Whitby Free Press, 5 Dec 1990, p. 7

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WHMTY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECENMR,,1990, PAGE 7 PAGE SVEN AN YMOE-. Di*al tonie Corne with us now to the mako-beliovo land of tolovision, whoro Leafs could bo wixners, situations could bo fuânny, and the phone company advertisos in mysterlous ways* to strangor audiences. Script oponing. (Long shot, hi h lookig down on the rocoption desk. Entor Lori Career, h iled back everely, glase, rtty eyes, frazzled. Sho storms past tho roceptionist, grabeaahadu of messages, sizzlos to hier desk, bangs down hier briefcaso.) (Close up, WO seo a tired, stressed-out career womnan. On her faco is written ANGER.) (New angle: adjacent doorway: maie, mid-fites, maybo oarly ~ CA lNA DA fortios if hoe consumed a lot of fast food, choap boor. This is The t BOSS.) THE BOSS: Loriy cati you corne in bore a minute? _______________________________________ LORI: (Entering bis office with somo trepidation. Small wonder. Ho bas a roputation.) It's that Atkinson account. They want te see Meeovory day. BOSS: Lori, this is Sand from Tho Phono Company. o ex ORI:TOhbratot Zer tlmak ng gonius. Just what I SANDY: (brunette, short hair, dark eyos, pretty.) Fm theoguy. LORI: Just what I feared. What are you, on boan fromn that otber t: commercial? BOSS: Arn I missing something here? LORI: You know - the two guys arguing about ail the returned Popor Scoo ers, and the phono rep suggests they put a phono number on the box. SANDY: That was me. Great solution, oh? I mean, in just haif a second I solved a million dollar problemi for those two jerks. We phono compayrp are like that. LOR[: 7Youtbinkyou cati pull off somtbing like that bore? I mean, are we really supposed te, beiove that those two jocks between thom didn't have the smarts te put a phono number anywhero? BOSS: A pair of young twits. LORI: Yeah, tbirty-ish, trim, fit, good-looking. Not like some slobs I know. SANDY:- So what is this problem witb the Jefferson account? LORI: You know damn well what it is, you've read the script. Our service stinks. We don'lt bave enough reps on the road, we take days to returti oeils, our goods are shoddy. Now youlre going te, try te tell me that if we just oeil them more often we can solve ail our problems. SANDY: You read my linos. DUNDAS STREET LOOKING EAST FRDM BYRON9 1939 LORI: So? This is my account territory you"re tread ing in. The Whitby Dairy building at rigbt was demoihbd in 1958 and bas beon a vacant lot BOSS: We are having trouble witb a lot of these accounts. And since then. The tower rigbt of centre is the old post office, demolished in 1959 and replaced Sandy is rigbt. Cqlling long distance by the Bank of Montreal. The Crown Dominion sign is on Harold Boys' garage. LORI: ... works only in a phono company commercial. And you WhftIw Ardiv photo can oil i telearkeing'f y ou wis,bu If silbo o hma nusnc als.(o SmIahnyeHoofe oum1jyT? 0YAR Sae -.. e go atorappintaent croee ton. Agreements for sale bave been completed te build five factories in Port Whitby. SAD: . gtthtlngdstne'elig0 George F. Plummer, president of Dunlop Canada Limnited, bas preaented pledges of (BnSSe:ooay, tIiehoà..,0pin. tbta n h raetesha f*$41,100 te the Wbitby General Hospital Building Carnpaign. pI hon o e as fromeLrciond.)utei. Seraete ha o parate School supporters are being asked if tbey want te combine the Town of Wbitby phoeCmePTsaNes TmLil athd.and Whitby Township separate achool boards. BOSS:- ... moot Susan, Our new sales rep. She bas your old ternitory. She'll roturt ail thoso cails for you. And if you want te stay in this company, you can take ber job. Otherwise, don't cailî zMsU us, e %l ci you from the Thursday, November 30, 1865 edition of the REC PTI NISI'. Cathe on quik, oea't she a s rgb, Rev. Robert FL Thortton wii address members of the Mecanici' Institute on the subject deare. nd jst wor tethowise do't eer o snppih ~of Troofs that mati did not commence bis career in barbarism." rectioiateve agin.The do't ikeit nomater ow ya William Laing, a former Whitby mayor, is suffering from bard times and is seiling hia you Ieel. LORI l~ gong t oel m mohor.Rigt aay.property in Whitby and Pickering. SANDY% Loing dit ance, o cor.RAnd wat y ratgf * The Grand Trnk Railway hotel at the GTR station in Port Wbitby in for sale. Muchboter hantaicin nektis.e The Chronicle givea bigb praise to the Town Council of 1865 and seies no need for a change Nuh EKTJer Hon aldog eckie in its members for 1866. VOICEOVER.' i-gh. Fim ual, tho talking computer. I've corne te talk te you.. à 1.ý

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