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Working Girl SCENE 1 Cyndy: Happy Birthday dear , Happy Birthday to you! Did you make a wish? Tess: Yeah. SCENE 2 Tess: No lunch. I got speech class. Cyndy: What’dya need speech class for? You talk fine. All right. I’ll pick you up at 5:00 and we’ll ride back together. Tess: I can’t. I’ve got an Emerging Market Seminar at 5:30. Cyndy: Geez, it’s your birthday! Can’t they merge without you just this once? Tess: What time is my surprise party? Cyndy: What? Tess: C’mon. Cyndy: Ah, I’m supposed to take you to drinks, have you home at 7:00. Tess: Okay. I’ll cut out early and be home at 7:15, okay? Cyndy: All right. Tess: Thank you very much. SCENE 3 Woman: Hi Tess! Tess: Good morning...Good morningMr. Turkel’s line. Um, who’s calling, please? Hold on a moment. Mr. Lutz? Mr. Lutz: No. Tess: Um, hold on a second, all right? SCENE 4 Tess: Mr. Turkel? Mr. Turkel? Mr. Turkel: Huh? Tess: Um, Mr. Alagash...HiUh, Mr. Alagash is on the phone and he’s real, real anxious to talk to you. Mr. Turkel: You couldn’t maybe get him to hold for a minute?! Tess: Well, you got him in Dentitech, remember? The one I told you to go short on? And it’s fine, but he don’t want to hear it from a secretary. Mr. Turkel: There’s no paper! Tess: What? Mr. Turkel: There’s no goddamned paper in this stall! Get me some?...Thanks. You’re very kind. Tess: You’re short on Dentitech at 18 and he’ll be right here. SCENE 5 Tess: See Dentitech closing at 17 and an 1/8? Come Monday I’ll bet it’s 16 and still sittin’ there. Mr. Lutz: How do you figure? Tess: Well, they went public at 23 with one product, plaque removing mouthwash. You know, you rinse, you get this glob of plaque you gotta spit out. I mean, maybe it’ll be big, but I say that no one ever got rich overestimating what the American public wants to taste. Mr. Lutz: Maybe. Mr. Turkel: Uh, before I run Tess, I have some good news and some bad news. The straight shot, Tessy, is...they turned you down for the Entre Program again. Tess: