Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Dialogue

During another busy day at the tanning salon, while students rush to get a tan before spring break, beds run non stop. the salon is hot, and extremely loud with fans running, music playing, and people talking. All the tanning beds are full, and there is a line leading out the door. a women comes in and looks at the employee working the counter, "can i tan for twenty minutes?",the employee replys back, "yes ma'am you can, may i see your goggles please?" the customer glares at the employee, "i just switched purses, but i do have my goggles. they are in here somewhere." the employee responds back, "i am required by law to see your goggles, or i am not supposed to let you use the bed".
Angered by the employees comment, the customer proceeds to not show her goggles. beds are not getting cleaned, and other customers are lining up behind the counter wanting to tan. after argueing back and forth between the customer and employee, the employee finally says, "just go to bed seven, i dont care." the employee gets up and beggins to clean beds for other customers. twenty minutes later the cranky customer walks up to the front desk, and looks at the employee. "what is the owners name?", "Nancy Smith" states the employee. "what is your name?". "Lucy". "how can i get ahold of the owner". "Im not allowed to give out that information". The angry customer says, "I want you to know i will be contacting the owner, and i want you to know you are unprofessional and extremely rude". the employee smiles and says, "Thank you".
After dealing with the angry customer, and laughing towards her comments, the owner walks into the salon. "hahaha i got a phone call about you. i told her you were doing your job asking for eye wear, next time dont giver them our name."
The day went on, and there were no more customers refusing goggles.

3 comments:

  1. I love the feeling behind this dialogue it made me
    Want to keep reading

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  2. I like this dialogue, it was very interesting and it made me laugh. I have never been to a tanning salon but they seem pretty interesting.

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  3. I think you capture the everyday feel that Ray Carver is so famous for. He's really attuned to banal language and situations that, upon further inspection, are wrought with conflict, tone, and work on character. Thanks!

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