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Gosh, there's 500 channels and there's nothing good on TV.

What do you mean?

How about the Discovery Channel?

Nah. History Channel? Nah. PBS?

Nah. The Learning Channel?

What, are you nuts?

So, what do you want to watch? Iranian Bandstand?

So there is something on. Turn it on!

We'll be right back.

Ernst and I are going to the Pistons game.

No kidding.

I hope it isn't too much. We have courtside seats, and you never know when

camera might pan your way.

Yeah, the Lakers have Jack Nicholson, the Knicks have Spike Lee, and the

have you.

Church!

Hey, Ray, I have some bad news.

I'll say.

T and I wear the same thing. People think it's cute, but you guys just look

of goofy.

Tamara's right. I'd better go change. Don't bother. I can't go to the games.

Here's my ticket.

What happened? Well, the supermarket clerk's union just called a strike.

Those ungrateful little babies.

They don't know how lucky they are to have such a cushy job like that. Now I

have to go all the way back to the food boy and bag groceries.

Do you know how hard that is?

Man, now I'm going to have to go to the game alone.

I'm sorry, Ray. Well, hopefully you'll... have to be like this until i

some replacements replacements don't you mean strike breaking union busting

scabs yeah yeah you know some hey girls how would

you like to fill in for those greedy slackers and make them extra cash you're

not supposed to cross the picking line are you oh what loud mouth rabble

filling your head with all that nonsense i am this is a pro -union household

terrence Now, wait a minute. Lisa, you know, I'm an employer.

I can understand Terrence's dilemma.

I know what it's like to have some union nitpicky over some rinky -dink demand.

Now, what is it this time?

A cost of living increase.

Listen, now, I'm management, too. I own a cart down at the mall. You don't see

any of my employees going out on strike.

You don't have any employees.

Oh, no? Well, what about that part -time teenage temporary girl I hired for that

one day? You didn't see her go out on strike?

Mom, that was me.

I'm trying to make a point here, Ted.

And the point is, Terrence, some people do have principles.

Principles. Right, right, right. Principles. You can't put a price on

principles.

Although a good price might be $6 an hour.

I don't know.

No, cash.

And all the loose grapes you can eat.

Ah, forget it. I'd do that anyway.

What about the broken chocolate -covered yogurt balls?

Well, all righty then.

Give me a bright scone and an apron.

Terrence, I'm yours.

Tia, you with me?

No. I have principles.

Darn it.

Well, too bad. I'll bring you a broken yogurt ball.

I don't be bringing none of that food boy stuff up in here. None of that

food will touch my lips.

Well, you know, Tamara, cross my picket line. I can get kind of sticky.

situations before.

If I can sneak out of geometry class, I can sneak into food boys.

Not that I've ever done that.

That was just an example.

Samara, now why do you want to do this?

The job would give me self -respect.

I'll be earning my own way.

Plus, I want these really cool earrings this holiday.

Whenever you shake your head, they play the theme from ER.

Come on, Samara.

We're proud to have you as a member of the Food Boy family.

Now, listen, do you have any other friends who don't have any integrity?

Yeah, lots of them.

There's Steve, and then there's Scooter, and then there's Fox.

You know, maybe I should go get her, sit her down, and explain to her the social

ramifications of crossing a picket line.

She's old enough to make her own mistakes. She'll find out soon enough

like to work in a non -union job.

You sure?

Oh, yeah.

Okay, good, because it's almost tip -off time, and I don't want to miss a

minute.

You want to come along to the game? No, thank you. Well, we got courtside thief.

Uh -uh.

Right next to the piston. Uh -uh. Twelve tall guys in shorts.

All right, I'll go.

Thank you for shopping food, boy.

Oh, and, uh, please excuse for the obscenities on your way in.

Excuse me, dude?

Sir?

It's Mr.

Winningham. Where?

Me.

I'm Mr. Winningham. Hey, what do you want now, Steve?

Uh, well, I'm still having trouble stacking these oranges. Do we have any

are, like, less round?

No, Steve, we have no cube -shaped fruit. Look, I'll stack the oranges. You

outside, round up all the shopping carts, okay?

Coolness.

Tamara, the more I watch you, the more impressed I am with your natural

Well, I feel it's my obligation to guide and inspire the others. After all...

No, no, no, no.

Look, eggs are on top.

Maybe I can help you.

I made up a little poem to help me remember proper bagging procedures.

Eggs and bread are kind of like the head.

Meat is like the feet.

And all the rest go in the chest, except for the really heavy cans, which are

kind of like the feet.

Oh, I know the...

The last first needs a little work.

Wait a minute, Tia.

Are those food boys, Link?

I told you we're not eating none of that scab food in this house.

That include farmer food boy sausage, Link?

I told you no.

These are the spicy ones that plump up when you cook them.

No, no. Besides, I like the patties.

