BAGEL SALESMAN
A man approaches a bagel cart.
MAN
I can't buy bagels from you anymore.
BAGEL GUY
Why not?
MAN
It hurts me that you sell them to other people.
BAGEL GUY
But you don't buy enough to support me. I have to sell them
to other people.
MAN
It's not even that. It's that it means so little to you. To
me, it's everything when I buy a bagel but to you it's just one of hundreds.
BAGEL GUY
Don't presume my feelings. That's terribly rude. It means a
great deal to me when I sell you a bagel. I may prefer selling them to you over
anyone else.
MAN
But you sell them to other people.
BAGEL GUY
Yes. Do you ever buy them from other people?
MAN
Yes.
BAGEL GUY
Yes, I know.
MAN
I think I just need some space.
BAGEL GUY
I wish that weren't true but I respect it.
MAN stands back a few feet. Someone else approaches and buys
a bagel. BAGEL GUY kisses that customer on the mouth.
MAN
What's that?
BAGEL GUY
This is my girlfriend. We kiss.
MAN
That's fine, but did you have to love selling that bagel so
much?
BAGEL GUY
I think we need time apart.
MAN leaves, goes to a deli and gets a Bialy.