(ESTABLISHING SHOT: The Middleton Mall)
(Cut to the interior. KIM and RON walk)
RON: Maybe you're being too picky. You know, the jobs you want are the jobs everyone wants.
KIM: Okay... new approach.
(KIM closes her eyes)
RON: Um... what are you doing?
KIM: I'm going to level the job-hunting field. I'm going to walk into a store at random.
RON: Nice...
(KIM walks into a nearby store)
(Cut to the interior of the store. KIM walks in)
KIM: Hey, are you hiring?
COUSIN LARRY: (OC) Hi, Kim.
(KIM hears the familiar voice and opens her eyes)
(Cut to COUSIN LARRY, sitting behind a counter. The entire store is decked out in video-game paraphernalia)
COUSIN LARRY: Why, do you need a job?
KIM: No! No! Um... I'm sorry, this was a joke. Yes, a joke and nothing more. I'll be leaving now.
(KIM bolts)
(Cut to a Florida bank, dusk. CHRISTIE stands at the door, looking suspicious. A SECURITY GUARD walks up)
SECURITY GUARD: Hey, what are you doing loitering around here? Bank's closed.
CHRISTIE: Is it? Gee, must have lost track of time. Is my watch broken?
(CHRISTIE holds up her watch, which glimmers in the moonlight)
SECURITY GUARD: It looks fi-
(The SECURITY GUARD goes into a daze)
CHRISTIE: Yeah, does look good, doesn't it? Can I have the key to the door?
(The SECURITY GUARD complies)
CHRISTIE: Thanks.
(CHRISTIE puts the key in the lock and opens the door)
(Cut to the interior. CHRISTIE walks over to the counter and jumps over it. She walks over to a large vault)
CHRISTIE: Oh yeah... all that money, just waiting for me. (Beat, realizes) Of course I'd need the key to the vault. Well, live and learn... now to get that door open.
(CHRISTIE looks around the room)
(Cut to the interior of the Middleton mall, right outside Slipped Disc. KIM and RON exit)
RON: Seriously, what's the big deal with us periodically having to cut out early?
KIM: Do these people not care that I'm the only thing standing between wacko bad guys and global domination?
RON: Not if it means losing a potential sale.
(RON and KIM walk through the mall)
KIM: There's got to be someplace that's hiring. I need a job.
RON: Amp down, KP, I'm sure you'll find something eventually.
KIM: Not likely. I've been through half the stores in the mall with no luck.
RON: You know what your problem is? Every job you've gone after so far has been in the mall.
KIM: And your point is?
RON: Broaden you horizons, go someplace that's not in the mall.
KIM: But the mall is convenient, it's right here, within walking distance.
RON: Don't you think everyone else is going to think about that, too?
KIM: Yeah, so?
RON: So everyone is going to apply for a job at the mall. Follow my do-not- follow attitude, KP. Think outside the box, or in this case, outside the mall.
(They walk off)
(Cut to the interior. KIM and RON walk)
RON: Maybe you're being too picky. You know, the jobs you want are the jobs everyone wants.
KIM: Okay... new approach.
(KIM closes her eyes)
RON: Um... what are you doing?
KIM: I'm going to level the job-hunting field. I'm going to walk into a store at random.
RON: Nice...
(KIM walks into a nearby store)
(Cut to the interior of the store. KIM walks in)
KIM: Hey, are you hiring?
COUSIN LARRY: (OC) Hi, Kim.
(KIM hears the familiar voice and opens her eyes)
(Cut to COUSIN LARRY, sitting behind a counter. The entire store is decked out in video-game paraphernalia)
COUSIN LARRY: Why, do you need a job?
KIM: No! No! Um... I'm sorry, this was a joke. Yes, a joke and nothing more. I'll be leaving now.
(KIM bolts)
(Cut to a Florida bank, dusk. CHRISTIE stands at the door, looking suspicious. A SECURITY GUARD walks up)
SECURITY GUARD: Hey, what are you doing loitering around here? Bank's closed.
CHRISTIE: Is it? Gee, must have lost track of time. Is my watch broken?
(CHRISTIE holds up her watch, which glimmers in the moonlight)
SECURITY GUARD: It looks fi-
(The SECURITY GUARD goes into a daze)
CHRISTIE: Yeah, does look good, doesn't it? Can I have the key to the door?
(The SECURITY GUARD complies)
CHRISTIE: Thanks.
(CHRISTIE puts the key in the lock and opens the door)
(Cut to the interior. CHRISTIE walks over to the counter and jumps over it. She walks over to a large vault)
CHRISTIE: Oh yeah... all that money, just waiting for me. (Beat, realizes) Of course I'd need the key to the vault. Well, live and learn... now to get that door open.
(CHRISTIE looks around the room)
(Cut to the interior of the Middleton mall, right outside Slipped Disc. KIM and RON exit)
RON: Seriously, what's the big deal with us periodically having to cut out early?
KIM: Do these people not care that I'm the only thing standing between wacko bad guys and global domination?
RON: Not if it means losing a potential sale.
(RON and KIM walk through the mall)
KIM: There's got to be someplace that's hiring. I need a job.
RON: Amp down, KP, I'm sure you'll find something eventually.
KIM: Not likely. I've been through half the stores in the mall with no luck.
RON: You know what your problem is? Every job you've gone after so far has been in the mall.
KIM: And your point is?
RON: Broaden you horizons, go someplace that's not in the mall.
KIM: But the mall is convenient, it's right here, within walking distance.
RON: Don't you think everyone else is going to think about that, too?
KIM: Yeah, so?
RON: So everyone is going to apply for a job at the mall. Follow my do-not- follow attitude, KP. Think outside the box, or in this case, outside the mall.
(They walk off)