Have them, too.

No, no, no, no. I'm not giving it now, Ray, no.

No, Ray, no.

Mom, my civic sister, Mr. Dornan, says that if the unions gain too much power,

they can be counterproductive in a free market society.

What are you saying?

Mom, I want my food boy plate!

No, dear, no, no. Come on, now, don't worry now, honey, now. I went down to

7 -Eleven, and I got some of those patty little donuts.

I hate them. You better eat them. They cost me $10.

You said you were going to tell Tia what you did last night at the basketball

game?

Oh, no.

You're not the new mascot, are you?

No. Although I did get more cheers than he did when I walked away in that top.

Well, what happened?

They picked her ticket number to compete at the halftime free throw contest.

You won?

Dude, don't ask me how. I just picked up the ball and I flung it at that round

thing with the strings on it, and in it went. Wish.

No, no, no, it's swish, and the round thing is a hoop.

Well, what did you win?

Free dinner for two at Dot Netter Shrimp Hut.

Who are you going to take?

Nobody.

Next weekend I get to compete for the grand prize.

Well, I hope it's dinner for four so I can go.

No, no, it's a truck. It's a four -by -four blazer.

With cup holders.

But this time she has to shoot from the three -point line.

So?

So?

So we have to go to the park so I can make sure you have the proper form. At

least that way you have a chance of winning that truck.

Come on, Lisa, this is very important.

Terrence and I want to go camping next month, and I want that 4x4. Oh, okay,

okay. I guess it couldn't hurt. Got a little more to learn. I don't want to

embarrass myself and throw the ball in the dugout.

I better clear my week.

Oh, hey, Tamir, did you hear?

My mom has a chance to win a new 4x4 Blazer.

Really?

can't afford to buy one, winning one is the next best thing.

You know, if my mom were here, she'd say that what you're doing is exploiting

honest, hard -working people's misfortunes and while we are those 20s,

pay me in cash.

Something about not wanting to leave a paper trail.

But, hey, Tia, if you want to hop on board this money train, just say the

and I can sneak you in through the loading dock.

No, thank you. I have scruples.

Darn it.

I have scruples, too.

And 150 bucks.

Last night, a woman comes up to my checkout counter and hands me a tall

Diet Coke.

Yeah, yeah. Then what happened?

She hands me a coupon for, get this.

I know, but Tamera just bought us lunch. At least we can do a suck -up.

You bought them lunch?

Tim, what's a couple of bean burritos at Senior Taco?

About 23 minutes bagging groceries at Food Boy.

I love making money.

You know, Tamera, you're a lot more fun to hang out with since you've become a

career woman.

Career woman?

Please, she's a scab.

Well, I gotta go to class.

Here's your books, Tamera.

Here's a little something for your trunk.

Thanks. Tamara, you are the bomb.

I'll run ahead and warm your seat.

Well, if it isn't the passé posse. And if it isn't Miss Diff.

Oh, Rhonda, good, you're here. I was just grappling about a little fashion

dilemma. What else is new?

Well, this sweater, for one.

Now, what color skirt would go best?

That sweater.

That's the sweater from the display window at that new store in the mall,

Vestido.

Vestido?

Tamira, that's a really expensive store.

Well, I needed something to wear to the Coolio concert.

Since when are you going to the Coolio concert?

Since I worked enough overtime to afford a scalper.

I hate you so much.

Work here is done.

You don't work at Food Boy, do you?

No. It's against my politics.

Darn it.

Good. Then I can still make fun of you.

Nice outfit.

Home Ec Project?

So, E .W., like how I turned the brood around so nobody can see the soft spots?

You are the best.

It's not exactly a problem. I don't even know why I'm saying this, but I have

tickets to the Coolio concert, so I can't work on Saturday.

Tamara, Saturday's our busiest day. You have to work.

I didn't know that was part of our deal.

What deal?

The deal is I tell you when to work and you do it.

Oh, is that our deal?

Look, Tamara, I just can't let you off.

Oh, man.

I want to go to the Julio concert.

Oh, I get it.

You're bluffing.

Well, I'm going to the concert, and if you don't like...

You know, a wise person once said she's old enough to make her own mistakes.

That wasn't a wise person, Ray. That was me.

Would you please forget about Tia's principles for right now? We've got a

utility vehicle to win.

Now, look.

Remember, what you got to do here is you got to be one with the ball.

See? Then you bend your knees, and you just do like that and follow through

your arms.

Ray, why don't we just go back to the park and practice?

No, we don't want to do that. It's cold. and rainy out there. Besides, this is a

controlled environment.

Ray, those kids weren't laughing at you that much.

Yes, they were.

But they seemed to like you. They even gave you a nickname.

Airball.

They can say that, not you. Now, come on. Start practicing.

