Sloan Sabbith

Sloan : Another story making headlines this morning is, of course, Greece, whose prime minister officially requested activation of the EU/IMF bailout package, lifting the Euro from its lowest level of the year and sending commodity prices soaring. We'll have that and the rest of the day's financial news on "Market Wrap-Up" at 4:00. I'm Sloan Sabbith. Let's go out to Diane and Billy on the west coast for Atlantis Hollywood.

- And we're clear.

Sloan : Hello.

MacKenzie : Sloan, I'm MacKenzie McHale.

Sloan : I know. It's good to meet you.

MacKenzie : It's nice to meet you. Do you have a minute?

Sloan : Sure. Thanks.

MacKenzie : You know, I was watching you earlier when you were talking about two companies... Capital One and, um...

Sloan : Baxter.

MacKenzie : Baxter. And the prompter said, "both of whom are hinting at good numbers," and you said, "both of which are hinting at good numbers." Was that an accident?

Sloan : No. I didn't write that copy. I changed it to "which" because "whom" is for people. Is someone in trouble?

MacKenzie : No. Do you mind coming into my office for a second?

Sloan : Sure.

MacKenzie : What's the difference between a corporation and a person?

Sloan : Have you ever held a door open for someone?

MacKenzie : Yes.

Sloan : Did you ask them for money first?

MacKenzie : No.

Sloan : That's the difference.

MacKenzie : That's the right answer.

Sloan : Am I taking a test?

MacKenzie : I've asked around and people say you don't belong here, that you could be making a lot more money as an analyst at Goldman.

Sloan : Couldn't you be making a lot more money producing reality television?

MacKenzie : I do produce reality television.

Sloan : I don't know what to tell you. I like my job.

MacKenzie : Do you feel like working longer hours?

Sloan : They talked to me about doing a morning show a couple of times, but I can't do that. I'm not interested in cooking. I make sandwiches. I get that I don't necessarily look like it, but I'm an economist. Thanks, though.

MacKenzie : Yeah, I meant in prime time. I want to give you five minutes every night to talk about where we are and how we got here.

Sloan : Are you serious? There are people more qualified than I am. I can put you in touch with some of the professors that I studied under...

MacKenzie : Yeah, the thing is they're not going to have your legs. I'm sorry, but if I'm going to get people to listen to an economics lesson, I've got to find someone who doesn't look like George Bernard Shaw. I would not ask you if I didn't think you were qualified.

Sloan : You want me to do pole dancing while explaining subprime mortgages?

MacKenzie : If you're up to it, sure.

Sloan : All right, I get it.

MacKenzie : We'll start a conversation with Will about our goals and how we're going to get there.

Sloan : Great.

MacKenzie : I think you and I are going to be good friends.

Sloan : I'd like that.

MacKenzie : Me, too.

Sloan : Okay.

MacKenzie : I mean it. I don't have any friends.

Sloan : Oh. You know, you're... You're new in town, so...

MacKenzie : Yeah. Yeah.

Sloan : You know, you and I have something in common.

MacKenzie : What's that?

Sloan : I had a boyfriend who cheated on me, too.

MacKenzie : Ah.

Sloan : The week of our wedding.

MacKenzie : Oh. Oh. I don't understand.

Sloan : I know about Will.

MacKenzie : Yeah. Yeah. I still don't understand it. Wait, Will didn't cheat on me.

Sloan : I used to deny it, too.

MacKenzie : Will didn't cheat on me.

Sloan : Oh, okay. Sorry.

MacKenzie : I can't talk about what happened, but I can tell you that Will didn't cheat on me.

Sloan : I shouldn't have mentioned anything.

MacKenzie : Sloan, listen to me. Will didn't cheat on me. Yes, we were together for two years and we broke up. I can't tell you any more than that, but he never, ever, never cheated on me. Who told you that?

Sloan : Everybody.

MacKenzie : That's what people... No, no, no. That... that's not what happened.

Sloan : You don't have to tell me what happened.

MacKenzie : I can't tell you what happened. He doesn't want anyone in the office to know. He made me promise. No, not because... I can't talk. Ugh! Even though in this situation, I think he'd prefer... No, he really doesn't want the office to know anything. He didn't cheat on me.

Sloan : I should get back to work.

MacKenzie : You need to tell people that.

Sloan : You're enabling an ass.

MacKenzie : He's... whoa. He's not an ass. Come here. Will's not an ass. He's the opposite of an ass. Even if he did cheat on me, which he absolutely didn't, he's definitely not an ass. Do people think that?

Sloan : You had to have known that.

MacKenzie : I thought they thought he was gruff, but lovable.

Sloan : No, they think he's an ass who cheated on you.

MacKenzie : That has to be corrected.

Sloan : I have to start the 4:00.

MacKenzie : Okay, okay, okay. You need to do this... You need to go from person to person and tell them that Will is an extraordinary man with a heart the size of a Range Rover, that there's a... a long story that has to do... A lot to do with me, but also other things. I can't tell you the story of his life, but he's the good guy. Will you tell people that?

Sloan : Every chance I get.

MacKenzie : You're not going to, right?

Sloan : No, I'm not.

MacKenzie : Okay.