The Good Lie Page #3

Okay. We already missed

the 10:
00 interview...

let's head straight

to the restaurant.

Carrie!

Roger, hey. How are you?

You never called me.

I'm sorry. I've been so busy with work.

Um... Guys, this is Roger.

He works with the local police force.

We appreciate any person

who risks their life to uphold the law.

May God bless you

and keep you safe from harm.

I'll call you. Come on, guys!

Nice to meet you.

- Hey.

- Hey, Matt.

- What's up? - I know you have

some openings in food prep...

and it just so happens that these guys

have a lot of experience.

Okay. I'll talk to them.

Thank you.

Hey.

So...

what brings you to the United States?

My parents were killed in the civil war in

Sudan, and my sisters were taken as slaves.

Do you have any restaurant experience?

I would like to study to become a doctor.

That's good.

Are we going to eat now?

Sure.

You really want me to

hire these guys, Carrie?

They have no experience.

They're too strange.

If you can't take all of them,

just take one of them.

We don't have any space right now.

Check back in six months.

- Maybe something will open up.

- You're giving me that speech?

- No.

- I know that speech.

- You're blowing me off.

- I'm not!

You're seriously trying to tell me

that these rocket scientists...

- ...are more qualified than those guys?

- Yes!

- You're out of your mind.

- I don't think we'll get a job here.

Carrie, I'm sorry...

We're leaving. Get in the car.

We get job here?

No, we're going to see Jack Forrester.

He owns the employment agency

where I work.

I'll be right back.

- Hey, Jack.

- Hi.

What's going on?

Welcome to the longest day of my life.

I need your help.

- You need my help?

- With work.

- Something happen in the office

or something? - Not exactly.

I have these guys from Africa, and I can't

even get them through one job interview.

- So you brought them here?

- Where else was I supposed to bring them?

You know how you make people smile.

That's it.

Potential employers want to see you smile.

You can stop now.

To smile without meaning it,

is that not insincere?

Oh, yeah. It's total bullshit.

But Americans like it...

and that's where you live now,

so it's what you've gotta do.

Now, are any of you good with your hands?

Great, I'll make some calls.

Now, listen, this is important.

Since you have little or no experience,

you have to impress...

upon any potential employer

how good you'd be at any given job.

But that would be a lie.

As long as you can back it up

with hard work, it's not lying.

I think Donner has some openings

for assembly line workers.

What about Nick at Star Grocery?

These two could stock shelves.

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