Ray, winning those dinners, that was just dumb luck. This is just gonna mess

up. See, it's attitudes like that gonna have you driving home that old caddy

instead of my... your brand new blazer.

Now, come on. Remember what I said and just do it. You'll see the difference.

ahead now.

Hi, Lisa. Hi, Roger.

The kid at the park told me you were going for the blazer.

Hi, Roger.

Hi, Airball.

You know, if you need some pointers, I can help. I'm the best bow shooter on my

church team.

That's no problem. I have everything under control, Roger.

Yeah.

Can you teach me how to shoot? Sure, it's easy. The important thing is... The

important thing is... that Lisa doesn't have time to learn some unorthodox...

Technique? What's wrong with my technique?

Oh, nothing. Just how you kind of cock your head to the left there, and you

know, and you splay your arms out like that when you release the ball.

I do that?

Yeah, you're right.

I never realized that. What am I going to do?

No problem.

I'm going to help you.

You know, I didn't think it was going to take you this long.

Oh, selling them didn't take long.

It took two hours to pry them out of my hand.

Oh, by the way, thanks for covering for me, traitor.

You're welcome, slacker.

Oh, girls, girls, please, please.

Remember, we're all one big happy food boy family.

By the way, I'm docking you.

Fine, Tia, just move over because I'm on the register. Oh, not anymore. You're a

cart wrangler.

So go on out there and start taking back those carts from the homeless people.

I'm the head scab.

You know what, Tia?

He shouldn't be pushing me around like that. I mean, who can we complain to?

Nobody, Tamira. We're not in a union.

If we were, we'd be getting paid twice as much. We'd have paid vacations,

insurance, accident insurance. Oh, come on, Tia. None of that stuff interests

me.

Paid vacations?

Where'd the broccoli go, ma 'am?

Steve, do you mind?

We're discussing important labor relations.

Hey, Tamara, what's going on?

Well, Fool Boy's been using us, and I think maybe it's time we did something

about it. Like what?

You guys, we can organize.

Stand together.

Speak with one voice. Make a list of demands.

Come on, Tamara.

You're really stirring up a lot of trouble here.

I'm impressed.

No, sister, you're oppressed.

And so am I. And so are you.

And so are you. Well, not exactly you.

$6 an hour.

Make it eight and we'll talk.

Girls, tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Well, for starters, you're here.

This is serious.

You have to remember everything your father told me so I can forget it.

Now that's the form, Roger.

It is?

That's what I was trying to remember to forget.

I got my shot back.

Good.

You know, Mr. Campbell, we're playing Eastside Baptist next week.

Maybe you can coach their team.

Oh, hi, Mom.

So, how did you do?

Oh, I can't talk right now. My blazer's in the driveway.

You won?

Congratulations!

Oh, Mommy, can I drive it for her? No, I want to drive it for her. No, no, no, I

didn't win the car.

As a matter of fact, because of Ray, I beamed a cheerleader.

You said you have a blazer. I do. The Pistons play the Portland Trailblazers.

got a date with the second string forward.

Be out in a minute, buck.

So why aren't you at work?

Tamir organized all the workers. We went on strike, which shut the whole store

down. Right. We forced management back to the bargaining table. But this time,

they have to negotiate in good faith.

Well, wait a minute. I thought you just wanted this job so you could make some

money to buy some stupid earrings.

What? One thing led to another, and the next thing you know, I became a union

organizer.

Hey,

it's over. The strike has been settled.

Yes! Well,

the union gave a little bit on the pension issues, and management gave in

cost of living increase.

And paid vacations? Uh -huh.

All right, we're going back to work.

You guys got jobs already?

We were. for you.

Oh, not anymore.

I mean, the union workers are going back.

Well, then we'll join the union.

What?

Are you kidding?

You guys were scabs. I mean, you'd be lucky if you could shop in the store.

Well, wait a minute. We're the ones that forced you guys to settle the strike.

Right. And the union membership is very grateful.

That's why they sent over this plant.

Let me get this straight. The food boy strike is definitely over? Yeah. Oh,

me those food boy chips. Quick.

Mesquite.

I know this may not have turned out the way you wanted, but take pride in what

you did.

That's fine, but they don't take pride at Vestito.

They take Master Charge, Visa, and American Express, but no pride.

I'm sure you girls feel like you got the short end of the stick.

I just hope you can forgive me. I'm sorry, Terrence, but you double -crossed

You exploited us, and you made it that we can't show our face in the store.

There's nothing you can do to make up for this.

Not even a brand -new bag of chocolate -covered yogurt balls?

We forgive you.

Uh,

excuse me.

My blazer.

You ready to go, Bob?

Yeah, just one minute.

Now, Ray, what'd you say I was doing wrong on my jump shot?

Well, see...

The way you tilt your head to the left there and then rotate your body when you

shoot. Come on, Buck. Let's get out of here before he ends your career.