The Perfect Christmas Present Page #2

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I do this for a living.

I've been working

on the questions, Tom.

Great, all right,

well, you just worry about

filling out a profile

and I'll handle the rest.

- I'm relying on you.

- Okay.

- Talk to you later. Bye.

- Okay. Bye.

No way. Who is it?

- Hey, it's Paul.

- Paul?

- Tom Jacobs.

- Paul?

Tau Sig.

- Sure. Uh, Tau Sig.

- Nice. Can I come in?

- So you wanna hire me?

- Yes.

How did you find out about me?

Tau Sig, man. You should really

think about advertising.

I never would've found you

otherwise.

You know the old saying,

"It's the thought that counts"?

Well, now, the perfect gift

becomes a lot less perfect

when the recipient finds out

that the gift

actually came from the guy

whose face is on a bus stop.

So your clients get the perfect

gift and all the credit?

- That's the idea.

- Good.

Paul, I kinda have a rule about

not taking on people as clients

who I have a relationship with.

It-it can get personal.

It can get messy.

Look, man,

I really need your help.

Okay, just look at her.

Her name is Jenny.

- Wow!

- I know, right?

I'm crazy about her.

And I-it's only been a year

and-and she moved out to Chicago

a little after me.

And, yeah,

we're not living together.

And that's fine, I get it.

Space, independent lives,

et cetera, et cetera,

but things have been...

Things have been

a little tense recently.

And w-we're kind of in, uh...

- Some sort of rut?

- Okay.

And I'm looking

for that grand gesture,

you know,

t-to get things back on track

'cause I don't think

I'm gonna do better than this.

I need a gift, man.

I'm looking

for the Christmas gift.

That is

less than three weeks away.

That is not enough time, man.

- Sorry.

- Please?

- I'll think about it.

- Thank you.

But I'm not making any promises.

Heard.

All right, well, before

I decide to take you on...

you need to fill out

one of these.

- What is it?

- This is Jenny in a nutshell.

That's step one.

And if I decide it's a good fit,

then we go on from there.

People are remarkably simple.

We like to think we're all

beautiful, unique snowflakes...

but when you really

get down to it,

we're all just slight variations

of the same clump of ice.

Case in point. Question one.

Likes and dislikes?

According to a national study,

52% of US population

would say they like puppies.

Remarkable.

Okay, maybe some ice clumps

have more points than others,

but they're still just clumps.

- Thank you, Jimmy.

- Mm-hmm.

Hm...

Of course, not everyone

is good at sharing

their intimate feelings.

Or maybe their partners

just aren't good at listening.

You can't just

leave spaces blank.

How am I supposed to know

her favorite childhood memory?

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