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Woman: When I was a child, my mother had a rule --

only one cookie from the cookie jar per day.

Thing was, I loved cookies.

I'd lie, cry, beg, and scream until she would relent.

She could never say no.

When I was 11, her stepbrother crashed his car

while driving drunk so my mother gave him hers.

So she had to walk to work -- four miles each way.

One morning she stopped to admire a beautiful deer

standing in a field,

and that's when a mid-sized sedan careened

onto the sidewalk and crushed her.

Turned out the driver of the car was her stepbrother,

drunk yet again on light beer.

My mother spent months in the hospital recovering,

unable to work.

Desperate for cash,

we sold everything except for this cookie jar.

Cookie?

Sure.

Thank you.

For later.

No, thank you.

As an accountant, it's my job to keep the lid on the cookie jar,

which brings us to the expense report

from your recent business trip to Los Angeles.

What I need for you to answer me is this --

how did four Hampton DeVille employees

in the course of one dinner

at Marcus Sombrero's Mexican Bar & Grille

manage to drink 16 margaritas?

[ Chuckles ]

Mm.

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You were in Los Angeles for three days

to attend BusinessCon, correct?

John: Yes. We were sent

to represent Hampton DeVille at BusinessCon.

It's an orgy of meaningless handshakes

and empty promises tinged with lies and desperation.

Honestly, it was electric.

I got my own lanyard and badge.

It was Matt's first BusinessCon.

The first two days you stayed well within your per diem limit.

I pride myself in sticking to a per diem.

But on the third day,

things got a little out of control, didn't they?

You went $47 over the limit.

Let's start at the beginning of the day.

You spent $23.40 at Cassie's Coffee Cart.

Large coffee. Ah!

Oh, sorry, Kate.

Hmm. Do you have samples of the scone?

John?Kate, one moment please, I'm talking scones.

I'll have a coffee in the largest size you offer

and also a Snickers bar in the largest size you offer.

I felt like the mother of three children.

No woman should have to experience that.

I will, in fact, do the pound cake.

How many pounds are in a pound cake?

John, just make a decision.

[ Groans ]

Cheese Danish.

I deeply regret not getting the scone.

It's so obvious now.

Then there is a four-and-a-half-hour gap

between breakfast and lunch.

What happened at that time?

Well, we just -- I don't know, networked.

You know how it goes at these things.

Actually, I don't get to go to conventions.

Enlighten me.Okay.

We walk up to people and we say...

Hi, I work at Hampton DeVille, where do you work?

Oh, wow, that's impressive.

Maybe we should definitely do business some day.

What do you? You work in user experience.

I definitely know what that is, and I think it's incredible.

Let's definitely stay in touch. I'm desperate to stay in touch.

Please don't ever stop staying in touch with me.

Oh, look, we've been talking for 35 minutes.

All: Whoops, there goes my life.

Anyway, I have to go.

I have 10 more of these exact same conversations.

Here's my business card. Let me give you my card.

Here's a card. Card. Card. Card.

Card. Card. Card. Card. Card. Card. Card.

-Ping me. -Okay, I get the picture.

After lunch, we went to the keynote speech

by Amanda Calhoun, also knows as...

Announcer: Mrs. Cowboy!

Howdy, BusinessCon.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Y'all ready to talk agriculture?

Yeah!

Did y'all hear that my little ol' company

took in $18 billion in revenue last year?

I don't need to tell you what that is in horse dollars.

[ Laughter ]

Her speech was, in a word...

Bullshit. She just kept reiterating

that she's successful because...

I'm a straight shooter,

and I only do business with other straight shooters.

Which doesn't even mean anything.

The most successful people say nothing but convince

people it means everything.

Shoot straight, be great.

[ Cheers and applause ]Oh, yeah.

Matt: So these cowboys are on stage and they're shooting

t-shirts out of a cannon, and I want one.

Mrs. Cowboy: Nothing like a big ol' gun, right?

Oh, yeah.

-Oh fuck! -Fuck!

Yeah!

Matt's a fucking maniac.

After the convention, it was dinnertime.

Everyone I've ever met has told me,

"You've got to get the sushi when you go to L.A."

You're supposed to eat tacos when you're in L.A.

I go, "Guys, I can't handle anything spicy

or raw or authentic."

The only place we could all agree on was Marcus Sombrero's.

And because I spent the whole day

keeping us under budget,

we had enough per diem left to splurge.

Accountant: Yes, one round of margaritas

would have kept you well within your per diem limit,

so what happened?

To representing Hampton DeVille at BusinessCon.

Together: To Hampton DeVille.

Y'all say you were from Hampton DeVille?

It was Mrs. Cowboy.

At Marcus Sombrero's.

I would direct a porn starring my parents

for 1% of her fortune.

Mrs. Cowboy!

Um, Hampton DeVille would love to buy you a margarita.

Don't mind if I do.

What we didn't know is that Mrs. Cowboy loves margaritas.

Mm!

I ain't happy if I ain't slurpin' a 'rita.

Yeah. You know that.

Another round, please.

It became apparent that she was an alcoholic.

Hey, water boy, I ain't drinkin' alone.

