XSchuerman: -- the brand of soap in your employee bathroom isn't government-approved, and the kitchen door swings the wrong way. That'll be two hundred fifty doles.
Sal: And for you to look the other way?
Schuerman: Fifty doles. No need to glare, Sal. You try feeding one family on a government salary, much less two. Just be glad it's me. We've got a new boy in, son of a friend of the boss's. Thinks the world's his oyster and Lowtown's his cashbox -- you know how the rich kids are.
Sal: Uh-huh. You done?
Schuerman: You've got a couple of new employees, don't you? I'll need to interview them. Just a few questions about their working conditions, their hours --
Sal: -- whether they can tell you enough to justify another bribe....
Schuerman: Alimony doesn't pay itself, my man.
Sal: And for you to look the other way?
Schuerman: Fifty doles. No need to glare, Sal. You try feeding one family on a government salary, much less two. Just be glad it's me. We've got a new boy in, son of a friend of the boss's. Thinks the world's his oyster and Lowtown's his cashbox -- you know how the rich kids are.
Sal: Uh-huh. You done?
Schuerman: You've got a couple of new employees, don't you? I'll need to interview them. Just a few questions about their working conditions, their hours --
Sal: -- whether they can tell you enough to justify another bribe....
Schuerman: Alimony doesn't pay itself, my man.
When last we saw.... Sal
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