Issue #6 ~Winter 2022
Stage & Screen
Sell Bots | Joe Cappello
ACT I
Scene 1
A conference room at the Worthington Robotics Company. A table is set center stage with three chairs around it.
AT RISE: MS. WHITMAN and LONNIE are sitting next to each other at the table. They are working on their laptops. Files and manuals are visible on the table along with a landline phone. SAM knocks on the door and bursts into the room.
MS. WHITMAN
Oh, Sam, good. You’re here. I—
SAM
(Animated and bigger than life)
Quick, who’s the best boss? Honk! Too late. I’m the best boss….My people tell me that all the time. Of course, they’re reading it off my coffee mug.
(Claps her hands)
Ho, I’m on a roll. I interviewed this older guy for a sales position and he told me he dates a lot. I asked him what he uses for protection. He said “diapers.”
(Holds out her arms)
Yikes, don’t try to stop me.
MRS WHITMAN
Samantha…
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