The Flower Lady #3
The Jerky Tapes (Album 6)
Title: The Flower Lady #3
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0:00 Phone rings..
0:04 Recording: “Hi, you’ve reached 789 [Inaudible 00:06].”
0:07 Tarbash: “Hello.”
0:08 Diane: “Yes, this is Diane [Inaudible 00:09]stein calling for Mr. Getzov please.”
0:15 Tarbash: “Hello. Is that better? Hello.”
0:17 Diane: “Yes.”
0:18 Tarbash: “Who is this? Hello.”
0:22 Diane: ‘I’m going to lose my patience. Diane [Inaudible 00:24]stein.”
0:25 Tarbash: “Oh, yes.”
0:26 Diane: “[Inaudible 00:25] Floral Design.”
0:26 Tarbash: “I… I… I spoke to you before.”
0:28 Diane: “Yes, I did. I spoke to you.”
0:30 Tarbash: “Yes. What can I do for you?”
0:32 Diane: “But… where’s Mr. Getzov?”
0:34 Tarbash: “No, he’s not here right now. He’s not…uh… I don’t believe he’s… he’s back yet. I am still finished working.”
0:41 Diane: “[Inaudible 00:41].”
0:43 Tarbash: “I’m still working on this…”
0:44 Diane: “[Inaudible 00:44].”
0:45 Tarbash: “Heh?”
0:46 Diane: “Okay, [Inaudible 00:46]… is Mr. Getzov going to be there at 2 o’clock?”
0:49 Tarbash: “I do not… listen, I am hired to fix something. I don’t know…”
0:54 Diane: “Is this the superintendent of the building?”
0:57 Tarbash: “No, I am 16 years being in this apartment.”
1:01 Diane: “Okay, you know when [Inaudible 01:02]…?”
1:02 Tarbash: “You are yelling at me. I don’t know why you’re yelling at me for?”
1:05 Diane: “…’cos I spoke to you before.”
1:06 Tarbash: “But why are you yelling at me?”
1:07 Diane: “…because I spoke to you before and you were very rude.”
1:09 Tarbash: “When was… I never spoke to you here?”
1:11 Diane: “You and your friend were very rude to me.”
1:14 Tarbash: “I’m never rude to you. I am working.”
1:17 Diane: “Stop yelling. You were very rude.”
1:19 Tarbash: “I was not rude to you.”
1:21 Diane: “Rude!”
1:22 Tarbash: “What do you mean rude?”
1:23 Diane: “Very rude!”
1:24 Tarbash: “I tell rude to nobody.”
1:26 Diane: “Put Jack on the phone.”
1:28 Tarbash: “You want to speak to Jack?”
1:29 Diane: “You Know what? I’m just going to [Inaudible 01:31]…”
1:31 Tarbash crying… “You want to speak to Jack? Hello?”
1:35 Diane: “Do you have that arrangement?”
1:37 Tarbash: “Do you want to speak to Jack?”
1:40 Diane: “Bring [Inaudible 01:40] because I’m just going to mess with you and I’m not going to keep with the phone calls all day.”
1:44 Tarbash: “Do you want to speak to Jack?”
1: 44 Diane: [Inaudible 01:44] with this one… with this one who doesn’t even speak English mind you.”
1:48 Tarbash: “What do you mean I don’t speak English?”
1:49 Diane: “You don’t speak English.”
1:50 Tarbash: “I know English better than you.”
1:52 Diane; “No, you don’t.”
1:53 Tarbash: “Yes, I do.”
1:53 Diane: “No, you don’t.”
1:54 Tarbash: “What does iconoclast mean?”
1:56 Diane: “I don’t know.”
1:57 Tarbash: “Then I know English better than you.”
1:58 Diane: “It’s not a word.”
2:00 Tarbash: “It is too a word.”
2:00 Diane: “You’re just joking. It’s not a word.”
