Monday morning at the office. Day breaks; people filter into the office.
mv 6 Recit. (Morning office chatter)
Person 1:Man, that was nice weather Sunday.
Person 2: So what were you doing in here on the weekend?
Person 3: He was making lists of social security numbers off the database.
Person 1: Was not!
Person 3: (waving a stack of papers) You forgot --
Chorus: -- you printed them out!
Person 1: Oh *%&!
Person 4: (to Person 5) How was your weekend?
Person 5: (sadly) Oh, my wife left me. A neighborhood dog bit me. I crashed my car.
Person 4: (absently, while paging through a manual) Oh, that’s nice.
Person 5: And my coffeemaker is on the blink.
Person 4: Oh dear, I’m so sorry!
Gradually, they gravitate toward Morgan’s office, gathering around the desk holding their empty coffee cups. The coffee maker, there in the previous scene, is missing… meanwhile …
In Phoenix’s cubicle next door, she sings the delights of her swivel chair, distracting them.