Hors D’oeuvres
November 18th, 2020
Starring: Server 1, Server 2
The kitchen of a fancy auditorium/venue. Servers 1 & 2, in black tie attire, are standing in the kitchen/staging area, looking at the appetizers on their mini plates on large trays:
SERVER 1
Goat cheese flatbread or olive skewers?
SERVER 2
Which do you think will be less popular?
SERVER 1
Not in the mood to get swarmed, eh?
SERVER 2
To say the least.
SERVER 1
I like having the popular tray. People trying to catch my eyes, following me across the room. I get to be belle of the cocktail hour.
SERVER 2
You do this for the attention?
SERVER 1
No, but it’s more entertaining that way.
SERVER 2
What do you really want to do?
SERVER 1
Acting.
You?
SERVER 2
Sociology, of some sort. Research based.
SERVER 1
But you don’t want to interact with people?
SERVER 2
I’m more watcher than doer.
SERVER 1
To each their own.
SERVER 2
Is that supposed to be Shakespeare?
SERVER 1
I wouldn’t know, I mostly do commercials...
From the double doors, the catering manager bursts in, taps her watch at them, then briskly moves past the Servers into the depths of the kitchen.
SERVER 1
Showtime.
So which do you think?
…
SERVER 2
I’ll take olives. Polarizing taste, and people don’t like the thought of pits, even if they’re pitted.
SERVER 1
Alright.
Server 1 picks up the tray of goat cheese flatbreads.
SERVER 1
Let’s see if you’re right, rhodes scholar.
SERVER 2
Enjoy yourself, Olivier.
SERVER 1
Who?
SERVER 2
I’ll tell you between courses.
Server 1 exits through the doors. Server 2 shoulders the olive tray and follows Server 1, into the fray.