Debbie recounts a series of increasingly erratic and disturbing acts of workplace sabotage and personal cruelty. The scene culminates in her describing a gruesome 'gift' sent to her boss, juxtaposed against her childhood dreams.
DEBBIE: I put wall-paper paste in the coffee machine at work. You know the powder, you buy the powder in, while no one was looking I put it into the machine and stirred it all in and left it and it clogged up the machine and they all stood around it staring at it, hurt, like it was a dead puppy. I w
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