She sucked those 'ritas down like they were

the last 'ritas on Earth.

Y'all better catch up to me.

[ Cheering ]Matt: My mom always said,

"Don't drink too much,"

but Mrs. Cowboy's mom didn't say that.

Now, as representatives of Hampton DeVille,

we believe that a partnership would be mutually beneficial.

So, you got her good and drunk and gave her the pitch.

What did she say?

She said...

No.

John: And then she got in her truck and drove off.

You let her drive drunk?

Yes, absolutely.

There was no stopping Mrs. Cowboy.

In the moment, it can be hard to say something,

but I got to do better.

Kate: We ordered all those margaritas

because we were trying to court business

for Hampton DeVille.

That's why we went over the per diem.

That's all there is to know.

Well, I'll just corroborate these details

with Mrs. Cowboy, and assuming everything

checks out, this case will be closed.

You're gonna bother a billionaire

whose business we're trying to court over a lousy $47?

I am just performing due diligence.

Oh, right, because someone has to keep the cookie jar's lid on

because your mother got hit by a deer or whatever.

So fine, okay, just be my guest, fine, good.

Go for it.

Yes, hello, I am calling to corroborate an alleged drinks

meeting between Mrs. Cowboy

and four Hampton DeVille employees during BusinessCon.

Man: I'm sorry, we don't give out that information.

[ Dial tone]

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All right.

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Thank you for coming back in.

I had a very interesting conversation

with Mrs. Cowboy.

And now I would like to give you a chance

to tell me what really happened.

The truth this time.

I think I'll take that cookie now.

So let me guess, Mrs. Cowboy claims she never met us.

[ Laughing ] Of course.

Okay. [ Exhales sharply ]

The truth had to come out sooner or later.

Here goes.

Mrs. Cowboy did decline

our business proposal...

No.

I only talk business in the privacy of my own property.

Kate: So we all jumped in the truck

to go talk business at the ranch.

So she diddrive drunk.

Super drunk.

How was her driving?

Not good.

[ Tires screeching ]

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Good evening, madam.

Fetch us some 'ritas, Zack.

Wait, wait, wait.

So there was an English butler

at her California ranch.

Well, I think she had an idea of what a butler

was like in her head and that's who she got.

And his name was Zack?

Hmm. I guess you're right.

You don't hear of a lot of butlers named Zack.

So I'm up in my huntin' stand and I ain't seen hide

nor hair of anything all morning,

and I was gettin' a little antsy.

So I decided to rub one out.

Twiddle my turkey.

Rustle my rabbit.

Grind my gator. You asked.

So I'm getting close,

and just when I'm about to climax,

a 16-point buck walks straight across my eyeline.

So I'm faced with a quandary --

shoot the buck or finish what I started.

So I start [Moans] blowin' my damn wad,

take aim, and shoot that buck dead,

right between the eyes.

[ Chuckles ]

Best orgasm in 2007.

Fuck.

You know, business partnership ain't worth a bucket of spit

if you can't trust the folks you work with.

In order to gain that trust,

you got to build intimacy.

So we're gonna play a little game.

A little game I like to call "Kiss the butler."

-Kiss the butler. -Kiss the butler.

A little game called "Kiss the butler."

So did you kiss him?

Man: ♪ People see us everywhere

♪ They think you really care

♪ But myself I can't deceive ♪

♪ I know if someone make believe ♪

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John: Matt was really going for it.

Kate: No one told him he had to use tongue.

To me, it's not a real kiss unless it's a France kiss.

♪ My one and only prayer

♪ Is that someday you care

♪ My hopes, my dreams come true ♪

♪ My one and only you

I can't.

I made a vow to my fucking wife.

Unh-unh.

I want to see that pretty little mouth go to work.

Go on now.

♪ Someday you'll care for me

♪ But it's only make believe

The point is, we did this all for Hampton DeVille.

Right.

How dare you kiss anyone but me?

I hired a butler not a whore.

All right, all right, all right.

Let's talk business.

And I only talk business in my business barn.

The thing about me is, I'm a straight shooter.

And I only do business with other straight shooters.

Oh, I assure you, we all shoot straight here,

don't we? [ Laughs ]

Well, I'm gonna need you to prove it.

Not a problem.

Is there a target?

The target...

Is this 'rita glass.

All you gotta do is shoot it off the tippy-top

of my butler's head.

One shot each.

Giddy up!

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What are you gonna do?

I missed on purpose.

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Mrs. Cowboy: Whoo!

I shouldn't be shooting guns at butlers

just because my co-workers are.

It's 2019.

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Goddamn it.

That hurts, huh, scarecrow?

Unfamiliar gun. If I had a second shot,

I totally would have hit it.

[ Groans ]

Oh, looks like you could use

some help there, pretty mouth.

-Yeah. -All you gotta do is cock it.

[ Breathing heavily ]

And squeeze the trigger

like a ripe summer peach.

It's plump and juicy.

Now squeeze it!

[ Gunshot, glass shatters ]

[ Cheering ]

Y'all are straight shooters after all.

Looks like we're in business.

[ Gunshot ]

Zack!

