One Hour Photo Page #3

to drill it, all right?

Visualize where

you want the ball to go

and drill it.

Good one,Jake.

Jake,

that's not good enough.

We're gonna

have to work on that.

All right? All right.

Pay attention, fellas.

A little focus.

Drill it in there, Matt.

Come on!

Good shot. Good shot.

Next practice,

Thursday.

If you can't make it,

be sure and tell Derrick.

Hey,Jake.

Hi.

Toby, you forgot

your sweatshirt.

I was just on my way

home from work.

I saw you out there.

I thought

I'd check it out.

Jake.

You all right?

Yeah.

Your mom

picking you up?

Nah, I got my bike.

That was a great shot

you made.

But your coach

was a little rough.

I thought he should be

more supportive.

Do you want me to have

a word with him for you?

Nah, it's okay.

I will.

No, thanks.

Okay.

When I was your age...

I wasn't very good

at sports.

Mmm.

I was kinda

chubby kid.

Oh.

Let's face it.

I was fat.

I was sick

all the time.

Kept comin' down with

mono and hepatitis...

and then I broke

my collarbone...

and I had to wear

this weird cast

where I kept my arm up

like this all winter.

I wasn't exactly

the most popular kid.

How'd you break

your collarbone?

Oh, I fell

out of a tree.

How's your dad

doing?

Good.

Does he come

to see the games?

Yeah, sometimes.

Does he come to see

any of the games?

He's really busy

at work.

I don't know. He's--

He's busy all the time.

He sounds like

an important guy.

I guess. He owns a company

and everything.

Probably just wants

to make sure

that you and your mom

have all the nice things

you want...

like that cool bike

and those soccer shoes.

Hold on.

Yeah. You know,

those things cost money.

He'd be here

if he could.

I guess.

I got something for you.

Wanna guess what it is?

Whoa.

What's wrong?

It's--It's the one

you wanted.

Mr. Parrish,

I can't take this.

Sure you can,Jake.

My parents won't let me.

I'd better be

gettin' back home now.

You sure?

Yeah. Thanks anyway,

Mr. Parrish.

Okay, see you

around the store.

Okay.

Hey,Jake.

The name's Sy.

Okay, Sy.

Well, there's--

There's been, like,

some kind of shift.

I don't know.

A couple of weeks.

Maybe five weeks.

Six. No, I know that, but...

Um, yeah, but this--

This feels different,

you know?

Listen,Jan...

I can't talk right now.

I'll call you back

this afternoon.

Okay. I know.

I love you, too. Bye.

Hi, Sy.

Hi there.

I was just

at the Dairy Queen.

I saw you down here

and thought

I'd say hello.

I'm just grabbing

some shopping fuel.

I never see you

away from the store.

After all these years,

you'd think

we'd run into each other

at some point.

Why, do you live

around here?

I live downtown.

Mmm. Well,

that's quite a drive.

No, I'm used to it.

You have

a nice boy there.

Oh,Jake. Yeah.

A little sensitive,

maybe, but, um...

- he likes you, Sy.

- Aw.

He calls you

"Sy the photo guy."

You know,

I've watched him grow

since he was this big.

That's right.

You've been doing our pictures

for a long time.

You know, I almost feel

like "Uncle Sy."

Well, I've got some

serious shopping

to do, Sy.

Oh, sure.

Take care.

Oh, my God.

What?

That's so weird.

l--l--I'm--

I'm reading that exact

book right now.

You're kidding.

No. I can't believe that

you'd be reading that book.

You know, he writes a lot

about noticing coincidence,

doesn't he?

Yeah, he does.

That thing he says

about fear--

Oh.

"The things we fear

the most

have already

happened to us."

Wow.

I had no idea you were

such a deep thinker, Sy.

I wouldn't say that.

Do you have

any children, Sy?

Me? No. No.

I'm not married.

No girlfriend?

No.

I have a snapshot

of my mother, though.

Hmm.

She looks very nice.

She's passed away.

Oh. Well, um...

I'm sorry, Sy.

Gosh, you know,

I have to go.

Um, it was really nice

chatting with you.

It was nice

chatting with you.

Um...

I'll probably

see you very soon.

We can't seem to go a day

without taking a picture

of something, so--

Sy Parrish,

please see the manager.

Sy to the manager's office

immediately, please.

What's with the getup, Sy?

It's Wednesday, Bill.

I was doin' the SRS.

Sy, there's been some

discrepancies

in the click count.

Oh, well,

that's probably Yoshi.

You know, his math skills

are pretty weak...

but I told you about that

when you moved him over

from audio.

No, all the discrepancies

are on the logs

that you initialed.

- They are?

- Yeah.

Oh. l, you know...

I guess sometimes

the end of the week

you get

a little tired--

We're not talking about

a few innocent math errors, Sy.

The net clicks all zero out.

They always zero out.

The problem is, Sy,

that the shutdown clicks

don't correspond at all.

I mean, they don't even

come close to matching

the amount of prints

that we sold.

Well, then,

it's probably a problem

with the reorder

counter.

Well, I asked Larry

about that.

What did he say?

Well, he looked

at the counter

and said that

it checked out.

He also said that

in 14 years of servicing...

he's never seen a faulty

counter on an AGFA unit.

Really?

So the question is, Sy...

where did all those

unaccounted for prints go?

Well, what kind

of discrepancy

are we talking

about, Bill?

We're talking about

hundreds of prints, Sy.

Oh!

That's not possible,

Bill.

Oh, no.

I've done the math...

and the P.O.s

confirm it, too.

Well, I don't know

anything about it.

Oh, I think you do, Sy.

Well, I don't, Bill.

Look, Sy,

I've got a family.

I'm not losing my job

over this.

I'm lettin' you go.

No.

Oh.

These log discrepancies

would be enough...

but you've been

spacing out on the job...

taking 90 minute

lunch breaks...

creating scenes in front

of the customers...

giving away free merchandise.

What?

Free disposable cameras

to customers on their birthday?

That must have been

your bright idea.

Sure as sh*t

isn't company policy.

You can't do this.

It's done, Sy.

I talked to Sims

at district.

Now you finish out the week

and clear out your locker.

And if you do somethin'

like f*** up today's prints--

I haven't f***ed up

a customer's prints

in 11 years.

Just get back out there.

Hey, Sy.

Sy.

Jake wanted to get his

birthday gift processed.

I'm sorry?

The camera.

Right. The birthday gift.

Number of sets?

Oh, just one is fine.

Um, the ones

we usually get.

Standard.

Jake had a really great

time with the camera.

Didn't you,Jake?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

What was that

address again?

It's 326 Serrano Terrace.

Sy, are you all right?

I'm fine.

I'll have these

for you tomorrow.

All right. Thanks, Sy.

Bye.

Bye.

Oh.

I'm leaving early

today, Yoshi.

Okay, Sy.

I won't be

coming back, Yoshi.

Bill let me go.

You were fired?

Yep.

Really?

Really.

Wow.

I've really enjoyed

working with you, Yoshi.

Yeah, me, too, Sy.

Sy?

Sy, I just wanted to, um...

well, I guess I just wanted

to say thank you, you know?

For what?

For teachin' me

all this stuff.

You're welcome, Yoshi.

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