Scene 3
(Flo, Mo and Lydia are busy taking orders, cooking and clearing
tables. The Shepherds are all leaving the restaurant.)
Alright gang, we'd better head for the hills.
TOMMY:
Back to work! We'll …
FLO:
I know, "pay you tomorrow." (then to herself) Except, we won't
be open tomorrow night.
MO:
(overhears Flo) Flo! It's the right thing to do!
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(Flo begins cleaning another table and finds something.)
Ah, the kids must have left these after school this afternoon.
They'll be panicked.
MO:
What are those?
LYDIA:
Oh, it's called "social media." The kids send messages to each
other. It's the new craze.
MO:
How does it work?
FLO:
Technology again. This thing is called papyrus, and this thing
is called a pen. They write notes. It's just amazing. Someone
across the room can know what you were thinking just minutes
ago.
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New-fangled "technology."
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MO:
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FLO:
81 SFX: Bell on Door #1
(Another customer enters.)
FLO:
Can I help you, stranger? You're new here in Bethlehem.
LISA:
I'm in for the census. Staying over at the Bethlehem-Western. I
ordered the pizza to go?
FLO:
What hotel?
LISA:
The Beth-Western.