151 Rachel, get Ristuccia on the phone for me, please. 152 -Hi. -Hi. 153 I'm Chris Gardner. I have an appointment with Mr. Ribbon. 154 Oh, you just missed him. 155 Thank you. 156 -What's that? -Just filling out a check... 157 ...paying some bills... 158 ...and a parking ticket. 159 We don't have a car anymore. 160 Yep, I know. 161 I'm gonna need to take you with me this weekend. 162 A couple of doctors' offices. 163 -On sales calls, okay? -Okay. 164 Then, possibly, we'll go to the football game. 165 -Really? -Possibly. 166 -All right? -All right. 167 Come on, finish up. 168 -Are you sure? -Possibly. 169 Really? 170 -Are you bringing it to the game? -Yeah, I don't wanna leave it. 171 And maybe we're going to the game. 172 -Where are we going now? -To see someone about my job. 173 I don't understand. 174 -You don't understand what? -Are we going to the game? 175 I said possibly we're going to the game. 176 -You know what "possibly" means? -Like probably. 177 No, "probably" means there's a good chance that we're going. 178 "Possibly" means we might, we might not. 179 -What does "probably" mean? -lt means we have a good chance. 180 And what does "possibly" mean? 181 -I know what it means. -What does it mean? 182 It means that we're not going to the game. 183 -How did you get so smart? -Because you're smart. 184 -Are we there? -Yeah. 185 -Mr. Ribbon. -Yes? 186 How are you, sir? Chris Gardner. Dean Witter. 187 -Oh, hi. Hi. -This is my son, Christopher. 188 -Hi. -Hey, Christopher. 189 -What are you doing up here? -I came to apologize... 190 -...for missing our appointment. -You didn't need to come up. 191 We were in the neighborhood visiting a very close friend... 192 ...and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for your time. 193 -I know you probably waited for me. -Little bit. 194 I want you to know that I do not take that for granted. 195 Oh, come on. What's that? 196 Oh, it's an Osteo National bone-density scanner. 197 A company I bought into prior to going to work at Witter. 198 -I have a meeting after the game. -You're going to the game? 199 -Yeah. -Possibly. 200 -Possibly. -We're going too.
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