-You shot him! -Oh, my God, he's dead!

It had to be done.

He was a whore.

It was all right when he kissed my house guests,

but my business partners -- unh-unh.

No, ma'am.

Now we're gonna play another little game.

A little game I like to call...

All: "Bury the butler."

Okay. Just to summarize where we are in the story,

you allowed a billionaire to drive drunk...

Super drunk.

...and then you "France" kissed

her English butler...

Zack.

...and then murdered him in a barn.

No, Mrs. Cowboy murdered him.

Right. Which brings us to...

The butler graveyard.

[ Wolf howls ]

Matt: This was not her first dead butler.

-Yeah, a little up there. -[ Cries ]

Okay, now up there to the right.

-[ Cries ] -Good. Really good job.

♪ My hopes, my dreams come true ♪

[ Exhales sharply ]

♪ My one and only you

♪ No one will ever know

♪ How much I love you so

I always bury my butlers nude.

As he first came to me, so shall he leave.

[ Grunts ]

Not bad for a bunch of city slickers.

Of course now we've got a new problem.

You've done buried my butler.

Looks like I need a new butler.

Not a problem, Mrs. Cowboy.

We can start interviewing new candidates as soon as tomorrow.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no,

I already got my sights set on a daisy of a candidate.

Put it on, pretty mouth.

Mrs. Cowboy, no.

I said, "Put it on," butler!

And the next time you address me,

you'd better have an English accent.

[ English accent ] Yes, madam.

Come on now.

Oh, yeah.

From the moment I saw that pretty little mouth,

I knew I'd make you my butler.

Really?

Now it's time for my favorite game.

A little game I like to call

"Have unprotected sex with the..."

Run!

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Hey!

Butler!

[ Gunshots ]

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So of course Mrs. Cowboy denies our story,

she's trying to cover up a murder.

I was almost forced into sexual slavery.

-Did you call the police? -We couldn't.

Everyone of us had given that butler a kiss.

The inside of Zack's mouth was teeming with my DNA.

How do you think it would look

if four Hampton DeVille employees

were involved in an erotic murder?

We did what we had to for the sake of the company.

And if you really have

Hampton DeVille's best interest at heart,

you will approve that expense report

and we will never speak of this again.

Well, I guess that's all the questions I have.

Thank you for your time.

Nate, could you come in here please?

Could you turn that in?

It's approved.Absolutely.

By the way, the itemized bill from their hotel

just came through, still want to see it?

Oh, just leave it on my desk.

Cookie?

No, thanks.

♪♪

♪ But it's only make believe ♪

[ Elevator bell dings ]

Please explain how someone from one of your hotel rooms

ordered "Akeelah and the Bee" at 9:45 P.M.

when you were supposedly at Mrs. Cowboy's,

burying an English butler.

[ Laughs ]

Accountant: There never was a business proposal, was there?

You never even met Mrs. Cowboy, did you?

Okay, you want the truth?

The truth is Matt told us the margaritas were bottomless!

Matt: I'm gonna fire you tonight if you don't watch it, buster.

[ Laughs ]

Something's not right.

This bill is way too high.

Are we over the per diem?

Matt, you idiot!

The margaritas were not bottomless.

We've been charged for 16 margaritas.

-Jesus. -What? Really?

Oh, it was the chips that were bottomless.

Oh, that's my woopsy daisy.

Oh, my God.

It's okay, we'll pay for it ourselves.

No! I have given my heart

and my soul and my 20s and my 30s to Hampton DeVille,

and I have never once gone over my per diem.

We are expensing this.

Sometimes it takes 16 margaritas for 4 co-workers

to have a good time.

But you know what,

if this is soimportant to you,

take it!

Are you happy now,

you miserable narc?

Jake: Where do you even get a $50 bill anymore?

Did you go inside a bank?

You know, executives aren't the only ones who like to have fun.

I like to drink margaritas

and order dumb kids movies on demand.

Hey, "Akeelah and the Bee"

is a sophisticated film for all ages.

Matt.

You know, I wanted to go to AccountingCon.

I did. But they said, "No, we don't have the money."

And I said, "You're lying.

You do have the money."

I should know, I'm the accountant.

I even offered to put myself up.

Can you believe that?

I baked those fuckers Christmas cookies.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

It's becoming clear to me that I'm not mad at you,

I'm mad at Hampton DeVille.

So, whatever.

I'll just push this through and we can all go home.

Wait.

Why don't we all go to Marcus Sombrero's?

-Really? -I'll buy you a margarita.

You know, they're bottomless.

Oh! It's the chips.

I really didn't have any plans for tonight.

Ooh, tonight? Um...[ Groans ]

Sorry, school night.

This weekend.

My cat needs me at home anytime

I'm not physically at work.

Yeah. And for me, it's...

Ping me.

I'm gonna hang on to this for later.

♪♪

Matt: You know, if there's one thing that we learned

from Mrs. Cowboy, it's that...

Jake: Matt, we never spoke to Mrs. Cowboy.

Oh! That's right, it's the chips.

♪♪

Beyoncé!

Matt: Whoo!

Jesus. Fuck.