(BOSS, sitting at desk, looking through papers, is approached by EMPLOYEE who is dressed as a laborer and is mopping his sweaty head with a bandana)
EMPLOYEE:
(approaching BOSS kind of proudly, full of himself) Yo! Hey Boss!
BOSS:
Yes, Chuckie?
EMPLOYEE:
I got all the fruit down off the tree. It’s all in baskets.
BOSS:
Oh, good. Yes, yes, nice work, Chuckie! (returns to reading papers)
EMPLOYEE:
(waiting, fidgety, obviously wants to ask BOSS for something, after a few moments coughs to get attention of BOSS)
BOSS:
(ignores cough, after many moments looks up from papers, surprised to see EMPLOYEE still here) What in the world are you still DOING HERE, Chuckie? Got a case of amnesia? Alzheimers kicking in?
EMPLOYEE:
Well, the fruit, sir.
BOSS:
Yes, Chuckie. The fruit.
EMPLOYEE:
Well I collected it all, sir.
BOSS:
You already told me that, Chuckie.
EMPLOYEE:
(growing in pride, chest swelling, nose lifting up) I collected each piece of fruit, I put it in the baskets, I lined up the baskets, and I also put the ladder away, and I did it all before the end of the day, sir.
BOSS:
Fine, Chuckie. You did your job. Now why don’t you go get cleaned up and then head into the kitchen and make me a sandwich?
EMPLOYEE:
Well, sir, I was wondering if I could ask you for something?
BOSS:
Shoot.
EMPLOYEE:
Since I did so well with the fruit -- I mean it’s really HOT out there in the orchard -- and since I didn’t complain -- I mean you should HEAR the way most of the laborers are complaining out there (begins to forget himself, where he is, getting kind of passionate in his OWN complaining) I mean it’s really irritating, out there in the heat, picking fruit, listening to the laborers complain, sweating, yanking down that fruit, sweating, hearing the complaining -- yack-yack-yack, they go on and on, blah-blah-blah! I mean it seems endless, their complaining, and the sweating, the yack-yack-yacking, the blah-blah-blahing --
BOSS:
Chuckie!
EMPLOYEE:
(startled out of reverie of complaining) Oh! Yes sir!
BOSS:
Stop COMPLAINING!
EMPLOYEE:
Oh, kinda forgot where I was. Sorry sir, it won’t happen again.
BOSS:
Well THAT’s good news. Now what did you want to ask me?
EMPLOYEE:
Oh yeah. I was wondering... (thinking, HOW BEST to make this request)
BOSS:
You . . . was wondering... (is very busy, needs to get back to work, getting impatient)
EMPLOYEE:
Well, sir, since I did so good with the fruit, I was wondering if I could have a little vacation, and maybe a bonus...
BOSS:
(incredulous) A vacation? AND a bonus?
EMPLOYEE:
(rapid-fire salesman pitch) Well you know not a BIG vacation I was thinking you know like maybe two weeks in Hawaii and it doesn’t have to be Maui and then for the bonus maybe like $5,000 to maybe play the ponies while I’m on vacation --
BOSS:
(interrupting) Whoa -- whoa, WHOA! Let me get this straight, Chuckie. Let me see, you’ve been working for me, oh I don’t know, A WHOLE WEEK?
EMPLOYEE:
(figuring) Uh, well no sir. MUCH LONGER than that. I’ve been a faithful employee now for (looking up, doing silent figuring in head) . . . um, yes, I’ve been a faithful employee now for TWO WEEKS -- in fact, tomorrow is PAYDAY!
BOSS:
Excuse me, TWO WEEKS. I hired you to pick some fruit for me, and you did that, and you did it well, and now you want a two-week vacation, AND a $5,000 bonus!
EMPLOYEE:
Well, it seems fair to me!
BOSS:
Let me explain this to you, Chuckie.
EMPLOYEE:
(reluctantly) Okay.
BOSS:
I hired you to do a job. I expect you to do that job. And I’m going to give you fair wages for that job. Two weeks of work DOES NOT EQUATE to two weeks of vacation, and let me tell you something, Chuckie, a WHOLE YEAR of your wages does not equate to 5,000 bucks!
EMPLOYEE:
(embarrassed, getting depressed) Oh -- uh-hum, er, I guess . . . you’re right. I just thought, you know, that since I was doing your work, that I was like, you know, earning . . . you know, like . . . a reward.
BOSS:
Let me tell you something, Chuckie. You know I’m a giving man -- that’s probably one of the reasons you came to hire on with me. And I admit it, I do LOVE to give gifts to my employees. Maybe I’ll surprise you someday with a vacation --
EMPLOYEE:
(looks up, gets REAL excited)
BOSS:
-- a vacation to DISNEYLAND (EMPLOYEE settles down, nodding in agreement) or who knows, I’ve got a good mind for gift-giving -- BUT don’t you go wasting my gifts on the ponies! (this last said more as a joke with hand raised in a “why-I-otta!”)
But, Chuckie, don’t confuse my GIFTS with your pay. They are two different things. You produced fruit. That is your job, Chuckie . . . to produce fruit. Don’t expect a ticker-tape parade in your honor because you did your job.
My gifts are gifts, you don’t do anything at all to earn them. Comprendo?
EMPLOYEE:
(getting up to leave, humbled, contrite) Okay, sorry about that, boss! Some of the guys were saying it was my right, you know...
BOSS:
Oh, and Chuckie?
EMPLOYEE:
(turning back) Yes Boss?
BOSS:
(smiling) Don’t forget my sandwich!
EMPLOYEE:
Yes, Boss! (turns to go, a little bit discouraged)
BOSS:
Oh, and Chuckie?
EMPLOYEE:
(turning back) Yes Boss?
BOSS:
Don’t forget to make yourself a sandwich while you’re at it!
EMPLOYEE:
(grinning hugely, saluting) Yes . . . SIR!
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