Burn

Melinda?

This is your last chance.

Do not fuck with me!

Melinda!

Many times, we limit ourselves,

when we think about what we deserve.

We forget what we want.

Our imagination has been traumatised, and we are...

lies beyond what others have laid out for us...

we become reactionary...

Excuse me, Sir.

I'm sorry, but it's against the rules

to smoke near a pump.

What do want me to do?

I just lit this.

I know.

And I have nothing against smoking, I smoke too.

It's okay to have one over there by my van,

if you want me to show you.

Nah, I'm almost done here.

It's just really dangerous to smoke by the pumps.

The whole gas station can light on fire.

Hey, I'm not a fucking idiot, alright?

What do you think?

I take this and stick it in the pump?

I wasn't trying to be mean to you.

You don't need to yell at me.

- Hey. - Hey.

Diane left again without cleaning the bathrooms,

or restocking.

That's okay, I'll do it.

The pistachios are really amazing.

My bad.

They're my favorite nut in the store.

Cool.

If you don't like them, I'll give you a refund.

Okay.

My name is Melinda by the way.

Thanks.

Whoa! Jesus! Is this the ladies room?

No, you're in the right place.

This is the men's.

I was just cleaning the bathroom.

Oh, you can go ahead and use it.

You know you really ought to put a

sign if you're going to be in here.

Is the coffee ready?

Yes. Here you go.

How do these skanks do this?

Do what?

Here, watch my ass.

Do you see it?

I think so.

Now try flexing your ass cheeks one at a time.

- What? - Just try it.

Okay, go left, yeah right.

Left, right, left.

Right, yes, left.

Right. Keep going.

I think you're doing it right.

Yeah, left, right.

Left. Left.

- Wait, you were filming me? - Keep going, keep going.

- Sheila. - People need to see this.

What do you mean people?

What, people coming into the store?

What? No!

Sheila, can you please can you delete that?

What are you doing? What do you care?

No one knows who you are.

Please can you delete it?

Oh God.

You take this one okay? Uh what are you doing, freak?

I don't want anyone to see that.

Alright, I'll delete it.

Hi, there.

Hi.

Hey, there.

How can I help you?

Um, what's her name?

Sheila.

Sheila, right.

Hi, Sheila.

Uh, I was in here a few nights ago.

Do you remember?

It's Fred.

No, I see a lot of faces in here.

Hi, Fred, my name is Melinda.

Um, we were talking, and you were telling me how your feet

hurt so much from standing all night and so um, uh,

I thought um these might help.

They're padded insoles for your shoes.

I'm guessing you're a size nine?

Here you should, uh, try them on.

Wow, these look really comfortable.

She's right, after a long shift we all have aching feet.

I'm not a size nine.

Oh, well that's okay because you can cut these down

if they're too big.

Okay, okay, stop stop stop stop!

You could get plantar fasciitis or...

Just stop, stop.

I don't want your foot pads okay?

I don't want anything from you.

Well, they're um.

Sheila, I think he's just being nice.

I don't care how nice he thinks he's being,

he comes in here every night.

We're not going to have some sort of thing

happening between us, okay?

You understand?

Excuse me. Is there another register open?

Um...

Fred, your insoles.

I swear to God, he's pathetic Melinda.

Can I get two of the Lucky Seven scratchers,

and two of the Platinum Payoffs.

The insoles fit my shoes perfectly.

What?

It's like Cinderella.

The shoe fits.

Your insoles fit my shoes.

Hi there.

Let me know if you need help with anything.

My name is Melinda, I work here.

Hi, Melinda.

Um, that's very kind of you.

Is everyone else who works here as nice as you are?

Not really.

Sheila over there can be quite mean,

but that's because everyone talks to her.

I understand.

She's very pretty.

Okay.

Um...

Maybe you could help me out by telling me

where the cigarettes are?

Oh, that's easy.

The cigarettes are always by the counter.

Great.

Don't you just wish people picked up after themselves?

I guess that means you wouldn't have a job then.

How are you, Melinda?

Everything good tonight?

Yeah, everything's good.

Is that your new car?

Yes, it is.

It's my first night going solo.

Does that make you nervous?

No. I've been training for this for a long time.

Feels great being by myself.

Looks powerful.

Do you need help?

No.

Zero to sixty in 5.3 seconds.

Wow.

The back of it kind of look like a robot with sunglasses.

No, I'm uh just looking for condoms.

Really?

You've been looking for like five minutes.

Do you need me to assist you with that?

I can't imagine how you could.

Are the windows bullet proof?

Like if bad guys were shooting at you,

would the bullets just bounce off?

No, they'd hit me.

I can take my break right now.

Can you take me for a ride?

Here, these should work.

Yeah.

I'll ring you up at the counter.

This is amazing; it's like an office.

Yeah, it is.

This is one of the newer models.

What about the parking lot?

Could we just go around the parking lot?

I wish I could, but I really need to stay on schedule.

Maybe I could get arrested and then you could take me on a ride

and do your job.

What if I took this?

No!

I'm sorry.

I'll take you on a ride later, I promise.

I'm going to go get a coffee, stay on schedule.

Okay.

Hi, Sheila.

Hi, Officer Liu.

That's $9.45

Hey, you know what?

Uh, keep the change.

You sure?

I believe in karma.

Is there a bathroom I could use?

Yeah, right around the corner.

Alright.

How's everything tonight?

I'm ready to go home.

But I can't because Perry's being an asshole right now.

He just does not care that he's late everywhere he goes.

I'm sorry to hear that.