Welcome To The 7 1/2 Floor | Being John Malkovich

[Music] 7 and a half thank you welcome to Lester Corp how may we meet your filing needs no no um my name is Craig Schwartz and I have an interview with Dr Lester oh uh please have a seat Mr Warz Schwarz pardon Schwarz I'm I'm sorry I have no idea what you're saying to me right now my name is Schwarz my name Miss warts Mr Warz oh yes chest I said yes you suggest what I'm sorry I have no time for piddling suggestions from mumbling job applicants besides Dr Lester will see you now oh come in uh Mr wz actually my name is Craig Schwarz Dr Lester security no sir it's it it's just a little mix up with your secretary my name is Craig Schwarz I tried to explain that to her she's not my secretary she's what they call an executive layer's arm and I'm not banging her if that's what you're implying no poter not at all I think I must have simply misspoke well now tell me Dr Schwarz what do you feel you can bring to Lester Corp uh well sir I'm an excellent filer are you all right let's see about that tell me which of these two letters comes first this one or this one the symbol on the left is not a letter sir damn you're good I was trying to trick you well then put these in order yes Sir Flores get Guinness on the phone uh yes sir gas conap fine damn fine woman Flores I don't know how she puts up with this speech impediment of mine you don't have a speech impediment Dr ler flattery will get you everywhere my boy I'm afraid I have to trust Flores on that one you see uh she's got her doctorate in speech impedimento from case Weston I apologize if you can't understand the word I'm saying no I understand perfectly it's very kind of you to lie you see I've been very uh lonely in my isolated Tower of indecipherable speech you got the job any questions well just one why are these ceilings so low low overhead my boy we pass the savings on to you but seriously that'll all be covered in orientation [Music] welcome to the 7 and A2 Flor of the Merin flr building as you'll now be spending your workday here it is important that you learn a bit about the history of this famous floor hello Don hello Wendy Don I was wondering do you know why our workplace has such low ceilings it's an interesting story Wendy many years ago in the late 1800s James Merton an Irish ship captain came to this town and decided to erect an office building he called this building the mertin flimmer building after himself and someone else who local Legend has it was named flimmer well one day old Captain Merton received an unexpected visitor Captain Merton I would want your girl child I'm not a child but rather an adult Lady of miniature proportions I see well if it's charity here after be with you f de I'm not asking for arms Captain but rather the ear of a kind man with a normal heart well speak then of you most Captain Merton I'm afraid that the world was not build with me in mine door knobs are too high chairs are unwieldy and high ceiling rooms mock my stature why cannot there be a place for me to work in safe and comfortable my story is move me like no other therefore I shall make you me wife and and I shall build a floor for you between the between the seventh and the e in my own building so at least there'll be one place on God's green earth Good Year and you're a curse of K PE so that's the story of seven and a half since the rents are considerably lower this floor has been adopted by businesses which for one reason or another have been forced to cut Corners after all the overhead is [Music] low moving story huh unfortunately the story is [ __ ] listen I'm Craig Schwarz I'm just starting out at Lester Corp where are you just starting out [Music]

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