The Return Policy

INT.  Lindsey’s Car – NIGHT

Lindsey and Joan are riding home from a concert. Lindsey is dressed in a black fitting fitting dress with blue shoes. Joan is wearing a red spaghetti strapped mini dress with black shoes.

Lindsey

That concert was amazing. It’s been so long since I have had the chance to get out and do something fun.

Joan

Yeah, I know who knew after college we would get to do things like this less often.

Lindsey

It feels so good to get dressed up and go out. Where did you get your dress? It is really cute.

Joan

From Cheetah print, it was so expensive and that is exactly why it is going back first thing tomorrow.

Lindsey

Hahahahah..

Joan

No seriously, I am taking it back tomorrow. I always check the return policy on big purchases. Especially if I know wit will be one time use.

Lindsey and Joan pull up to Joan’s apartment.

Joan

 Wow that was fast, thanks for picking me up girl. See you on Monday at work, night.

Lindsey

Night girl.

INT.- MORNING- JOAN’S CUBICLE

Lindsey

Hey Joan, what’s going on? How was the rest of your weekend?

Joan

Girl, do you remember when I told the dress I told you I was taking back.

Lindsey

Yeah

Joan

So the next day I go too take it back and can you believe they would not take the dress back?

Lindsey

What, what do you mean. I thought you always checked the return policy with stuff like that.

Joan

I did! Can you believe there was fine print on the receipt?!

Lindsey

Hahahahahaha fine print on a receipt!!

Joan

Yes and the woman at the register had the nerve to pull out her magnifying glass and show it to me.

 I could not dispute it. There is clear as day under the lens of her microscope. “All returns suspected of use can and will subjected to refusal of return. All I could say was “what do you mean there is no returns”

Joan

So she suspected that you wore it. Were you embarrassed at all?

Lindsey

Embarrassed?! All I could think of is my money I wasn’t going to get back. All because of some silly billboard I saw with the dress. I knew I had to have it and now I can’t get rid of it.

Joan

Well I better get back before my manager notices I am gone. Lunch Later?

Several minutes go by Joan, begin to get back to work at her desk. Peter, who sits behind Joan and has a small crush on her, walks past her desk. He takes a double look before walking back over to her desk.

Peter

Hey Joan

Joan

Peter?

Peter

I just wanted to tell you, looked great at I saw you pictures from the concert on Facebook.  That dress sure looked great on you.

Joan

Peter please, I not in the mood. I have a lot of work to do.

Peter defeated walks away. Joan returns to doing her work.

Stacey who is the office the secretary walks over to Joan’s desk. Joan believes Stacey is a nosey gossip spreader, and therefore keeps her eyes guyed on her computer screen and pretends not to see her.

Stacey

Hey Girl, I saw you and Lindsey Facebook pictures, I like that little dress you had on.
Where did you get that?

Joan’s eye still unmoved from the computer screen

Joan

Umm. I forgot.

Stacey

I dress like that, must of cost. It look good, it was worth. You guys look like you had fun.

Joan irritated looks up

Joan

Thanks. If you will excuse me I have a lot of work to do.

Stacey rolls her eyes

Stacey

That will be that last time you get a complement from me

Stacey, perturbed struts off back to the front desk.

Joan focuses back on her work determined not to be distracted. She doesn’t notice Rick the delivery guy, who she ocasionally flirts walking over to her desk.

Rick

Hey Joan

Joan without looking up

Joan

If your coming to say how nice I looked at the concert in my red dress I no I was…..

Realizing its Rick she pauses in mid sentence.

Joan

Rick…..

Rick

Well I guess I missed out, but I would love to see it.

Joan

Oh it was nothing really, I didn’t know you had a delivery today?

Rick

You must have look nice, seems like a people have been telling you all day. So are you going to show me?

Joan, visibly torn, logs into Facebook and shows Rick the photos of her and Lindsey at the concert.

Rick

Oh wow you really look nice. I don’t think I will be able to get that picture out of my head for the rest of the day.

Joan (sarcastically)

Wonderful

Rick

Well I have to get to the rest of my deliveries. You look great, really loved the dress.

Joan lumps her head down on her desk.

Joan

Just great. Stuck with a dress I can never wear again.