The Compliment: A One Act

Cast of Characters:
So@24: A thin, half Vietnamese in his mid-twenties.
Bikini Clad Girls: bikini clad girls

TIME: Saturday afternoon
PLACE: A local In & Out burger joint.

AT RISE: It is a fine evening, sunny but cool - ideal for early June in Los Angeles. So@24 is furiously pumping ketchup (he prides himself on his condiment dispensing speed) into those tiny paper cups for his french fries.

He can hear whispering and giggling. Curious, he looks up to see two girls in board shorts and bikini tops looking in his direction.

Bikini Clad Girl 1
Oh sorry! We weren't laughing at you or anything.
We just thought your shirt was really cool.

So@24 looks down at own shirt.

So@24
Oh this? I got this for free at my job. Gotta love the free swag, right? Heh heh heh.

Bikini Clad Girl 2
Right. Well anyway. Cool shirt.

So@24
Thanks. I like your's... too?

Bystanders start to snicker.

So@24 grabs ketchup and b-lines it toward the front door.


Curtain.