New In Town Page #6

picture prospective employers...

...lining up to fight over

a dumb son of a b*tch like Bob.

They might padlock this place,

let the whole town come to rust.

But if that's the way it goes,

I don't wanna be thinking...

...this gal offered a chance

and I didn't do a thing about it.

You can count me in.

They teach you that

in your management books?

Is this a surprise compliance visit

from the union?

Maybe.

I heard about what you're doing.

Look, I'm not sure why I came here,

but maybe I can help.

Crank it a little bit more.

Yup, crank it, a little bit more.

All right, Bob, turn her on.

Hold it. Turn her off, Bob.

Great.

- Hang on, trade me spots here, Ted.

Okay, go on, get in there.

Okay, let's do this other one.

- All right.

Turn it on, please.

Put it off, Bob.

That's funny?

No, no, no.

- Yeah, that's funny though.

Yeah, all right.

Bob, do me a favor, please turn it on.

And I swear never to reveal

Blanche's secret tapioca recipe...

...to anyone from a rival company

or to Trudy Van Uuden.

I swear.

Mr. Arling

from the home office on line one.

And if you ask me,

he doesn't sound any too pleased.

Donald, funny you should call.

Yes, yes, Donald.

I do realize that I did this

with absolutely no authorization.

Don't think I'm not pissed.

You'd be out on your ass if those

regional tests weren't off the charts.

It doesn't hurt that Wallace's

grandkids are big on the butterscotch.

This is Blanche Gunderson.

She's our head

of Product Development.

Oh, heavens no, I'm just...

Oh, I'm pleased as punch

to meet you.

Yeah.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

It's all right, it's okay.

- Oh, dear.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, they never would have thought

it would be more cost-effective...

...to use the current labor force and

the old machine line than robotics...

...but we showed them.

They want to ramp up production...

...and ship nationally

by the end of the month.

How does it feel

to be the newest vice president?

We'll expect you in Miami

next week.

Hey.

- Hi.

How you doing?

- I'm all right.

How are you?

- I'm all right.

It's real noisy in there so...

I thought I'd tell you goodbye

out here.

You know, you've done some

pretty amazing things around here.

Thank you.

Everybody in this whole town

is really gonna miss you a lot.

Especially me.

There's people in there

waiting to give you a sendoff.

You don't want to miss that.

You may wanna...

Yeah.

So I'll see you...

- Yeah, I'll be in there in a while.

Okay.

It'll be nice getting back

to civilization.

How do people live here?

How many queens

did you plant in this deck, Maurice?

Four or five, give or take a couple.

Hey, fellas.

Ted, we gotta talk.

Hey, Nina,

give me a Maker's Mark.

Well, it looks like we're just

too successful for our own damn good.

Just got wind from Fagerbache

in Distribution, the plant's being sold.

Some muckety-muck from HQ

is coming to tell us about it.

Sold?

Yeah, it's a heck of a deal.

They're gonna move

our product line out of here.

Faster than thin sh*t

through a tall Swede.

I'm surprised your little sweetie-pie

vice president...

...didn't send you the memo.

So ridiculous.

It was my secret, now it's being

shipped off with the plant.

Yeah, well, I'm not gonna accept

anything less...

...than two weeks' salary

for every year worked.

I understand that you've heard...

...of Munck Foods' planned sale

of this facility.

Yeah.

Well, I've assembled

some industrial investors...

...to back us in buying this plant,

product line and all.

At a fixed rate,

you'll buy the new company back...

...until it is entirely owner-operated.

Well, how do we know

we can we trust these guys?

Yeah.

You won't have to.

You can trust me.

I wanna come back

as this company's CEO.

Well, would you look at Miss CEO?

As I recall, first,

you got us to risk everything.

Then you left us behind, you know?

And then you got them...

...to buy the company

out right from under our feet.

And now you have this idea...

...about how we're supposed

to buy our own company back.

Well, that changes everything.

Are you prepared

to deal with the union on this?

I'm sure we could come

to some agreement.

It's gonna take a little bit of time too,

it might take years.

My schedule's open.

Whoa, there, buddy, you're not...

- Hey, I just have something in my eye.

Damn it.

Now...

What about Johann Weinkopf?

Why, he'd make you

a mighty fine husband.

He's got a lazy eye.

And I can never tell if he's looking

directly at me or my breast.

Probably looking at both.

Now that I think about it,

you're probably right.

Go on.

Oh, hi there, Peter.

- Here you go.

So...

- Okay, then.

You have a nice day.

- Enjoy the weather.

You too.

- Thank you much.

renshaw

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