The Intern Page #6

What time

should I pick you up?

Noon? I love daytime dates.

Lunch, perfect. It's sooner.

So how's it going?

How's Jules?

Yeah, I mean, she works

on all cylinders all the time.

Doesn't stop, doesn't sleep,

never see her eat.

Maybe it's good

that I'm here, you know?

I hope I can help hen

I knew you were

gonna be a good guy.

I knew it.

-Try to relax.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

I'm sorry. I'm leaving.

I'm leaving!

Sorry, don't stop.

I'm leaving.

Oh, my shoe. Sorry.

So?

I don't know, kid. This lease

doesn't look so hot to me.

Three-month security deposit.

You must really

love this place.

-No, it's horrible.

-Uh...

But I can get in this week.

Well, if I were you,

I'd keep looking.

-Okay.

-Hey, Lewis. What's up?

I've never seen you so awake.

I was just asked to deliver

this huge order to Tribeca,

and I think it's to

Jay Z's apartment.

I'm not kidding.

Look, it says, "S. Carter."

I'm a little freaked out.

I don't know who that is,

but is this someone

you want to impress?

This is a genius, Ben.

Whoa, what if Beyonc

opens the door?

Oh, my God.

Okay, now I know

who you're talking about.

Well, maybe you should put on

a proper shirt with a collar.

A collar?

These are hip-hop people.

Dress to impress, Lewis.

Go to the rack. Find

a boyfriend shirt that fits.

Bring the hair down

if you can.

Tuck in the shirt.

Why doesn't anybody

tuck anything in anymore?

-I'm asking you.

-Okay, okay.

Benjamin.

We made some progress.

Very big day

for the intern team.

It was great. I mean,

she yelled at me, but...

She yells at me

all the time, too.

-Right? It was communication.

-Yeah.

-It was a breakthrough.

-Yeah.

Whoo!

-Oh, you want one, too? Okay.

-Yeah.

Okay, boys.

I'm possibly meeting Jay Z

and/or Beyonc,

and I'm in a blouse.

Wear it, dude.

It's an improvement.

Not true.

Big one.

-I hate eating alone.

-So do I.

You know, you don't actually

have to keep doing that.

Well, force of habit.

Here you go. Swiped

these from the tech fridge.

Oh, nice going.

-You want a slice?

-Sure, thanks.

-Cheers.

-Cheers.

I noticed a couple hours ago,

you had a meeting with

another possible CEO.

I saw him arrive.

How'd that go?

It was going well

until he called us...

I believe the term

he used was a "chick site."

And I didn't hear

anything he said after that.

Apparently, selling clothes

makes us a "chick site."

I mean, really?

How is this not legit?

I couldn't agree more.

I find that surprising.

Really? Sexism in business?

So...

What did you do for work, Ben,

before you retired?

I was a VP for Dex One.

Phonebooks?

I was in charge of printing,

and before that I ran

sales and advertising.

Big jobs.

Wasn't this a factory that

used to make phonebooks?

-No! What?

-Yeah.

What?

This is where you worked?

For almost 40 years.

Oh.

Yeah.

For twenty-some years

I sat right by that window.

That was my office.

It was a few steps up

backthen

And we could look out

over the whole factory.

Our printing presses

were in that corner.

That's why the floor

dips back there.

No way.

I know everything about

this building. Or used to.

You know the sycamores on the

other side of the building?

-Yeah.

-The big ones?

Yeah. The big ones.

I love them.

Yeah. I remember

the day they were planted.

Is it totally weird

being back here?

Well, it feels

like home. lt's

Remodeled,

but home.

So you're on Facebook, huh?

Well, I've been

trying to figure it out.

I joined about 10 minutes ago.

Well, better late than never.

Do you want some help?

I'd love some,

but, really, you've got

better things to do.

No. I need a diversion.

You have a photo of yourself?

No. I need one?

Uh, if you wanna look up

all those hotties from

high school, you do.

Say cheese.

-Cheese.

That is cute.

Okay, I just need

to send that to you.

Uh...

All right, so there are

all these questions

for your profile that you can

answer if you want to or not.

Like religious views,

political views,

people who inspire you.

Jules Ostin

I'm not trying to

brown-nose you,

but I've been in business

a long time

and I've never run across

anyone quite like you.

You do inspire, Jules.

I just knew,

at the end of the day,

that a woman

with a glass of wine

and a laptop

had real shopping potential.

And if you could actually

promise her

things would fit...

-See? That's what I mean.

-Okay.

Mmm.

-You have a favorite quote?

-I do.

"You're never wrong

to do the right thing."

-Who said that, you?

-Yeah.

But I'm pretty sure

Mark Twain said it first.

Okay, favorite music?

Uh, jeez. Sam Cooke,

one of my all-time favorites.

Love Miles Davis,

-Billie Holiday.

Oh, she was great, right?

I mean,

she could just, like...

-Transport you.

-Oh, yeah.

Okay, books?

Love Clancy. Ludlum.

Crazy about Harry Potter

-Matt loves Harry Potten too.

-Oh, yeah?

Yeah, he, like, read them

all the week they came out.

Ah, well, me, too.

Um, okay, what's your

relationship status?

Are you married?

Single?

Widower

I'm sorry.

I think we should

just say single, then?

Yeah.

Okay, do you know

what you need now?

You need someone to friend.

I'll be friends with

the other interns.

They'll show me how

to do it in the morning.

Well, you can friend me.

-Okay, thank you.

-Okay.

Okay.

Congratulations,

you are now officially

part of the

Facebook generation.

-Good deal.

-Um, you done?

-Yes, thank you.

Okay.

Well, I have, uh...

I have another hour of work.

Are you...

Are you okay with that?

Of course.

This was great, Jules.

Yeah.

It was nice to have

an adult conversation

with an adult man,

you know what I mean?

Like, not about work.

Not about...

I know what you mean.

-Oh, we're here?

-Yeah.

Was I snoring?

No, no, no. Just sleeping.

Sorry.

My parents are

sleep researchers,

and they've been studying

my sleep my whole life.

Apparently, I'm

a classic noisy sleeper.

Fun getting to know me, huh?

-It is.

I never fall asleep

in the car,

so that was actually amazing.

Apologize for the racket.

Barely noticed.

I'll pretend I believe you.

I love this house.

It just looks happy to me.

Like, if it was

in a kids' book,

it would make you feel good

when you turned the page

and saw it.

You know what I mean?

I do.

Well...

Sayonara

Sayonara

I didn't hear you come in.

You know, I was thinking

we need some

awake time together.

Yeah, that, too.

Morning.

Good morning. I'm Doris.

They asked me

to drive you today.

Are you all set back there?

You got your

seat belt fastened?

What happened to Ben?

Oh, somebody said

that he got transferred.

Um, you know the best way

to get back to headquarters?

-

-Oh, my!

-Oh, what...

-Come on!

Hold your horses, maniac!

Which way, hon?

I'm all turned around here.

-Doris. Doris! Doris!

-What? What?

You told me to transfer him.

That was two days ago.

Why didn't you check with me?

First of all,

that was yesterday.

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