Sainsbury's. The area of the supermarket near the entrance with cigarettes and tobacco, magazines and newspapers. This scene follows The One About The Royals, and VERNON's discussion with CHANTRA about Basmati rice. MICKY SHEPHERD, 40s, holding a placard which reads 'Internet - £1 - For 2 Hours,' with an arrow underneath, is next to be served by CHANTRA, late 30s. MICKY, who featured in The One About The Banker, has dropped out of the rat-race and given up his high-flying career as a banker. Since then, he may have become slightly unhinged. Meanwhile, a big beefy Australian, HUNTER, is following the direction of the arrow. We see him, confused, looking for an Internet Cafe, and asking the supermarket SECURITY OFFICER sitting at CCTV Monitoring Station No. 2 for help.
MICKY SHEPHERD
Big problems in the world markets at the
moment.
CHANTRA
How can I help you, sir?
MICKY SHEPHERD
Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt - they've all
banned the export of rice. Lotto lucky
dip, please. That causes a shortage and
prices go sky high.
CHANTRA
Anything else?
MICKY SHEPHERD
So there's increased demand on those
countries which are still open, and
inflation in those countries which rely
on imports. (A moment, in answer to
her question) That's it.
CHANTRA
One pound, please.
MICKY SHEPHERD
(Handing her the money) Classic
domino effect.
At which point the big Australian, HUNTER, comes up to him. He is clearly annoyed, having been unable to locate the Internet Cafe.
HUNTER
'Scuse me, fella. (Indicating the sign)
Which way is it? Where is it? I can't
see it anywhere.
MICKY clearly has no idea of the impact of his sign.
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