Episode 6492
Harold’s
Summer nosily takes a look inside Susan’s file of applications for the Deputy Editor job while Susan is at the counter. Now any other employer would sack her, but when Susan catches her, she just tuts and says she could use the help. Summer glances at the first application she picks up, from a guy called Bradley Fox, and says to Susan that he sounds good for the job. Susan reads through all the experience he’s listed, but then dismissively says she’s read enough and puts it down. Summer wonders why she won’t call him. Susan says either the guy has made this all up, or he’s over qualified. She needs someone who will take the job seriously, and if his CV is as good as it seems he’s going to be bored within a week. He’s not right for the job.
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Susan has finished her last interview for the day, and finds Summer has Bradley Fox’s application on her desk. She took it out of Susan’s file and photocopied it (another sackable offence that Susan lets Summer off with.) Summer had checked, and Bradley has done all the things he said on his CV. Susan asks why Summer is doing this. Summer suspects Susan doesn’t want to hire him because he’s more qualified than she is. Susan says this is ridiculous, and decides to interview Bradley after all.
(Later)
Summer shows Bradley in for his interview, and lingers around until Susan sends her off. Susan is suspicious as to why Bradley wants to work for a local suburban newspaper, he asks if she should apologise for the stories her paper tells, she answers his question for him by saying how news worthy local stories are. They rattle through the questions, she notes that he’s overqualified and asks why he left his last job. He was sick of being shunted across the pacific, and he was homesick. He says that reporting the news is about finding the humanity in the story, and he can do that here. He asks Susan to give him a shot, if it doesn’t work out they’ll both know pretty quickly, Susan smiles.
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Susan and Bradley leave Susan’s office, talking about getting Bradley set up on the computers. Summer, who’s just standing around eagerly as you would expect from someone who has been persistently crossing the boundary of professional conduct today, interrupts them to check that Bradley got the job, and asks when he starts. Bradley says he’s able to start today, but Susan suggests he shadow her for a few days. Summer then rudely says that Bradley probably knows what he’s doing (and yet Susan still does not fire her!) Bradley agrees to Susan’s suggestion, and then tells them he’ll see them later, giving a flirtatious wink as he leaves. Summer almost swoons with delight and is about to start telling Susan about how dreamy he is until Susan stops her. Summer says Bradley’s way too old for her, but is pleased she was right about him. Summer questions why she won’t let Bradley start immediately as she hired him so that he could ease Susan’s work pressure (something you are not helping with by your constant nagging, Summer!) Susan says she needs a few days to get used to letting go. Summer suggests she contacts Bradley and gets him to start right now, so Susan gives in and decides to call him.
