It's a Disaster Page #2

(CHUCKLES)

Who do they fight...

Quebec secessionists?

No. This guy has it on sale for five

dollars, and it's worth over 160.

Whoa!

Wait, 160 U.S.?

Wait. Where did you say that you

met Glenn, at the hospital?

At the grocery store.

( ALT ROCK)

Where'd you and Tracy meet?

Online. Well, no shame in that.

That's where we found our vet.

(GLASSES CLINK)

That's great.

That's really good.

Yeah, it'll help you get through this.

(CHUCKLES)

I'm sorry. What?

Couples brunch. Oh, no. I'm

looking forward to it.

Really?

Yeah.

Can I ask you a question, Glenn?

Sure.

If you had to call someone up,

tell them some bad news,

Would you tell them right away

or would you chitchat first?

Chitchat. Yeah. You know, small talk.

"how you doin'?"

No, I...

"what's goin' on?"

I know. I know. "Nice weather.

Just... it's crazy."

Right, right. No, um...

Uh, well, I suppose it would depend

on the severity of the bad news.

Hmm. What do you mean?

Uh, well,

If I'm calling to let somebody

know that, um, you know,

A family member passed away,

then no chitchat.

I wouldn't beat around the

bush with that. Right.

Um, but if I was calling

to let them know that, uh,

You know, they didn't get an

apartment, then, yeah, chitchat.

Yeah, you know...

mmm.

Talk a little bit. You in the

apartment rental business?

No. No, I'm a teacher.

So why do you call people and tell

them they didn't get an apartment?

(CHUCKLES)

I... I don't.

I'm sorry. I thought the

conversation was hypothetical.

No, the conversation

is real, Glenn.

The problem is hypothetical.

Oh.

Yeah.

Hey. Are we gonna talk about

this, or are you just gonna...

You need something?

No, I'm okay.

I can't get a signal in there.

Hmm.

You getting a signal? Hmm?

On your phone?

Mmm.

Well, feel free to use my

computer in the living room.

Oh, I don't want to

interrupt brunch. Mmm.

I got nothing.

Very considerate.

Um, well, the reception

back here is pretty spotty.

You might want to try

the front porch. Okay.

I can drink this out there? Yeah.

Of course you can. Why would you...

Weird.

Emma, we need

to talk about this.

So Glenn agrees with me.

About what?

That it's better to just

rip the band-aid off.

What did you tell him? I

didn't tell him anything.

I just asked him

a hypothetical question.

Well, he's not stupid, Pete. He's

gonna know what you're asking for.

We just met the guy. How is he gonna

have any idea what I'm asking for?

And how... how do we know

he's not stupid?

(SIGHS) We had an agreement.

Yeah, well, agreements change.

No, they don't.

That's why they're agreements.

This is awkward.

Well, deal with it.

Yeah. I'll deal with it.

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