February's Disgruntled Employee of the
Month: Senator Thomas Fenton
GARY NEWBRUNSWICK: Hello, Senator?
SENATOR THOMAS FENTON: Hello. Who is this?
GN: It’s Gary Newbrunswick from Amalgamated Humor.
STF: Oh hello, Gary. Nice to hear from you.
GN: Congratulations.
STF: Pardon?
GN: Congratulations.
STF: On my re-election?
GN: No, no. That was month’s ago.
STF: Well, what for then?
GN: You’ve been named Disgruntled Employee of the Month.
STF: I’m what of the what?
GN: You’ve been selected as Amalgamated Humor Incorporated’s Disgruntled Employee of the Month!
STF: Uh… heh heh… um… but, Gary, I don’t work for Amalgamated Humor, remember?
GN: Oh, come off it.
STF: Remember, Gary? I’m an elected government official who has no affiliation whatsoever with your company.
GN: Then why do we keep sending those funds to your Swiss bank account every month?
STF: Ha ha. Gary, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
GN: Sure you don’t, Senator. Bye the way, how’d you like the “Christmas Elf” we sent over to you Washington apartment with your “holiday bonus” this year?
STF: Gary, we agreed never to talk on the phone about some things, remember?
GN: Oh, so now you remember things?
STF: Gary, are you drunk?
GN: Yes, I am, senator.
STF: Gary, I think I’m going to hang up now.
GN: You want to know why, Senator?
STF: Goodbye, Gary.
GN: Because I just found out they tore down my home.
STF: What?
GN: My home is gone.
STF: They didn’t warn you? Uh… do you have someplace to stay?
GN: Not my current home, damn it. My home where I grew up. My childhood home, the only place I was ever happy.
STF: Oh. Um… I’m sorry, Gary.
GN: You should be! You know why they tore it down?
STF: No.
GN: For the Senator Thomas Fenton Freeway, that’s why, you bloated sack of bureaucratic horse poop!
STF: Uh… I don’t know what to say.
GN: AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO GO HOME AGAIN!
STF: Get some sleep, Gary.
GN: How do I turn this thing off again?
STF: You just hang it up, Gary.
GN: No, the thing. The recorder.
STF: The what? Are you recording this conversation?
GN: For the website.
STF: Oh my uh… you have the wrong number, goodbye!
(There is a clicking sound, followed by dialing.)
STF: Hello?
GN: Hello, is your refrigerator running?
STF: GN: BECAUSE MY HOME IS GONE!
STF: Godammit, Gary!
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