While buried alive in a coffin, Paul Conroy receives a phone call from his employer's personnel director. Instead of offering help, the director uses a recorded legal script to terminate Paul's employment retroactively, stripping him of insurance benefits for his family while he faces certain death.
PAUL: Hello? Hello? Who’s there?
ALAN DAVENPORT: Is this Paul Conroy?
PAUL: Yes. Yes, this is Paul. Who are you?
ALAN DAVENPORT: Paul, my name’s Alan Davenport, I’m the personnel director here at Crestin, Roland and Thomas.
PAUL: I left you a message.
ALAN DAVENPORT: You did. I also heard from Rebec
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