(At the construction site, SuaveXander safely and efficiently opperates a noisy power tool)

BOSS: Hey Harris! (No reaction. Boss yells louder.) Harris!

SuaveXANDER: (turns off tool) Harris, right. Yeah.

BOSS: In my trailer, okay? I'm talking to all the guys today. The job's winding down.

SuaveXANDER: Right, I'll ... be right there.

(SctuffyXander spies on SuaveXander heading for the trailer)

ScruffyXANDER: (muttering) Welcome to payback, mister evil-plan-face-stealer. You take my life, you get my being fired absolutely free.

(The door of the Porta-Potty opens and smacks ScruffyXander in the face. )

GUY: Harris. Where's your hard hat?

(ScruffyXander makes a face and walks off. Cut to interior of boss's trailer. ScrufrfyXander peers in from the window from a precarious position)

BOSS: Sit down. How long you work here, Harris?

(We see that SuaveXander has something shiny in his hand, about the size and shape of a US quarter. He's turning it around in his fingers.)

SuaveXANDER: Huh? I'm not sure.

BOSS: About three months?

SuaveXANDER: I guess, yeah.

BOSS: And you haven't done much construction work before this, is that right?

ScruffyXANDER: I knew they were gonna notice that.

BOSS: I have to tell you, that's surprising ... 'cause your work here has been first-rate. Yeah, we have another job lined up in Carlton when you're finished here. You ever think about staying on full-time?

ScruffyXANDER: What? Why isn't he firing me? ... Him?

BOSS: I was thinking that I'd have you head up our interior carpentry crew ... ...see how it goes. It's more responsibility, but the pay is better.

SuaveXANDER: (enthusiastically) That would be *great*.

ScruffyXANDER: Promotion? But I ... I mean, he didn't ... Doesn't he see the shiny thing?

(he gestures angrily at the window. This causes him to lose his balance and fall off his perch.)

BOSS: Congratulations, Harris. You and your girl should go out and celebrate.

SuaveXANDER: I already have an idea how.

• Xander's identy issues & insecurities

written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/81thereplacement.html