The Easy

By Michael Mohan Joshua

Amanda Bucelli is a twenty-something waitress aspiring writer/producer frustrated with having to wait on tables to make a living! Amanda needs a change for fulfillment; frustrated thus far with what LIFE has offered her. Amanda writes a screenplay about the day in the life of Amanda Bucelli at the restaurant THE EASY! Filled with crazy co-worker

• Language: English
• Publisher: LitFire Publishing
• Release date: May 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781643987361

Michael Mohan Joshua

Michael Mohan Joshua is an eccentric/eclectic author/artist in search of same things as everyone else in the world--- Freedom!

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The Easy

Copyright © 2021 by Michael Mohan Joshua

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Contents

1 EXT/INT. THE EASY - MOVING POV 1

2 INT. COAT AREA/ SMOKE ROOM - NOON 2

3 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH - MONTAGE - NOON 3

4 INT. COAT AREA/ SMOKE ROOM - NOON 4

5 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN - NOON 5

6 INT. RESTAURANT HOST STAND - DAY 6

7 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 7

8 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 8

9 INT. RESTAURANT HOST STAND 9

10 INT. COAT AREA/ SMOKE ROOM 10

11 INT. SMOKE ROOM/ KITCHEN 11

12 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 12

13 INT. COAT AREA/ SMOKE ROOM 13

14 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 14

15 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 15

16 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 16

17 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 17

18 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 18

19 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 19

20 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 20

21 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 21

22 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 22

23 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 23

24 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 24

25 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 25

26 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 26

27 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 27

28 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 28

29 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 29

30 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 30

31 INT. BANQUET ROOM - ESTABLISHING SHOT 31

32 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 32

33 INT. RESTAURANT - COMPUTER TERMINAL 2 33

34 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 91, HOBBIT WOMAN’S BOOTH 34

35 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH - MINUTES LATER 35

36 INT. MAIN DINING AREA, TOWARD TABLE 91 36

37 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 37

38 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 38

39 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 91, HOBBIT WOMAN’S BOOTH 39

40 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 40

41 INT. MAIN DINING AREA 41

42 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 42

43 INT. MAIN DINING AREA 43

44 INT. RESTAURANT BAR - ESTABLISHING - DAY 44

45 INT. RESTAURANT BAR - JOE’S TABLE 45

46 INT. RESTAURANT BAR - JOE’S TABLE 46

47 INT. AT THE BAR 47

48 INT. RESTAURANT BAR - JOE’S TABLE 48

49 INT. AT THE BAR 49

50 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 50

51 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 51

52 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 52

53 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 53

54 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 54

55 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 55

56 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 56

57 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 57

58 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 58

59 INT. THE MAIN HUTCH 59

60 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 60

61 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 61

62 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 62

63 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 63

64 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 64

65 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - MOVING 65

66 INT. RESTAURANT BAR 66

67 INT. RESTAURANT BAR - JOE’S TABLE 67

68 INT. AT THE BAR 68

69 INT. RESTAURANT BAR 69

70 INT. MAIN DINING AREA 70

71 INT. MAIN HUTCH 71

72 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 72

73 INT. RESTAURANT BAR 73

74 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 74

75 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 75

76 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 91, HOBBIT WOMAN’S BOOTH 76

77 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 21, NURSES’ TABLE 77

78 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 43, BUSINESS TABLE 78

79 INT. MAIN DINING AREA - TABLE 91, HOBBIT WOMAN’S BOOTH 79

80 INT. RESTAURANT - COMPUTER TERMINAL 2 80

81 INT. AMANDA’S BEDROOM 81

82 INT. AMANDA’S BEDROOM - LATER 82

83 EXT/INT. THE EASY - MOVING POV 83

84 INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN 84

FADE IN:

EXT/INT. THE EASY - MOVING POV 1

OVER MAIN CREDITS ROLL.

FOLK MUSIC, ala The 10,000 Maniacs, is the only sound heard.

A HAND opens the left side of two RED DOORS to enter into THE EASY, a two and a half star restaurant wanting to be a four star Italian bistro.

THE ENTRANCE AREA…

shows an older black couple, putting on their woolen gloves and winter jackets, before they make their way out into the cold winter afternoon.

The same HAND opens another set of RED DOORS to lead us into…

THE MAIN DINING AREA…

where JENNIFER the hostess, a skinny white teenager with braces, frantically gathers menus to seat impatient customers. She hurriedly gives a half-smile and a wave in our direction.

We turn right and then left, as we head towards the back of the building, the employees coat area.

Along the way, we see THE WAITSTAFF in their colorful Caribbean outfits, some shirts are baby blue, some are rosy red, some are sky blue, others are passionate purple: LAURA, an older waitress, chats with her customers… JIM, a nerdy waiter, rushes past us, says a quick Hi, and heads to take an order… VERONIQUE, a fat-as-an-ox waitress, hurries past us carrying a tray of drinks.

We pass a pig pen type, slow moving bus-boy, BILL SCOTCH, hunched over from carrying a tub of filthy plates, cups, utensils, and half-eaten food.

We pass CUSTOMERS stuffing themselves on whatever is on the table. Usually this place is packed for lunch, but today it’s not as busy. Now we pass on the left side,

THE MAIN HUTCH…

the main waitstaff area. The Main Hutch is separated from the dining area by a wall which has openings for the customers and waitstaff to view each other’s faces. However, the customers cannot see the counters or the sinks.

Not only is this area where the staff pick up the food and drinks for the customers, this is also designated as the complaint and bitch area on any number of subjects. Today is no different.

Another waiter, BOB FORTIER, a good looking Irish lad, carries an armful of burning plates in our direction. We see him mouth some obscenity.

We leave all