“CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?”
ACT ONE SCENE ONE
INT – OFFICE – DAY
CAMERA LOOKS IN FROM DOORWAY TOWARDS DESK WHERE A MAN IS SITTING AND FUMBLING AROUND WITH A PILE OF CELL PHONES THAT ARE JUMBLED ON TOP OF HIS DESK.
The man at the desk is Doctor ADAM FINK, a middle aged clean cut man wearing a pair of beige Dockers and a matching Polo shirt.
MISTY, a petite blond receptionist wearing a micro mini, walks into room.
MISTY
FINK, what are you doing?
DR. FINK
Isn’t that obvious?
MISTY
when it comes to you it’s not.
DR. FINK
I am just trying to determine which would be the best phone and the best service for our office.
MISTY
My God FINK, you must have a dozen phones there
.
DR. FINK
Twenty actually.
MISTY
What are you doing with twenty phones FINK?
DR. FINK
I’m trying them out of course. It’s kinda like buying a car. You don’t buy the first one you see. You test drive a few first.
MISTY
Yeah, I understand the concept, but by your logic, if you were buying a car I instead of a phone you’d have a lot full of cars stacked up at your house right now.
DR. FINK
No, now that would be ridiculous. You only test one car at a time.
MISTY
What, you don’t think your pile of phones is just a bit over the top?
DR. FINK
Perfectly normal behavior M, perfectly normal.
MISTY
Now how you gonna remember all those numbers?
DR. FINK
Well that’s the beauty of it M. I don’t have to remember all the numbers because they all have the same number.
MISTY
This is not gonna end well…
ACT ONE SCENE TWO INT – OFFICE – DAY
The door behind MISTY opens and in walks JERRY STULARKEY, a tall good looking clean cut black man.
JERRY
What’s going on guys?
MISTY
FINK’S test driving every phone and rate plan available on the market today.
JERRY
(still addressing MISTY)
How’s he gonna remember all those numbers?
MISTY pulls her cell phone out from her bra and dials a number. All of a sudden twenty phones with twenty different ring tones began to go off.
JERRY (CONT’D)
Jeez, he musta paid a fortune for all those phones.
DR. FINK
(standing up yelling)
Not true, not true. I signed a two year plan at activation so I didn’t have to pay a cent.
Much to the relief of the others MISTY finally hangs up her phone, and the ringing stops
.
JERRY
As chief legal counsel, I have to say this may not have been your brightest idea. I suggest you return those phones at once.
FINK begins to forage through the pile of phones until he finds a half dozen of the flashiest ones and cradles them in his arms.
JERRY (CONT’D)
Uh, FINK, what are you doing?
DR. FINK
I’m returning these. They’re the ones I was going to give to you but…
JERRY
Now don’t be hasty. Are those smart phones?
DR. FINK
Yes…
JERRY
Free talking and testing?
DR. FINK
Yes…
JERRY
Unlimited data plans?
DR. FINK
Of course.
JERRY
The new android platform?
DR. FINK
Yes…
JERRY
The new three G network?
DR. FINK
Four G
JERRY
I’m in.
FINK walks over to JERRY and dumps the phones in his hands. Misty is fuming.
MISTY
(Glaring at JERRY)
That’s it? That’s all it takes, six phones and your sold?
JERRY
They’re nice phones…
MISTY
(Dialing a number on her cell phone)
Let’s just see how this is going to work.
Once again, twenty phones with twenty different ring tones begin to ring. Both JERRY and DR. FINK fumble around through their phones frantically trying to find the one they should answer.
MISTY (CONT’D)
Hello? Sudden realization dawns on both JERRY and DR FINK as they slowly hang up their phones
.
MISTY (CONT’D)
(Slowly hangs up her phone)
Can you hear me now?
FADE OUT.