Smash cut to tourists. Shot of statue of girl standing upright in a canoe as it goes over the falls. As the camera zooms through the crowd and into a gift shop, our narrator wraps up: "So she agreed to live with the god in the waterfall and became Maid of the Mist." The camera finds our narrator. She works in the gift shop. Her nametag reads "Jaye." She concludes: "And thanks to the Princess, Niagara has remained an enchanted wonderland, despite hundreds of years of commercial development." Pull back to reveal the kid, who is holding a videotape. He asks what happened to the chief. "He died," Jaye says, not unhappily. The kid asks why the princess got to live. "Because she was hot," Jaye says through strained teeth. She asks the kid if he's going to buy the tape. The kid says no. Jaye tells the kid to get out, and wanders over to a stack of folded jeans. She fluffs them, eyes the loitering kid until he leaves, and then turns around. She stands in a pout next to an open-mouthed guy sporting a nametag that reads "Alec." As they stare at a television screen they talk about how there's work to do, but since they're both currently "with a customer," the votive candles will have to wait to be restocked.

A UPS guy enters the store with a dolly full of boxes. He wanders over to Jaye with a flirty smile. Jaye never really takes her eyes off the television screen as she signs for the packages, despite the fact that the tall blond man is flirting with her. He leaves and is replaced by a blonde girl in a miniskirt, who squeals, "Jaye! Oh, my God!" Her name is Gretchen and she hasn't seen Jaye "since graduation." When Jaye asks Gretchen what she's doing there, Gretchen puts on a bit of a solemn face to say "Funeral," and then immediately gushes: "Oh, my God! So much has changed since high school!" She flashes her ring. Gretchen has converted to Judaism in order to marry a rich husband. Gretchen: "Converted for love." Jaye: "So you don't really believe in it." Gretchen: "Ha! Stop." I hope this girl gets to be around more. So, through Gretchen, we learn that Jaye actually has a philosophy degree and has chosen to work in this gift shop in the town where she grew up. Gretchen asks Jaye if she's happy. Jaye avoids answering that question. Gretchen asks Jaye if she's at least the manager.

Smash cut to the answer to that question: Jaye and Alec are sitting at the main manager's desk, waiting to hear who got the promotion. Peggy, the manager, says that this was one of the most difficult decisions she's ever made in her life. We move to extreme slow-motion on Jaye's pouting, wincing face as Peggy slow-talks that she had to go with someone who was more of a people person. Extreme close-up on Peggy's mouth, full of spit as she talks, her teeth spotted brown. Slow-motion on Alec, who holds up his assistant manager nametag with awe. Jaye gives Peggy a death glare. "No one here is a loser," Peggy says to Jaye. The word "loser" echoes as we...