Horrible Bosses Page #2

Nick bursts through the doors and looks at his watch. It

reads "6:
02." He looks up at a security camera with a

flashing red light, indicating he is on tape.

NICK:

F***!

DISSOLVE TO:

12 INT. NICK'S CUBICLE - LATER 12

Nick sits at his desk inputting information from a large

PILE of documents into a spreadsheet on his computer.

The clock on his computer turns to "8:00 AM."

HARKEN (O.S.)

Nick.

Nick jumps, startled. He turns to see his boss, DAVE

HARKEN, 40's, standing behind him.

NICK:

Yes?

HARKEN:

See you in my office?

4.

13 INT. HARKEN'S OFFICE - CLOSE ON A VIDEOTAPE REPLAY - 13

MOMENTS LATER:

of the lobby security camera footage on a television.

The time code at the bottom of the screen reads "6:02."

We see Nick looking up at the camera and silently

mouthing the word "F***!" The image freezes and we PULL

BACK to see Harken holding the remote. Nick stands

across from him.

HARKEN:

Here's my concern, Nick. You're a

punctual guy. You understand the

importance of getting to work on

time. So that leaves me to wonder

if there isn't something wrong

with the internal clock in our

security system. What do you

think?

NICK:

I don't know, Mr. Harken. I might

have been a minute late.

HARKEN:

Two minutes according to this. So

either you're a liar -- which I

know you're not -- or our system

is off by a full minute. And if

that's the case, I have no choice

but to dismiss Thomas, our

longtime security coordinator.

NICK:

Okay, I might have been two

minutes late.

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