A BRIEF CONVERSATION FOR ANIMATION TESTS
WOMAN: It says half off, sir, look! (-points at the 'half-off' tab which looks mysteriously different from the rest of them-)
CLERK: (-with an air of adopted patience) I'm sorry, but all items are priced as marked.
WOMAN: I'd like to see that in writing.
CLERK: If you want, I could contact the owner and have him come down here and write everything down for you.
WOMAN: Well, I--I mean-- (-she looks around to make sure nobody is watching, then lowers her voice conspiratorially-) couldn't you just let me have it half off? Or even just a quarter off. I don't want to make any trouble, sir.
CLERK: Everything in the store is priced as marked. Look, everything on that table is on sale already. You're getting as good a deal as we can offer without taking a loss.
WOMAN: You expect me to believe that? You're a bunch of greedy snobs, the lot of you! (-adopts feigned, charity-inducing, pleading tone-) Please, sir. I only want to buy it for my kids, and I don't make enough in my job to...
CLERK: Ma'am?
WOMAN: (-pauses briefly at the interruption, then continues-) ...don't make enough to get them what they really want, and it's just a little thing, I couldn't afford it otherwise, something to keep them happy...
CLERK: Ma'am?
WOMAN: (-flustered-) What?
CLERK: It's five dollars, ma'am. You flashed a ten at me earlier.
WOMAN: Oh, yes. I was meaning to complain to you, sir, about the fact that you seem to have pickpockets running rampant in your store. Someone stole ten hard-earned dollars from me and I demand that it be returned this instant. Perhaps you could give me this for free, for my trouble? (-begin to fade-) Do you actually keep an eye on any of your employees? The man stocking shelves seemed questionable to me. He bumped into me, you know. That must have been when he jacked my wallet...