:E5330 (E) - /h7/ /h8/ TIME CODE: 53:30 The matre'd & Waitperson after the others leave: WAITPERSON I'm terribly sorry about all of this . . . MATRE'D Brad/Brenda, I'd be less than candid if I didn't admit that, well, I'm very disappointed in you. WAITPERSON I'm sure you are, sir. I only hope you realize that there were extenuating circumstances. MATRE'D Why didn't you come to me if you had personal problems, financial problems? WAITPERSON I didn't think that was the way to go about it, sir. MATRE'D Selling drugs was the way to go about it? WAITPERSON Sir, without meaning to sound defensive, you'd be surprised how much drug trafficking goes on during one of our cruises. MATRE'D I'm not sure what that means -- you haven't told me everything? WAITPERSON Yes, as far as I'm concerned -- I'm saying that I've seen drug deals take place before. MATRE'D Other crew members besides yourself are involved? WAITPERSON That's not what I mean, sir -- among the passengers, I've seen dope exchanged, and also used, more than once. MATRE'D During a cruise? WAITPERSON Yes, sir. MATRE'D And never brought it to my attention? WAITPERSON No, sir. MATRE'D I don't see any extenuating circumstances there. WAITPERSON The extenuating circumstances are that everyone's doing it, sir -- the guests brought the dope here, the-- MATRE'D What kind of dope? WAITPERSON Marijuana, mainly. MATRE'D You've seen guests here shoot up marijuana-- WAITPERSON Smoke it, sir -- you don't shoot it. MATRE'D Smoke marijuana at my resort, right here at Edgefield? WAITPERSON Yes, sir. Many times. MATRE'D Many times. Jesus, Brad, I don't know what to say to you. WAITPERSON Try to understand me, sir -- what I'm saying is, it's a very common thing, people going out in the garden, wind in their hair, sun on their face, smoking a joint together -- it's as common as buying a gin and tonic at the bar. MATRE'D Don't compare marijuana to a gin and tonic. WAITPERSON They're both dope, sir. MATRE'D Alcohol is not dope. It's a drug, I'll grant you, but it's legal, it's not controlled by organized crime, it's not addictive, at least not in the sense that the true drugs are. WAITPERSON With all respect, sir, I think you are misinformed about drugs overall. MATRE'D I see. That's all you have to say on the matter, that I'm misinformed? WAITPERSON No, sir, I don't mean to criticize you. I'm just trying to set the context for what I did, that drugs are everywhere, and it's not like I'm the first person to get involved with drugs around here. MATRE'D That's hardly an excuse. WAITPERSON I said "context," sir -- not "excuse." Trudy hurries into the area. /en3/ TIME CODE: 55:00 ?"Continue" :"Continue" Continue