Window Wonderland Page #2

and say "battleaxe"?

What? Oh, come on,

it's a term of endearment.

A soldier goes to war, he

needs his battleaxe, right?

- Thanks, honey.

- Yeah, thanks, hon'.

Hey, don't. No.

Come on, what happened to

that Christmas spirit?

All right,

the bigger question is

why is an adult

eating a gingerbread man

at 7:
30

in the morning?

Adult?

Oh, thank you.

I'm forgetting something.

What am I forgetting?

Don't look at me.

I don't know what day it is.

It's Wednesday.

It's Thursday.

What?

How did that happen?

So, uh, big night

with you and sir Kenneth?

No. Sketching,

actually

oh, sketching.

Yes. For the window?

That's what I forgot.

Paper.

I forgot paper.

You know what? Sorry.

Real quick.

What?

Gee, thanks.

You're kidding me.

You're just

doing this now?

Inspiration strikes

when it strikes.

Yeah, no,

take your time.

You have a whole,

ooh, seven minutes.

Yup.

Ah-ah-ah-ah...

Oh, you're ridiculous.

Hey, that's good,

that's good.

A little snowman, maybe?

People, people, people,

clearly, this assignment

was above your pay grade.

Well, everything's

above my pay grade.

Needless to say,

I am happy to report

that you're not entirely

void of talent.

Thank you, Mr. Fitch.

Really, Sloan,

is there no end to your

gratuitous pleasantries?

Oh, yeah. There is.

Installations begin

tomorrow night.

So it goes without saying

that the alarm will be on,

so exit through the alley

door.

The system will bypass

that specific exit

for two hours

and then re-arm.

We don't need another

Halloween fiasco.

That was a freak accident.

Okay.

South window.

Yes!

Um, thank you, Mr. Fitch,

and, um, which one

are we going to go for

in the north window?

Uh, north window.

Hey!

I accept.

Oh, this is

so unexpected.

Uh, I'd like to thank

my third grade art teacher.

Of course, I wouldn't be

sitting here today

if it weren't for this

chair...

I don't understand.

I thought you said

that only one of us was

was going to get to replace

miss jeffers.

Oh, and one of you will.

The one whose brings in

the most customers

between now and Christmas.

With all due respect,

Mr. Fitch,

I take this

very seriously.

I mean, I was up all night

with those sketches,

and he did his

in, like, what

10 minutes

on the curb?

Well, seven,

but who's counting?

Um...

His design was better.

In fact, had he not

smeared frosting

on his second napkin,

he might have had both

windows.

Oh.

There you go.

Thank you.

You look tired,

sweetheart.

Sleep is crucial

for women like us.

Like us?

You know,

the unmarried.

Look at me,

I get my nine hours,

no matter what.

Alarm could go off

in the building,

my head stays on the pillow.

That sounds dangerous.

Not as dangerous

as that lipstick

you're wearing.

Those red hues

totally wash you out.

You're a fall,

not a winter.

Knock 'em dead.

Uh-huh.

Thank you, Rita.

What, no tip

for all that advice?

Oh.

Have a nice day.

How could I not?

Look at all these

surroundings.

If you don't mind

me saying so, dearie,

that scarf doesn't do you

any justice.

Have you seen the display

on the third floor?

I'm just trying

to be helpful.

Whoa.

Hold the door!

Whoa, whoa! Ah...

M'lady.

Thank you, darling.

Where you headed?

Housewares.

Cooking demonstration

by any chance?

Best appetizers

in the house.

And on the house.

I just hope they have

that plum pudding today.

No, plum pudding

is Tuesdays.

Today is candied yams.

Wednesday and Friday are those

honey-baked ham things.

Sounds like you could use

a homecooked meal.

Yeah, it's a little

more expensive here

than I'm used to.

Mcguire's?

New York.

Ah, ain't that the truth.

Talk to you.

Thank you.

Hey.

Good night, Mac.

Good night, Rita.

Congrats on the window.

Oh, thank you.

I just can't believe

that he got the other one.

He thinks this job is a

joke.

Well, maybe

it just seems that way.

You know, the thing

that gets me though is,

he's good, you know?

Well, I don't know much

about design,

but I've seen

a lot of windows in my day,

and I'll tell you one thing,

when miss jeffers

started here,

she wasn't

all that good.

Really?

No.

Her first Christmas window

was a styrofoam snowman.

Oh, no.

Yeah.

With a carrot nose,

and the two eyes of coal?

Just one.

The other one fell out.

Oh, no!

But she took this art class,

and she got in touch

with her creative side.

Hmm.

Well,

my job is done.

Ah, wish I could

say the same.

An all-nighter?

Yeah.

What are you up to?

Oh, just another night at

home.

No hot date?

More like cold leftovers

and a good book.

Oh, hey.

You ever see this one?

Aw, it is a classic.

Hmm.

Yeah, maybe when I was 7.

Aw, it's funnier now.

What's really funny

is that you, um,

you haven't even started.

I started.

I plugged in the TV.

Wow, nice skyline.

Just...

Go back to your cartoon.

I want to see

what you do next.

Will it be...

The empire state building?

Or the statue of liberty?

Hmm...

I knew it.

That looks heavy.

Let me give you a hand.

Thank you.

No, take it.

Come on, take it.

I insist.

No, I can manage.

Thank you.

All right!

I'll be over here

if you need me,

hanging out.

Actually, you know what,

I think I work better

with an...

Audience...

Oh.

Boy.

It's like working

in a fishbowl.

Ah...

I see you went with

less is more.

And I see you went with

more is more.

Well, louder

grabs people.

You know, understated

elegance, though,

just taps them

on the shoulder.

Yours is good.

North pole, wifi,

very clever.

So's yours.

Simple and to the point.

Oh, this guy again?

Does he have to

drive by here every day?

His office

is up the street.

I thought he worked

out of his car.

Hi!

You look like

you've been up all night.

Yeah.

Um, what do you think?

Oh.

Huh...

Very clever.

Oh, thank you.

No, not that one,

it's the other one.

Oh, right.

Yeah, that one, um...

That one looks great, too.

Look, I'm late for work.

Drinks later?

Yeah.

Okay.

Bye.

: Bye.

He doesn't like mine.

Ah, what does he know?

He's a suit.

Yeah, his family's

on the board

of the guggenheim.

Never heard of it.

Come on, I'll let you

buy me a fa LA latte.

Oh, this day just

keeps getting better.

See you later.

I have a million other

places I could be right now.

Oh, name two.

How about

human resources,

picking up

your severance check, huh?

Should I go on?

Nope, we're good.

Okay. Listen,

if someone

comes into the store

after seeing

one of these displays,

there is a 50% greater

chance

that they're going to make

a purchase.

Wait, does that

even make sense?

Yes, it makes sense, Jake.

- Uh, are sales up, Mr. Fitch?

- Marginally.

- Oh, you're welcome.

- That wasn't a compliment.

Sloan,

your window was pleasant,

okay?

But pleasant

makes people smile...

Smiling is good, right?

No, not if they smile

and keep walking down the

street to the next store, okay?

You're here to create

the desire to shop, okay?

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