�Quick Scene on Futility�

(lights up)
[Person 1 is pacing back and forth while Person 2 is fiddling around with a computer.]

Person 1
It�s giving me a headache.

Person 2
Are you looking at it too long? Speakers too loud? Are you just plain sick and need to sleep?

Person 1
No, no, it�s giving me a headache. I turn it on and I get a throbbing in my head.

Person 2
Then leave it off, get some rest, and try it again tomorrow.

Person 1
No, I need to use it today.

Person 2
Then it�s going to keep giving you a headache. You can�t blame your computer because something you do gives you a headache. Live with the headache or don�t do whatever is giving you the headache.

Person 1
But it�s for a job.

Person 2
I can�t do anything about that. If something about your computer is giving you a headache, either you stay away from it for a while, or you just take the headache. There�s nothing else to do.

Person 1
No, fix it.

Person 2
There is nothing to fix. That�s just how it is.

Person 1
There has to be something. Something�s wrong.

Person 2
It could just be you. You might need a break. It happens. The computer is functioning as it�s supposed to.

Person 1
No, there�s something wrong with the computer.

Person 2
Then leave it off for a day, and try it again tomorrow.

Person 1
No, I need to do things.

Person 2
Well, you can�t do them here.

Person 1
It�s supposed to help make things easier. Why can�t you make it do what it is supposed to do?

Person 2
It�s doing what it was made to do. Any problems you have with it are on your end. You picked this computer, that�s what you have to work with.

Person 1
It�s not doing its job. Make it work right.

Person 2
Look, I can�t argue with you all day. Either take the headache, or go and do something else with your life. If you keep coming back to this today, it�s going to keep hurting you.

Person 1
No, that�s not how it�s supposed to be.

Person 2
Well, that�s how it is. Goodbye.

[Exit Person 2.]

Person 1
But, you can�t go until I get what I want!

[Curtain