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Wrath of Man · 2021 — Chapter 4 of 13 · 2'02" · B2

H Takes Dave's Old Job, Explained: cry in his beer

The Fortico crew are drinking when the talk turns to H, the new hire: "He's already got your old job." Dave's position is gone, and the men are measuring the new guy before he's even proved anything. H answers the beer invitation with "I just don't want to talk to you."

What happens

At a bar after work, H, the newest guard at Fortico, sits with men who already know he was hired into Boy Sweat Dave's old slot. Someone offers him a beer; he refuses. They needle him about the job and his silence, and when Dave's mocking turns personal, H tells him flatly that he can talk, he just doesn't want to talk to him.

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Phrase of the scene

cry in his beer

to sulk and feel sorry for oneself over a drink

有人嘲讽同伴，说先把人家的活抢了，再把人逼得借酒消愁。

He lost the account and spent the night crying in his beer.

Also in this scene

  • walk of shame

    an embarrassed retreat after a failure

  • has eyes for

    to be attracted to someone

  • a real social magician

    a social wizard, said sarcastically here

Everything marked in this scene

24 notes across 34 lines

Phrase · B1in someone's little headWell, it's definitely not in your little head
Phrase · B1blame somethingor are you still blaming the beer?
Soundgonna

weak form

Yo, Jap's eye, you gonna take a shot or what?
Phrase · B1take a shotAt least I'll still be here next week to take a shot.
Grammar · B2supposed to

be supposed to

What's that supposed to fuckin' mean?
Phrase · B2word around is ...Word around the pool table is boss has eyes for the new boy.
Phrase · B2have eyes for someone

to be attracted to someone

Word around the pool table is boss has eyes for the new boy.
Slang · C1flat-footedWhat, flat-footed Limey? I'd shit him.
Phrase · B1say something to someone's faceMaybe you should say that to his face.
Grammar · B2that I smell fear

that-clause as object

I spy with my little eye that I smell fear.
Phrase · B2the walk of shame

an embarrassed retreat after a failure

Here comes the walk of shame.
Grammar · B1Here comes

here-inversion

Here comes the walk of shame.
Slang · B2Action ManYo, Action Man.
Phrase · A2buy someone a beerCan I buy you a beer?
Soundbuy you

liaison

Can I buy you a beer?
Slang · B1NahNah.
Phrase · B2not be much for doing somethingYou ain't much for talking, are ya, Mary Poppins?
Grammar · B1are ya

tag question

You ain't much for talking, are ya, Mary Poppins?
Phrase · B2give it to someoneI just don't want to talk to you.
Phrase · C1a real social something

a social wizard, said sarcastically here

I just don't want to talk to you.
Phrase · B2cry in one's beer

to sulk and feel sorry for oneself over a drink

I just don't want to talk to you.
Phrase · B1make sure (that) ...I just don't want to talk to you.
Phrase · B1take someone's jobI just don't want to talk to you.
Soundgive it

flap

I just don't want to talk to you.

H Takes Dave's Old Job, explained

What's really going on

Nobody in this bar is just being friendly. 'Word around the pool table is boss has eyes for the new boy' tells us the crew has already decided what H is: the man who took Dave's spot. "He's already got your old job" is the charge, and it isn't about the work — it's about status and who the boss favours. H refuses every offer of a beer, and his "I just don't want to talk to you" flips the polite script of a work drink on its head. The others hide behind jokes — "Here comes the walk of shame," "You're a real social magician" — so they can jab without starting a fight. H doesn't play along, which is exactly what marks him as an outsider.

Theme

PowerH's arrival takes Dave's job, and the crew test where the new man stands with the boss.
IdentityH won't perform the friendly new-guy role; refusing to talk marks him as the outsider.

What you'll learn

  • Use pretty soon for something coming shortly
  • Hear has eyes for as special interest
  • Catch a walk of shame as public embarrassment
  • Refuse a drink without softening it

Listen for

  • gonna — weak form
  • buy you — liaison
  • give it — flap
Maybe you should say that to his face.

A dare: stop insulting the new man behind his back and say it where he can hear you.

I just don't want to talk to you.

H's blunt refusal of small talk; he can speak, he simply won't give this man the courtesy.

Word around the pool table is boss has eyes for the new boy.

Gossip framed as hearsay: the boss is interested in and favours H, which is why he got the job.

You ain't much for talking, are ya, Mary Poppins?

A mocking remark on H's silence. 'Mary Poppins' is a jab at his British accent, not a compliment.

Questions about this scene

Why does the crew resent H so much?

He was given Boy Sweat Dave's old job. To them it looks like the boss picked an outsider over one of their own, so the drink turns into a test of where H stands.

What does Boy Sweat Dave mean by "He's already got your old job"?

It's aimed at H: the position Dave used to hold has been handed to the new man, so Dave is left with smaller duties while H got his slot.

Why is H called "Mary Poppins"?

It mocks his British accent, since Mary Poppins is a famous English character. It's a deliberate jab meant to get under his skin.

Does H actually want the crew's approval?

No. He turns down their beers and says he simply doesn't want to talk to them, making clear he's there for the job, not the friendship.

Wrath of Man · 13 chapters

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Up next · Chapter 5pull yourself togetherH Refuses to Leave a Man Behind
Chapter 1upped our gameH's Fortico Interview and TrainingChapter 2walk on waterH Meets the Fortico CrewChapter 3X marks the spotH's First Day on the Cash TruckWatching · Chapter 4cry in his beerH Takes Dave's Old JobChapter 5pull yourself togetherH Refuses to Leave a Man BehindChapter 6best interests at heartH Questioned Then PromotedChapter 7put eyes onH's Son Rides AlongChapter 8Leave her out of thisH Interrogates Jerome for a NameChapter 9an inside jobMike Calls It an Inside JobChapter 10stand tallVeterans Plan a Cash Truck HeistChapter 11comes at a priceThe Crew Pitches the Big JobChapter 12look the other wayH Confronts the Inside ManChapter 13hard boiledRobbers Breach the Cash Depot
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