"Make Sure Your Source is Reliable"
Dating coach Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) mentors a bumbling client, Albert (Kevin James), who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). While Albert makes progress, Hitchens faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas (Eva Mendes), a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitchens' connection to Albert -- now Allegra's boyfriend -- it threatens to destroy both relationships.
Scenario:
Hitch tracks down Sara and her friend, Casey at a speed dating event. He hopes to find out why Sara has suddenly changed her feelings towards him. Hitch is shocked to find out her source behind the reason for her negative actions.
Selected Scene:
Speed Dating Host: Are we gonna have a problem here?
Casey: Oh yeah, a big one! What the hell did I ever do to you, huh?
Hitch: Am I missing something?
Speed Dating Host: Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave
Sara: Why don’t you go hit a titty bar with your buddy Vance.
Hitch: Wow, I don’t believe this, that’s your source?
Sara: You buried yourself Alex.
Hitch: Then you weren’t listing.
Sara: I heard every word, you’re a scam artist, you trick woman into getting…
Hitch: …into getting out of their own way, so great guys like Albert Brenneman have a fighting chance. No, no, I want everybody want to take a good look at this right now, because this right here, this is exactly why falling in love is so goddam hard.
Speed Dating Host: Sir lets go, now.
Hitch: And Vance Munson is a pig and I refused to work with him, you need to get your facts right. Its because of jerks like him that I even have a job, had a job!
Business Tip:
The workplace is filled with gossip and hearsay, there’s no escaping unsolicited advice or opinions from a colleague or an associate. As is the case with everyday life, everyone has their own interpretation about what they may have seen or heard about someone or something. In the dog-eat-dog environment at the workplace, many times people share gossip to bring someone down or to help advance themselves, you should always consider the source when receiving “intel” or certain “scoop." Ask yourself what does he/she have to gain by telling me this? And if the person's reputation is questionable, wait to see if others share the same opinion or better yet, make your own.
