The Golden Door Page #2

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- Thank you.

- We'll all be pulling for you.

I can help you?

I'm here to see George.

Okay.

The name?

Uh, George...

George...

No, buddy, not his name.

I know his name.

He's writing my paycheck.

Your name.

Sorry. Henry O'Shea.

Mr. George, there's a Henry O'Shea

in the lobby.

I'll be right there.

Okay.

He's coming.

Great.

You like working here?

(elevator dings)

O'Shea?

Yeah.

Yeah, hi. What?

- What?

- What are you looking at?

Nothing.

- I'm Henry.

- Yeah, George.

Come on, we'll take this

down to my office.

The first thing you need to know is

you never go through that front door.

The only time you're in the front

is when you're in uniform.

- You got it?

- Got it.

Got it?

Look, kid, your Uncle Colin and I...

we go way back.

I'm doing him a solid

giving you a job.

Okay, thank you, sir.

No no no, you save the "sir" crap

for the tenants, all right?

Me- my name's George.

That's what you call me.

I know I look like a fighter,

but I'm a real pussycat.

Ask anybody.

Go ahead, sit down.

Yeah, just put that on the floor.

So what makes you think

you're doorman material?

Uh...

You Uncle Colin said that you

wanted to be a nurse...

- but you couldn't hack it, right?

- No, not exactly.

Look, I don't give a horse's tit

about your past.

Billy Donovan was a fruit.

He worked here for 15 years.

You know, your past

is your past.

Your Uncle Colin says

you're a good kid,

so you're a good kid

until you prove otherwise.

Okay, good, but...

Save it for the shrink.

Let's go over the rules.

The most important rule,

the golden rule is...

you want to guess?

Uh...

treat other people

like you want to be treated?

Wrong. Dead wrong.

The most important rule is...

you never ever let somebody

in the building...

- they're not supposed to be in.

- Okay. Of course.

Don't say, "of course". If it was

of course, you'd get it right, right?

Everybody- they think

being a doorman is easy.

It's not so easy.

The devils in the details, kid.

You know, you gotta learn

how to put out packages,

learn people's names,

you know?

And what's the most

important thing?

Don't let other people in

that aren't supposed to get in.

Yeah, good.

Don't forget that.

No eating or sleeping

in the lobby.

Don't fraternize

with the residents.

They got better things to do

than talk to you.

You keep it short, businesslike.

You want to write this down?

No, I'll remember.

Well, if you don't, you're out.

All right, tomorrow, 10:30 PM.

You'll talk to Raul.

He'll show you around.

And don't pick up

any of his bad habits.

- All right.

- Let's go.

(knocks on door)

[Mother]:
with me

about every detail.

[Daughter]:
I'm not arguing.

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