
The Double
You're in my place.
I'm sorry?
You're in my place.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Hey, you!
- Me?
- Visitors have to sign in.
Oh wait, I've worked
here for seven years.
- I see you every day.
- I don't work weekends...
- I'm sorry?
- ...It is therefore impossible
for you to see me every day. I.D.
- Yeah, I...
- Supplementary I.D.
Oh yeah, the funny thing
is I don't have any.
It's actually in my case, which
is in the door of a train.
- It got stuck.
- Do you think that's funny?
No. No, it's actually more
upsetting than anything else.
Don't make a jest of this, sir.
I won't.
Oh, um... Actually my
name is Simon James.
Uh, you left off the
"J" in my last name.
- I need to see your pass.
- Right.
Uh-huh.
Sorry.
Put your jacket on, son.
This isn't a brothel.
No shirking! This is the big push!
Plenty to do. The Colonel is counting
on each and every one of you, as am I.
Mr. Papadopoulos, actually...
Mr. Papadopoulos, excuse me.
Mr. Papadopoulos, I've finished up.
In fact, I completed substantially
more than my quota.
I took my jacket off only
because it's so hot,
office for a brothel.
Excellent job. That's the
type of initiative we need.
How long have you been here, son?
- Just started, eh?
You know we've been
pruning the dead wood.
carry any more passengers.
Er, actually, I have some
rather exciting ideas
I've been wanting to share
we could make our
reports more efficient.
regression analysis
the entire business.
- My daughter's name is Melanie.
- A nice name.
She's interning for the holidays.
- Say hello, Melanie.
- Hello, Melanie.
Stanley here is gonna
be your mentor.
- Yes. What?
- An hour a day,
at your discretion.
She's a good girl,
- but no head for figures.
- Yeah.
Idiot.
- You can go now.
- Right. Yes, thank you.
Because if I were to
find out how depressing
f*ck it is you do here,
feel sorry for you.
Right. Well,
I look forward to it.
Hi.
Copy.
Oh.
Why don't you print out two copies?
That would make sense.
That would be what a
- Sorry.
- You can't use this place for one copy.
- It was the same story yesterday.
- Sorry.
- You're always sorry.
Hey, Hannah, can you stay late?
- I've gotta get this thing lanced.
- Uh-huh.
One copy.
Yes, please.
I know.
I know!
Yes, mom, I'll be there.
I always work late.
Because I'm talking to you. Yeah.
Okay. Yes. Bye.
You can rely on me. Okay.
People...
The ultimate resource.
Yet to some businesses
they all look the same.
But the Colonel knows
people are different.
people and people are business,
making your business his business.
Because the Colonel knows people.
And the Colonel knows
that you demand
the most powerful
data-processing system
on the planet to make
sense of it all.
The Colonel will show you people
in a way your business
can understand.
Because the Colonel knows
there's no such thing
as special people.
Just people.
- Which one was you?
- Which one...
I don't know how to answer that.
The one... the one that was me.
He didn't look like you.
He had brown hair.
We both have brown hair.
I mean, I have... I...
We're the same person.
- I'm not gonna die ever...
- I know.
- ...so you can forget it.
- Okay.
Will you stop talking?
I'm trying to sleep.
Your mother says
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