Take Out Page #2
When I`m the big boss.
Wei, you`ll be my restaurant manager.
No, not manager. The chef.
We`ll see.
Ma, you`ll be my chef. ScreW Wei.
Sounds good to me.
- Delivery.
- Ask Ming.
Ming is out on a delivery.
Big Sister, you`re coming With me, right?.
Go, go, go.
Big Sister, you`re going to be
my restaurant manager, right?.
There are too many orders,
I have to help. But I Will take it sloW.
Why did you mess up my order?.
What areyou talking about?.
I have to make tWo trips
becauseyou messed up the order.
Psycho, I don`t knoW
Whatyou`re talking about.
The delivery I just made.
The guy didn`t Want chicken.
Ask Big Sister, I folloWed the order.
I can`t afford a mistake today.
What areyou talking about?.
I`ll redoyour order.
Areyou deaf?.
HoW did you mess up chicken and beef?.
I don`t thinkyou`re cut out for this.
Why don`tyou go back to China?.
- You have a hearing problem?.
- Watch your attitude.
- Watch out, I`ll smackyou.
- Psycho.
Ifyou don`t Want to Work,
go back to China. NeW guy.
- What doyou mean ""neW guy``?.
- Don`t fight.
He didn`t do it on purpose.
Just a little mistake.
Stop fighting. Get out ifyou Want to fight.
I can`t hear a thing.
He can`t afford a mistake today.
What the hell does that mean?.
Ming, Why doyou look sad?.
What`s on your mind?.
F***.
F***.
HoW can you see it?.
Don`t Worry, I`ll fix it foryou.
Just Wait over there.
Who broke it?.
It doesn`t go doWn.
What the hell. Is it broken?.
I`ll fix it in no time.
Okay, okay.
Small fried rice, no vegetables.
Only one dollar?.
Not even one dollar.
Sometimes just a feW coins.
It`ll get better later.
Toyour next customer, say...
What?. I don`t Want to.
He`ll giveyou a bigger tip.
You have to smile.
Your eyes have to smile.
Your eyes are not smiling.
Damn, you`re crazy.
You Want to make money.
You have to try harder.
You have to smile.
Didn`tyou hear?.
HoW can I smile
When I`m in a bad mood?.
Big Sister alWays says...
You`re nuts.
Soyou have to smile.
No.
I don`t think that Will help.
- Trust me.
- Okay.
- That`s hoW I do it.
- I`ll try my best next time.
You have to do it.
You never listen to me.
Ming, delivery.
Remember to smile...
Fine, I Will.
I put it there.
Why?.
Because there Wasn`t any room.
Really?.
Really, there Wasn`t any space.
Why didn`tyou make room?.
I told you there Was no room.
Make room ifthere`s no room.
What`s the big deal?.
Guys, please. Every day.
I`m getting a headache here.
It`s not a big deal.
He just likes to fight.
I like to fight With him.
Ifhe didn`t mess up my system,
I Wouldn`t care.
Is it that hard?.
Cooked food on the top.
RaW beef on the second shelf.
RaW chicken on the third shelf.
Chopped vegetables on the bottom shelf.
I knoW.
You`ve told me many times.
But there Was no space.
Is your brain in your ass?.
Didn`tyou think of making room?.
Yes, I thought ofit. Then I thought
it Would be more fun to piss you off.
My cousin should be arriving
in the States at the end ofthe month.
- Really?.
- Is he going to do it Ma style?.
""Don`t send me back. Communism is so bad.
I can only have one kid.``
You don`t understand.
You guys got here before 9/1 1.
It`s much harder after 9/1 1.
Ming, you got here after 9/1 1?.
Yeah.
He didn`t get caught.
Really?.
Must`ve had a good smuggler.
Where did you come in?.
- Canada.
- Really, Canada?. Not bad.
Ma Wasn`t that lucky.
Ma`s boat got nabbed
offthe California coast.
Yeah.
We all had to apply for political asylum.
Soyou got traveling papers?.
Yeah. While I Wait for a hearing.
When is the court date?.
End ofthe month.
You`re going to California?.
No. Areyou kidding me?.
I`ll Wait forthe next amnesty program
in a feWyears.
No trip to any court.
You`ll Wait forever.
Small broccoli chicken.
Broccoli chicken.
Yesterday a black guy
Was here to sell a bike again.
- Which one?.
- Which black guy?.
Number 1 00. Who knoWs?.
There Was a black guy here last Week.
He Was trying to sell me a bike.
The bike he tried to sell me
Was the one stolen from me last time.
- It Was your bike?.
- Yeah.
It`s all your fault.
Why?.
Why?.
The blacks rip a bike off
from one restaurant
and then sell it to another restaurant.
And becauseyou buy them,
you create the demand.
Of course it`s your fault.
So We should spend $1 00 on a neW bike
every time We get ripped off?.
Wonton soup. Large, not small.
Boneless chicken and roast pork fried rice.
Hurry up, I have other orders.
No, I don`t knoW.
Those are extra.
It`s hot, open the door.
Young, still sleeping?.
Take this delivery.
Ming is out and I have too many orders.
Take some deliveries.
F***.
Don`tyou knock first?.
One fried rice.
Delivery.
Ming, spread the menus.
I don`t have time today.
You still have to do it.
What`s Wrong With Ming today?.
Stop fighting With him!
I`m not fighting With him.
You Were the same as him
When you first got here.
KneW nothing.
Only thinking about the money.
Just trying to be nice.
I can takeyour picture.
When you call me,
your picture Will appear.
- I don`t knoW this brand.
- Your brand is shitty.
I can`t read it.
My brand is better. Look. Picture.
What`s going on With you?.
Did you fall into a puddle?.
Look at him.
Ming, delivery. Next door.
One hour to go.
You`ll be fine.
A boat straightens its course
When it gets to a bridge.
It stopped raining.
TWo spring rolls.
Fuckyou.
That b*tch at 845 West End.
Bald bastard, I`ll slapyou.
One case of chicken.
Three cases of chicken Wings.
TWo cases ofbroccoli.
Three pounds ofbean sprouts.
Three pounds of noodles.
One dozen scallions.
One dozen packs oftofu.
One hundred pounds of pork.
Give me a cigarette.
Where is Ming?.
I don`t knoW.
You`ve been yapping and smoking all day.
Don`tyou have deliveries?.
There`s something Wrong With my bike.
I have to get a neW one tomorroW.
Did he get himselfinto trouble?.
He has a big bruise. I saW it.
Did he get into a fight?.
I don`t knoW.
HoW Would I knoW?.
You`re so close to him.
WhyWouldn`tyou knoW?.
Since When doyou care about Ming?.
Small broccoli chicken.
Is he in trouble?.
It`s none ofyour business.
- Why doyou have that attitude With me?.
- Attitude?.
For threeyears,
I`ve had nothing but attitude from you.
Don`t talk to me about attitude.
If Ming is in trouble...
Hurry up, small broccoli chicken.
Forget about it. There`s no problem.
Don`t Worry.
Aren`tyou coming over to help?.
Fried rice.
Number 250.
Oh, this pack scared me.
Who took the hot sauce?.
Not me.
What the hell,
blaming me for everything.
What`s Wrong With you?.
I told you.
Things alWays Work out.
This is called, ""A boat straightens
its course When it gets to a bridge.``
Doyou agree With me?.
That`s life.
Philosophy.
Sometimes...
I Wish I`d never come here.
It Would be great to be home
With myWife and my son.
I got here before my son Was born.
He never saW his father.
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