2:02 Tarbash: “It’s iconoclast. It means breaker of idols, icons.”
2:07 Diane: “Excuse me!”
2:08 Tarbash: “That’s what it means.”
2:09 Diane: “This is not the classroom. I don’t care what a word means or what a word does.”
2:13 Tarbash “Arrrggghhh! Ohh! You bringing horrible memories of when I’m in school.”
2:18 Diane: “I am sending off the floral arrangement.”
2:20 Tarbash: “The teacher used to whip me.”
2:22 Diane: “Give me the [Inaudible 02:23] and I’ll switch it over…”
2:23 Tarbash: “Arrrggghhh… ohh!”
2:24 Diane: “…because even if he doesn’t like it, I don’t care. I don’t care! I don’t care if the money is wasted at this point. Give me the address. I’m going to have it messengered.”
2:31 Tarbash: “You want the address?”
2:32 Diane: “Yes, Mr. Getzov’s.”
2:33 Tarbash: “Then you must speak to Mr. Scott.”
2:33 Diane: “No, you did this to me before with Scott.”
2:39 Tarbash: “What did I do? Who do you… who am I?”
2:41 Diane: “[Inaudible 02:41].”
2:42 Tarbash: “This is not my house.”
2:43 Diane: “Give me the number [Inaudible 02:44]…”
2:44 Tarbash: “This is not my house.”
2:45 Diane: “ [Inaudible 02:45].”
2:47 Tarbash: “You want to speak to the other fellow?”
2:48 Diane: “Put him on now!”
2:49 Tarbash: “Then you must speak to…”
2:49 Diane: “Put him on now!”
2:50 Tarbash: “…Mr. Scott.”
2:51 Diane: “I don’t want to speak to Scott.”
2:52 Background noise
2:54 Tarbash: “He’s…”
2:54 Diane: “What’s that noise?”
2:55 Tarbash: “Now you’re getting everyone angry.”
2:57 Diane: “How many people are over there?”
2:59 Tarbash: “We’re doing lot of work. There’s big wedding taking place. I’m hired to make a…”
3:05 Diane: “The wedding isn’t taking place yet because I’m the one who’s supposed to do the flowers, so [Inaudible 03:09] wedding isn’t taking place.”
3:10 Tarbash: “I’m going to give you the phone to this gentleman.”
3:14 Jack: “Hello.”
3:15 Diane: “Is this Jack?”
3:16 Jack: “Hi. How are you?”
3:17 Diane: “It’s Diane.”
3:18 Jack: “Hi!”
3:19 Diane: “Listen…”
3:19 Jack: “Yes.”
3:19 Diane: “I’m going to have this messengered over to you.”
3:21 Jack: “Okay, great!”
3:22 Diane: “Could you please give it to [Inaudible 03:23].”
3:24 Jack: “Absolutely, yes!”
3:25 Diane: “Give me the address. I’m having it messengered.”
3:27 Jack: “Okay.”
3:27 Diane: “I don’t care anymore [Inaudible 03:28] because it’s been sitting here since Friday.”
3:31 Jack: “Ohh!”
3:31 Diane: “So it’s gone to waste anyways as far as I’m concerned and I have my other people to deal with.”
3:36 Jack: “Okay, so you want the address?”
3:38 Diane: “Can you bring that over please, the floral arrangements?”
3:41 Jack: “Yes. Okay, I’ll give you the address one… hello!”
3:43 Diane: “Yeah and I know it’s that [Inaudible 03:45]… yeah, give me the address.”
3:47 Jack: “Hello. Yes, hold on. I’ll give you the address. One minute.”
3:50 Tarbash: “Hello.”
3:52 Diane: “Yeah, I… are you giving me the address?”
3:54 Tarbash: “This is me again.”
3:55 Diane: “Yes, I know it’s you. It’s me again! I know [Inaudible 03:58]…”
3:58 Tarbash: “Ma’am, this is the man that doesn’t speak English.”
