Teatro Ingles

VICKY: So, you’ve finally made it to the fishbowl?
JOSHUA: The what?
VICKY: That’s what we call the box office. An insider joke between cashiers.
JOSHUA: Oh.
VICKY: So you’ve made it.
JOSHUA: Iguess. Mr. Boston said he wanted you to train me how to work the box office.
VICKY: Then let the training begin. People come up. They say what movie they want. You press this button. Take theirmoney. Give them their ticket. There, you’re trained.
JOSHUA: Now what?
VICKY: Now sit down and wait. But don’t get anxious. No one’s coming tonight. It’s Christmas Eve and all our movies suck.
JOSHUA:This beats working at concessions. Thank God I didn’t get stuck with that Bar One job. That would’ve sucked.
VICKY: Stuart is certainly loving it though. Have you seen that look in his eye when he’srunning Concessions?
JOSHUA: What do you mean?
VICKY: He usually smiles, and treats the peons with respect… but his eyes… They’re lit up like a power hungry mad man. I think he pictures himself assome Egyptian pharaoh who whips the backs of his slaves, just to sell a few extra drinks.
JOSHUA: Really? I haven’t noticed.
VICKY: He told me you guys went to grade school together.
JOSHUA: Are youguys dating?
VICKY: Why do you ask?
JOSHUA: He told me you were dating but that you wanted it kept secret.
VICKY: If I was dating someone why would I want to keep it secret?
JOSHUA: Uh, maybebecause Stuart’s kind of a nerd.
VICKY: So you did go to school together?
JOSHUA: We met in the fifth grade. You know how every class has a kid who gets picked on throughout the whole year byeverybody? That was him. No one liked him.
VICKY: Why?
JOSHUA: Well, it started out just because he was the new kid. His folks just move into town to set up a new church. They were husband and wife ministersor something. Very, I don’t know, just kind of friendly and creepy at the same time.
VICKY: I met them. I know.
JOSHUA: Anyway, kids in school picked on him because he was new, and a little weird...