Borrowed Time
A drab office that smacks of 1970’s office drones working away their drab lives. These people once had dreams. Now they only long for easy days with no surprises. It is time for shift change. (We see on office drone Ralph on stage wearing a drab blazer and a tie. A second drone, Sam, in quite similar attire enters.) Ralph: Morning Sam. Sam: Morning Ralph. Ralph: Just getting back? Sam: Yeah. Ralph: Oof. That’s rough. Sam: Yeah. Ralph: At least you filled your punch card. Sam: Nope. Ralph: Nope? Whaddaya mean, Nope ? It’s impossible to miss one. Sam: Well, I did. Ralph: Just fudge it. If you were a little late, Just tick them off anyway. No one will notice. Sam: I wasn’t late. I was right on time, but I was barred. Interlopers. Ralph: Oh! (laughs with relief) You had me going for a second. Interlopers! (chuckles) Sam: No joke. It keeps getting harder. The close ones, they keep getting snagged by one of those, whatcha-call ‘em?