4:00 Diane: “…Jack says…”
4:01 Tarbash: “…that speaking English to you.”
4:02 Diane: “Put Jack back on the phone.”
4:03 Tarbash: “Oh, do you want to speak to Jack?”
4:04 Diane: “Would you have the address? I thought you were the superintendent of the building [Inaudible 04:07]…”
4:07 Tarbash: “You want to speak to Jack?”
4:08 Diane: “…and you don’t know how to speak English, but at least you might [Inaudible 04:10]…”
4:10 Tarbash: “I know how to speak English. Do you… do you know the word iconoclast please?”
4:14 Diane: “If you know how to speak English, then give me the address of the building that you work in.”
4:17 Tarbash: “You want to… you want to know the address?”
4:19 Diane: “Yeah, I want to know the address very clearly [Inaudible 04:21] you understand good, don’t you?”
4:24 Tarbash: “Then you must speak to Mr. Scott.”
4:26 Diane: “No Mr. Scott!”
4:29 Jack: “Hello.”
4:30 Diane: “Yeah. Jack, give me the address please.”
4:31 Jack: “Hi! Okay, yes. Umm, Mr. Tarbash will give you the address. Hold on.”
4:36 Diane: “Who is Tarbash? Who are the people there? I… wait, it’ almost 2 o’clock now, so Mr. Getzov must be there already.”
4:41 Jack: “He’s going… he should be in momentarily.”
4:44 Diane: “Listen to me.”
4:44 Jack: “Yes.”
4:45 Diane: “Get it very, very clear.”
4:46 Jack: “Okay. Mr. Tarbash will…”
4:47 Diane: “I want either the number of the fiancée or the address there because I’m gonna have the centerpiece sent over to you.”
4:53 Jack: “Okay. Well, we’ll give you the address right here. Mr. … Mr. … hello?”
4:57 Voice in the background not clear
5:00 Jack:”Hello.”
5:01 Diane: “Hello.”
5:01 Jack: “Yes, Mr. Tarbash will give you the address. Hold on.”
5:04 Diane: “Jack, you said you had the address.”
5:06 Tarbash: “Hello.”
5:07 Diane: “Are you the superintendent?”
5:10 Tarbash: “No, I’m the person that doesn’t speak English.”
5:12 Diane; “Oh, that’s very funny. Oh, you’re very funny now, aren’t you? You’re cute. You’re cuter than…”
5:16 Tarbash: “You think I’m cute?”
5:17 Diane: “…you were on Friday.”
5:18 Tarbash: “You know I have… I am very cute.”
5:20 Diane: “But you’re cuter today you know that.
5:22 Tarbash: “I am…”
5:23 Diane: “You’re giving me more trouble today than you did on Friday.”
5:25 Tarbash: “…very cute.” You know…”
5:26 Diane: “You’re more trouble today.”
5:27 Tarbash: “You know you ever get that feeling when… when you come out of the bathtub and your skin is nice and open? I feel very open, very much open.”
5:37 Diane: “I’ll tell you what’s open. It’s your ass! I’m very angry!!!!”
5:39 Tarbash: “Fine. That is open too. When I…”
5:42 Diane: “Give me the address or give me…”
5:44 Tarbash: “…I…”
5:44 Diane: “…the fiancée’s number if not [Inaudible 05:45]…”
5:46 Tarbash: “My fiancée number?”
5:47 Diane: “What time is it?”
5:48 Tarbash: “My fiancée is…”
5:48 Diane: “Do you know how to tell time?”
5:50 Tarbash: “I can…”
5:50 Diane: “Do you know how to tell time?”
5:51 Tarbash: “I can tell… I can tell the time.”
5:54 Diane: “I’m calling you back.”
5:55 Tarbash: “You calling me back?”
5:56 Laughter and background noise
5:58 Jack: “Hello.”
6:01 Dial tone in the background
6:05 Phone number being dialed