Setting: The Flying Pie Pizzaria at lunch time. The restaurant is humming with pleasant conversation against a backdrop of Led Zeppelin. 

Characters: Megan, a friendly Flying Pie-er; you and your buddies from the office; and a sign advertising a giant New York-style slice and all-you-can-manage salad, free breadsticks, and bottomless sodas for $5.93.

Act 1 Scene 1
[You enter The Flying Pie followed closely by your friends. Taking a deep, relaxing breath you inhale the smells of melting cheese, spicy meats, and fresh breadsticks. Your head starts bobbing to the familiar beats of Led Zeppelin and you watch a spiky, red-haired guy throw dough behind the counter.]

You: Friends, we have just entered lunch Nirvana. After working all morning on those TPS reports, there’s nothing like a giant New York-style slice from this place. This is the best dang lunch in Boise.
Friend 1:  I must have driven past this place about a million times but for some reason I never stopped in.
Friend 2: Are you kidding? I don’t know if I can be your friend anymore. 
Friend 1: Hey! I’m here now…and if it’s as good as it smells I’ll come back tomorrow, I promise!
Megan: How’s it going, guys? What sounds great for lunch?
You: Well, Friend 1 here has never been in before and we need to hook him up with some of your fine cuisine!
Megan: I think we can handle that. Here’s the list of New York-style slice pies we have today [she points to the laminated sign hanging from the wire] and feel free to add toppings to them. You can go ahead and take a copy of our new menu and you can also get it and a lot more online at FlyingPie.com! For now you can look at these menus up here at the counter.

[You and your friends gather around the menu and gaze, wonderstruck, at the list of toppings while trying not to drool on the glass.]

Megan: Or, if you want to try what we’re famous for, pick out one of our 17 specialty pizzas. The complimentary breadsticks are over there on the salad bar and, [she leans on the counter and whispers] I just brought out the breadsticks so they’re nice and hot!
You: Alright guys, how ‘bout this, Friend 2 and I will get a specialty pizza, maybe a Phosgo or a Garlic Chicken, and Friend 1, since you have to run errands, you can get the lunch slice special and we’ll bring the extra pizza back to work so you can try it.
Friend 1: That sounds great. Megan, I’d like a Samoan slice (I love gouda!) and can I get that with sundried tomatoes on it?
Megan: Definitely!
Friend 2: Alright, and we’d like a medium Garlic Chicken, please.
Megan: Okay, got it, and how many salads and sodas can I get for you?

[You and your friends take quick peek at the salad bar and hurry back.]

You: That looks fantastic. We’ll take three of everything. Just load us up!

[Megan stacks up the plates, bowls, cups, and grabs the 9 of diamonds.]

Megan: Here’s your playing card, go ahead and leave this on your table. Friend 1, your slice will be out in about 2-3 minutes, as I heard you say you are in a bit of a hurry. In the meantime help yourself to the salad, breadsticks, and soda! And the Garlic Chicken will be out before you know it.

Act 1 Scene 2
[Fifteen minutes later…]

You: [rubbing your belly] Oh man, this is so good. How was your slice, Friend 1?
Friend 1: That was delicious…you were right, this is lunch Nirvana. I told you I’d be back if it was as good as it smelled and it was! Janelle is going to love the music and the atmosphere. I’m going to bring her here at night so we can try some of that Belgian beer and get a specialty pizza.
Friend 2: Now you’re talkin’! I guess we can be friends again, Friend 1.

[The three friends give each other high-fives as yet another friendship is saved by a quick vacation 1,000 miles from work and a Flying Pie lunch special.]

The End
 

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