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Job Interview

A dialogue piece inspired by Samuel Beckett's Endgame

By Rosie J. SargentPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read
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"There was only one rule: don’t open the door.”

A:How are we going to leave? There's no window!

B: Well, I'm not staying here.

C: No, don't! You don't want to go against the one and only rule.

A: This is supposed to be a job interview, not an escape room.

D: More like a cage.

C: I don't think that's helping.

D: Or maybe a tomb.

C: Jesus Christ.

B: Can we not just go through the ceiling?

A: We're underground.

B: How did you work that out?

A: Did you not see the sunlight disappear as we descended into this...

D: Cage.

A: Yes, alright then, a cage!

B: I would prefer a cage over a tomb.

A: Really?

C: Maybe that's it. Whoever figures out how to get out without opening the door, climbing out the window or cutting through the ceiling gets the job?

A: They can keep their bloody job.

C: But do you remember actually applying? Does anyone? I mean, you asked if we saw the sunlight disappear, but do you recall walking down the stairs in the first place?

D: Maybe we're ghosts.

A: Alright then, try to walk through the wall, see how far you get.

C: Where's my phone?

B: Who you gunna' call?

A: Don't fucking say it!

D: Alright, here goes.

B: He's doing it, he's actually going to run through a wall.

A: Idiot... hurt, did it?

C: Come to think of it, do you even remember waking up this morning or falling asleep last night? When was the last time you remember locking your front door?

D: Ah, screw it. I'm going to open it.

A: Finally.

C: No, don't!

B: Shit, where did he go?

A: There's only one way to find out.

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    Written by Rosie J. Sargent