Stuck

Joe Lieber:
Take a seat.

Thomas Bardo:
Hi. I'm Thomas Bardo. Sorry about the clothes.

Joe Lieber:
And how do you spell your name?

Thomas Bardo:
B-A-R-D-O. Yeah, you'll probably see that I was a project manager. Very challenging job, but my company decided to downsize just before my benefits kicked in. You know how that is. Then the unemployment ran out. I thought I might have better luck in the city, but... you know how that goes.

Joe Lieber:
You know, I can't seem to find you in the computer.

Thomas Bardo:
Oh?

Joe Lieber:
All right. [He opens a drawer and takes out a form] You take that, fill it out, and mail it in.

Thomas Bardo:
Uh, I've already filled this out.

Joe Lieber:
Well, you can't be in the computer until you fill it out and mail it in.

Thomas Bardo:
But I've already mailed this in. That's how I got the appointment.

Joe Lieber:
Well, you can't have an appointment until you're in the computer.

Thomas Bardo:
But I have an appointment. It was at one, and I've been waiting for three and a half hours.

Joe Lieber:
But you're not in the computer.

Thomas Bardo:
But...

Joe Lieber:
You're not in the computer. So, you fill out the 976, you mail it in to me, and I will make sure you get an appointment.

Thomas Bardo:
Look, Mr. Lieber, this hasn't been a good day for me, you know. Can't you just take my word that I've already sent this in? Or put me in now, and...

Joe Lieber:
Sir, look, um, if you're willing to follow procedures, we can work with you. If not... it's your choice.

Thomas Bardo:
[Thomas sighs in defeat] Well, I guess I'd better fill this out, huh?

Joe Lieber:
That's the procedure.

[Bardo arrives at the job agency holding the few clothes he managed to keep the landlord from taking]

Thomas Bardo:
I'm Thomas Bardo. I have a one o'clock appointment.

Receptionist:
Take a seat. [She nods at the clothes] Keep all that on your person.

Thomas Bardo:
Seat? But I have an appointment.

Receptionist:
Take a seat.

Thomas Bardo:
But I have a one o'clock appointment and it's one now. I was almost late.

Receptionist:
Sir, I don't wanna have to tell you again. Take a seat.

Thomas Bardo:
But I have an...

Receptionist:
Sir.

Thomas Bardo:
All right, thank you. I'll take a seat, thank you.

Receptionist:
Keep all that on your person.

Manager:
I'm just doing my job.

Thomas Bardo:
And I'm just asking for another week. A couple of days, even?

Manager:
Ain't a charity ward.

Thomas Bardo:
Just another day. I got a job interview.

Manager:
You vacate or I call the cops. Your choice.

Petersen:
Of course, this is not an official offer, but I wanted you to be aware that you are high on my list of possible captains.

Brandi Boski:
Thank you, Mrs. Petersen. I'll really try to do my best.

Petersen:
I know you will. Then I can count on you coming in tomorrow?

Brandi Boski:
[surprised] Uh, Saturday?

Petersen:
I know what day it is, Brandi.

Brandi Boski:
Yes, of course, I know you do; but, but I came in last Saturday.

Petersen:
Oh. I see. [She starts to turn away]

Brandi Boski:
But no, no, no, no, it's - I can come in, it's fine. It's no problem.

[first lines]

[At the care facility, a patient offscreen calls for Brandi]

Mr. Binckley:
Brandi! I want Brandi!

Gloria:
He did it again.

Brandi Boski:
He did?

Gloria:
I tried helping, but he keeps asking for you.

Brandi Boski:
Yeah, he does that.

Brandi Boski:
[to the man stuck in her windshield] Why are you doing this to me?

Rashid:
It's got his blood everywhere, look what happened to O.J.

Brandi Boski:
Yeah, but didn't O.J. go free?

Rashid:
That's not the point!

Thomas Bardo:
Why didn't you help me?

Brandi Boski:
I don't know!