YOU NEVER KNOW
TELEPHONE:
“RING, RING, RING”TANEAH:
“HELLO.”KALYN:
“IS TANEAH THERE.”TANEAH:
“HEY GIRL WHATS UP.”KALYN:
“NOTHING MUCH, JUST SITTIN‘ HERE DOWN AND DEPRESSED.”TANEAH:
“ WHY? WHATS WRONG GIRL.”KALYN:
“I NEVER THOUGHT THIS HUSBAND OF MINE, WOULD DO SOME THING LIKE THIS.”TANEAH:
“WHAT HE DO GIRL.”KALYN:
“GIRL THIS MAN WENT OUT AND CHEATED ON ME, WITH THE LADY AT MY JOB, AND TO TOP THAT OFF, SHE’S ABOUT TO HAVE HIS BABY. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT GIRL?”TANAEH:
“WHAT, STOP LIEING.”KALYN:
“GIRL, I AIN’T LIEING. SHE CALLED MY HOUSE AND TOLD ME WHEN AND WERE THEY DID IT. I’M THROUGH WITH HIM, I’M PACKIN MY BAGS AND LEAVING HIM WITH NOTHING.”TANAEH:
“I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.”TANEAH:
( TANEAH SECOND LINE CLICKS.) “ HOLD ON KALYN, SOME BODY ON MY OTHER LINE. HELLO.”TIRIAH:
“WHAT YOU DOIN’ GIRL?”TANEAH:
“ TALKIN’ TO KALYN, DANG!!, SHE”S GETTING’ ON MY NERVES TALKIN’ ABOUT HER TRIFLININ’ HUSBAND. HE WENT AND MADE A BABY WITH SOME ONE SHE WORK WITH, AND NOW SHE CLAIM SHE’S ABOUT TO LEAVE HIM, WE HEARD THAT BEFORE. SHE’LL STILL BE WITH HIM AFTER ALL THIS MESS. SHE NEED TO STOP CALLIN’ ME WITH THIS MESS.”TIRIAH:
“ AIN’T SHE YOUR FRIEND.”TANEAH:
“ WHEN I WONT HER TO BE. I DON’T LIKE HER LIKE THAT, TO BE CALLIN’ ME WITH ALL HER PROBLEMS.”TIRIAH:
“ LOOK TANEAH YOUR WRONG FOR SAYING THAT. SHE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD TO YOU. ANY TIME YOU NEEDED HER SHE WAS THERE FOR YOU, AND NOW YOU WONT TO DO HER LIKE THAT. SHE BEEN ON THE OTHER LINE HOLDIN’ ON EVERY SINCE I CALLED YOU, YOU BETTER BECAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT NEED SOME DAY.”TANEAH:
“GIRL PLEASE MY HUSBAND LOVES ME, HE WOULD NEVER DO ME LIKE THAT. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS TIGHT, I HAVE THE PERFECT LIFE.”TIRIAH:
“JUST REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU, TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT NEED ONE DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOOD BOOK SAY, “YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.” ALL RIGHT GIRl, I GOT TO GO, BYE.”TANAEH:
“ALRIGHT, TALK TO YOU LATER.”
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TWO WEEK LATER
MRS. TANEAH, FINDS HER SELF IN NEED OF SOME ONE TO TALK TO, AFTER HER HUSBAND PACKS UP AND TAKE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE, AND MOVE IN WITH HIS CO-WORKER JASMINE .
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SKIT IS TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT NEED OR WHEN YOUR LIFE MIGHT TAKE A TURN. BECAREFUL WHO YOU CALL A FRIEND THEY MIGHT NOT CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND OF THEIRS, SO TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED.
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