Mike Script Excerpt
Ben: So I saw your job. Do you like your job?
Mike: I like my job, yeah.
Ben: Yeah?
Mike: Yeah.
Ben: You have a good time?
Mike: Oh yeah. All day, all week. No Saturday, no Sunday. We’re off two days. We stay home. We get back the next week on Monday. We get back.
Ben: What about on weekends? Do you do anything fun then?
Mike: Let’s see. I play my game in my room. I've got a PlayStation 3.
Ben: Oh, I used to have a PlayStation.
Mike: I got games in there and we have a few kinds. I've got VCR tapes. I have 30 tapes in there.
Ben: Nice.
Mike: I've got 30. I watch it.
Ben: Do you like movies?
Mike: I love movies.
Ben: Do you have a favorite movie?
Mike: Let’s see… movies. Iron…wait a minute…Iron Man movies.
Ben: Which one?
Mike: Iron Man.
Nicki: Iron Man?
Ben: Iron Man?
Mike: Yeah! You know the movies. You remember?
Ben: Yeah.
Mike: We go out somewhere, right, we go out to the movies and after that we get a drink, we get popcorn we get a snack, watch it and we get back in a little while, we’re going home. That’s it.
Ben: But you like going to the movies?
Mike: Yeah, I love the movies.
Ben: So I heard you like music.
Mike: I do.
Ben: Do you have a favorite artist?
Mike: Raps.
Ben: Raps?
Mike: And songs too.
Ben: Is there…you said raps, right?
Mike: Yep.
Ben: Any rapper that’s your favorite?
Mike: MC Hammer.
Ben: MC Hammer? Can't Touch This?
Mike: I love Hammer.
Ben: Hammer Time?
Mike: Oh yeah.
Ben: If you could change anything about your life, what would it be?
Mike: Good question. I’d change my clothes.
Ben: Your clothes?
Mike: Change my clothes.
Ben: Is there anything else you want to say?
Mike: hm.. I go to the, I go to my vacation coming. June 4th, my vacation.
Ben: Your kitchen? Oh vacation.
Mike: You remember that?
Ben: Yeah, you were talking about vacation. Where are you going for vacation?
Mike: Pensacola Beach.
Ben: Oh, nice.
Mike: Yeah, me going there June 4th.
Ben: What are you going to do there?
Mike: Anything.
Ben: Anything?
Mike: Yeah. I like a lots. Rollercoasters. I want to tell you something. Men are scared of heights. Not me.
Ben: You're not scared of heights?
Mike: I'm not scared of nothing.
games in there. I put my games in… I play them every morning.
Ben: So what do you do on your typical day of the week, like a weekday.
Mike: I sleep in my bed and I eat my breakfast with milk and waffles, pancakes, sausage, any kind of food.
Ben: Anything else you do during the day besides eat breakfast?
Mike: Cleaning. I clean the bathrooms. I do a good job. Joe, he doesn’t clean his bathroom. His is dirty. Mine is better. Downstairs two staff have bathrooms. Two doors, the back, the front, and (inaudible) downstairs and upstairs and then I wait 15 minutes and mop it. That’s it. I've got two bathrooms. I do it again tomorrow.
Ben: But you do a good job?
Mike: Oh yeah. You k
Ben: Is there any place in the world you want to visit?
Mike: Visit? Let’s see… visit.
Ben: Like Europe or New York City, California, Disneyworld.
Mike: I like Wildwood.
Ben: Wildwood? Oh, OK.
Mike: I go to see my friend.
Mike: No, that’s it. I got a vacation coming. June 4th, vacation.
Ben: Oh vacation. You were talking about vacation. Where are you going for vacation?
Mike: Pensacola Beach.
Ben: Oh, nice.
Mike: I'm going there June 4th.
Ben: What are you going to do there?
Mike: Anything.
Ben: Anything?
Mike: You know. Rollercoasters. Men are scared, not me. I like height. The rollercoaster goes all the way to the top. They're scared of heights but not me.
Ben: You're not scared of heights?
Mike: I'm not scared of nothing and I see my friends there. My friends are afraid of heights on the big rollercoasters. I see my friend on there. He knew me a long time ago. He knew me. I'm going to stay in New Jersey. I'm going to stay in New Jersey in Wildwood. I will stay there.
Ben: You're going to stay in New Jersey?
Mike: I've got stuff to do.
Ben: You’ve got stuff to do?
Mike: I've got a basement; big, large basement and a nice room. I know that. I got a bed in my room. (inaudible) I need a room. I've got stuff to do. And I got a dresser, I got games in there, I got cable. Anything and that’s it. Yeah.
Staff: There's nothing else you wanted to talk about today?
Mike: I work hard.
Ben: Hard worker?
Mike: Yeah.
Staff: I gave a question. Do you remember when you started the job here? Do you remember learning the job?
Mike: Yeah I do.
Staff: There are a lot of different parts to it, aren’t there?
Mike: Yeah.
Staff: Yeah? So you remember learning it?
Mike: Yeah, I do.
Staff: What was that like? Did you think this seems hard or this seems easy?
Mike: Yeah, easy. It’s an easy job to me. I do the boxes, the tape, UPS. There are two men. He knows.
Staff: Can you say that again?
Mike: UPS.
Staff: Oh, the UPS and the postman.
Mike: He knows about that. Sending out boxes…. He’s the boss. I have to let him know. It’s my job.
Staff: Yeah, you're a hard worker.
Mike: Yeah, I have to do.
Ben: I'm glad to hear. What makes you happy?
Mike: Happy for… let me see. Happy. Happy. Vacation.
Ben: Vacation?
Mike: Yeah.
Ben: Anything else make you happy?
Mike: Courtney, my boss.
Ben: Courtney makes you happy?
Ben: Anything else?
Mike: I like the beach.
Ben: Beach.
Mike: Ocean.
Ben: Ocean.
Mike: Walking around.
Ben: Is there anything you do?
Mike: Shopping.
Ben: Oh, shopping.
Mike: Yeah. I got nice clothes in there.
Mike: Yeah, any kind of basketball game. I do.
Ben: Do you play basketball?
Mike: I'm good.
Ben: You're good?
Mike: I play basketball in my gym. I play. I play a varsity game and JV too. I'm good. Long shot.
Ben: Yeah, you got the three pointers going?
Mike: Yeah.
Ben: Yeah?
Mike: I'm a good player.
Ben: A lot better than I am. I'm not a very good player.
Mike: Ill teach you.