one's personal life...

...to be kept personal.

Okay, that's easy.

- But not you, apparently.

You're trying to set me up

after having just met me.

Well, actually...

- I don't want excuses.

I am here to do a job.

I will not get personally attached

to this town or anybody.

Okay, but listen...

- No buts.

But for the sake of argument,

let's say I did want to get set up.

Trying to hook me up with that guy?

I may be in the middle of nowhere.

But I am not so desperate that I would

consider your sorry-ass truck guy.

Right. Sorry-ass truck guy.

- Good.

Now that that's clear,

let's just brush that off.

So I can spend the rest of the morning

kissing the ass of the local union rep.

Who I actually think is here.

Why is he out there?

Funny story.

It might have been presumptuous

of me to try to set you up...

...but I thought it might help

professionally...

...if you were to meet

the union rep...

...for all of southeastern Minnesota

casually...

...over a nice home-cooked dinner.

Ted is the local union rep?

That's right.

The guy that I yelled at

over your meatloaf?

And in the driveway some too.

Mr. Mitchell.

Ted, wasn't it?

Yeah. But some people refer to me

as "sorry-ass truck guy. "

I beg your pardon?

Union's been pushing

for better soundproofing in this plant.

But I think they should probably

extend it to the office walls too.

Shall we?

Well, going over union regulations

for two hours is not helping.

What I'm trying to do is make sure that

during this simple reconfiguration...

...as you call it,

that not one union job gets cut.

I'm sure we can come

to an agreement.

I'm gonna make sure that you comply

with that agreement every step.

Goodbye.

How is the first day going?

It's been a very productive day.

I've spoken to the employees

and the plant foreman.

And they are very engaged

in the process.

I've laid out my work strategy

with my assistant.

And I've begun dialoguing

with the local union rep.

I'm sure I'll be able to forge

a working relationship there.

All right, but if we're gonna downsize

by 50 percent...

...I need you to prioritize

your termination list.

Hi there. I wanted to let you know

I've rearranged my desk.

It looks so nice

and professional now.

So if you need anything, a drink,

or a snack, or you get homesick...

...you wanna talk,

you just give me a shout.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, I'm already on that.

All I'm asking

is that we move these machines...

...to make room

for the new production equipment.

Yeah, no.

That's not the way we do things.

- Nope, not the way we do things.

Not the way at all.

You're going to have to make

some concessions.

Oh, we're making

some damn concessions.

Like Gopher Day.

Gopher Day?

- Yeah.

Local holiday.

First Friday of November.

We've always gotten it off before,

but we're all working this one.

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