Continuum (TV Series)

Split Second (2013)

Keith Dallas: Manager Duncan

Quotes 

• Manager Duncan : Sadler, do you have any idea why all of the network passwords aren't working?

  Alec Sadler : Oh, yeah, sorry, I forgot to tell you about that. Um, I had to flash the router with OpenWRT in order to put up a new firewall.

  Manager Duncan : And, why did you do that?

  Alec Sadler : Well, um, actually you'll be happy to know that I recalibrated the network so that 46% of the customers can now use the automated checkout system. That'll save on labor costs by 15% and decrease customer wait times by a minute and 30 seconds on average.

  Manager Duncan : Is that right.

  Alec Sadler : Yeah, and you don't have to do sales reports anymore; it's all automated now.

  Manager Duncan : No... sales reports.

  Alec Sadler : Nope, poof, gone! Straight to head office. In fact, the efficiency of the system as a whole is nearly tripled; it's 256% to be exact.

  Manager Duncan : Okay. Sadler, here's what's gonna happen: first, you're gonna get me a coffee; then you're going to undo all this mumbo jumbo. None of this was even approved by head office.

  Alec Sadler : This'll save the company money!

  Manager Duncan : [patronizing]  Look, I know what it's like to be young and ambitious and think I have the answers to everything, but you can't go messing with the system because you think you have a better way of doing things.

  Alec Sadler : But I'm telling you...

  Manager Duncan : [firmly]  No look, I'm telling you to reset the network to the way that it was and do the job that I hired you to do! I can un-hire you just as easily. Oh, and that coffee? Make it black.

• Matthew Kellog : Incredible.

  Alec Sadler : What do you want?

  Matthew Kellog : You know who I am? Right. Well, believe it or not, I know a little bit about who you are as well. Maybe even more than you know about yourself.

  Alec Sadler : Look, if Kiera sent you here to talk me into whatever...

  Matthew Kellog : No, Kiera didn't send me. You know I- I had a job like this, once, way back - or is that "way forward"? - mopping floors and cleaning toilets. Good, honest work my father called it. I hated that job but I guess it did teach me something.

  Alec Sadler : What's that?

  Matthew Kellog : Well, first off, money and power doesn't mean your shit doesn't stink. More importantly, the only thing separating me and the future I wanted was will. I had the talent and the ambition, all I needed was a chance. The problem is, of course, you're rarely given that chance; more often than not you've got to take it. So one day, on my knees cleaning up where some idiot had missed with his piss, I did.

  Alec Sadler : And what did you do?

  Matthew Kellog : I quit. I scratched and clawed and willed myself into my own business. I put all that hard work into Kellog Incorporated.

  Alec Sadler : And here you are today... you've come a long way.

  Matthew Kellog : That's one way to put it.

  Alec Sadler : Look, what does any of this have to do with me?

  Matthew Kellog : Oh, I don't know. Let's just say that both of our futures rely on your own will. All you have to do is, is look down and realize...

  Matthew Kellog : [whispering]  that you're on your knees too.

  Matthew Kellog : Only difference is, you're... a... genius. Anyway, listen, I'm uh, I'm lookin' to set up a new venture, cutting edge stuff. Also looking for talented visionaries to do visionary work. You know, mold the future, all that jazz. Hey, money is no object.

  Manager Duncan : Uh, are you being taken care of, sir?

  Matthew Kellog : Why yes, thank you. Alec here is taking very good care of me. He knows his stuff! You know something, I'd be careful if I were you. 'Cause someone might just, uh, just come along and... and poach him away.

  Manager Duncan : Wonderful. Uh, have a... good day sir. Um, Alec, uh, when you're done with this customer, can you drop by my office? My printer's jammed.

  Matthew Kellog : Printer jams. How novel. You know there's no paper in the future? Or should I say, "no future in paper"?

  [Kellog offers Alec a business card. Alec takes it] 

  Matthew Kellog : Drop by for a chat unless you've made up your mind. In-credible.