Listen, Beautiful Marcia

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Honey, I’ve already given you my iD number, my taxpayer iD...

No, I get it, I know it’s not your fault, but look, here’s the thing...

...birthdate, marital status... All you need now is...

...my vaccination record, voter registration, lottery ticket...

Doesn’t that seem like a lot of work just to cancel a cell phone line, baby?

...Don’t transfer me to tech support again, OK? We’ll never get out of here today. I mean...

…Things get dragged out on my end, dragged out on your end, dragged out on everybody’s end, you know? What’s your name, honey?

Karen. Right. Karen, look, let’s do this, listen...

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...Listen, OK? You cancel my second line and...

Cancel, Karen!

I want to cancel!

I don’t want a new rate!... No! I’m trying to cancel! Yes!... No problem... I won’t be needing it, sweetheart...

No, but that’s what I’m saying...

...He doesn’t need that line, he’s with another company now...

..He changed his number and everything...

Karen...? Karen, can you hear me? Karen? Hello? Karen?

You see that? See what a pain that was?!

No, I’m not going to... No... Karen, no!

Yeah... Cancel... Yeah... Please. Uh-huh... How long will that take?

How long? Can’t it be any earlier?

Seriously?

Right... Right... Canceling works for me... OK... But it’ll be canceled, right? OK... OK... Thanks, Karen. Right... Right... You too.

Think it’ll work this time?

it had better! Nobody deserves to be calling them every other day.

A line you’re not going to be using it anymorewhy would I want two lines?

What if I just cancel the new line?

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What are you talking about, Alu ísio, are you nuts? Why would you cancel the new line?

I’d avoid any confusion.

Sure, but...

Hey, listen up, lemme just say a few things...

if anyone asks, tell ’em I’m not here, OK?

Cancel the work line?!

Put it back when you finish with it, washed and ironed, you hear?

I’ve got a couple of things to take care of, yeah?

Gotta run. You snooze, you lose.

márcia, also: I can’t find my green top! You’re not sneaking around wearing it, are you? Huh?

I’m not here to hand out pretty things for free, understood, sweetheart ?

Look me in the eye and see if I’m sweetheart enough to go searching for a damn top all over the place!

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Humph!

Márcia!

Yikes.

...a bit of peace and quiet.

Well, I’m heading to the bathroom for a minute.

Enjoy...

...Wherever I go, I want-

Look at the gentle moon pouring down... in the moonlight, my endless wandering ceases...

Your cheerful eyes filled with joy...

...Remembering the serenade I sang one day...

Get in here, quick!

Now!

“Gynecological urethritis.”

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it’s what?

...Well, he calls me inhe says, “Hey, Márcia, come here just a minute”...

Gonorrhea

Oh my god, how awful! Seriously? You’re sure, Dr. Toshte?

Right...

OK, here’s the situation...

...Your daughter has an advanced case of urethritis... We’re going to start with antibiotics.

Mmm... Unfortunately I am, Márcia. How did you find out? Did she tell you, come to you for help?

Umm... it was my partner, Alu ísio. This morning in the bathroom he saw...

When that child complains, it’s about different things than other people, doctor.

is she complaining of pain?

You don’t know the girl!

“So I go and look, and I see that awful business in the bowl...”
“Some sort of goop...”
“So I wipe it up with some toilet paper and say, ‘I’m taking it to Dr. Toshte.’”
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What do you mean, “disinfect” ?!

Onions are a great remedy, doctor.

Onions are great in salads, kid... I just don’t recommend any kissing afterward.

No doctors here, friend. Just nurses, at least for now.

God help me.

You ever seen anything like this, Solange?

To disinfect a cut, use soap and water! it’s old-timey knowledge. People...

...they wouldn’t be “old-timey,” they’d be “up-to-theminute.”

Second, next time...

First of all, my friend, if “old-timey” things were good...

...wait for the chicken to thaw before cutting it, so the knife doesn’t slip! You can’t be so hungry you can’t wait a little!

I’ll have you know my grandfather survived the Spanish flu thanks to a salt cod stew that-

Solange, call the next patient in!

Augusto dos Anjos!

Come on. This way. And careful not to get that bandage wet!

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