Jonah Quote #539

Quote from Jonah in Ground Rules

Jonah: Well, that got a little silly earlier, huh? [chuckles] This group likes to spin a tale. The thing is, a lot of them are pathological...
Nia: Oh, I don't think you hit Tony on purpose.
Jonah: Good, good, yeah, no. Just 'cause the case against me was surprisingly compelling.
Nia: No, you don't seem like a brawler. More like a library cards in multiple cities kind of guy.
Jonah: Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis. [Nia chuckles] Hey, so, uh, I was wondering if you wanted to maybe get dinner at this new Szechuan place.
Nia: Hold on. I'm a lesbian.
Jonah: Oh! Yeah. Yeah, right, yeah, duh. And not... Not duh like you're so obviously a lesbian. Just duh on me for just assuming you were straight.
Nia: Oh, it's okay.
Jonah: No, no, no, no. You were just being friendly and I'm, like, this heteronormative bull in a lesbian china shop.
Nia: Yeah, kinda. But it's not really your fault. Your generation is a little more rigid about gender and sexuality.
Jonah: Yeah, yeah.
Nia: Yeah.
Jonah: My... My generation separate from yours. Well, okay. This... Yeah, good, so this...
Nia: Yeah.
Jonah: This was... This was good.

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 ‘Ground Rules’ Quotes

Quote from Mateo

Mateo: Another floor supervisor tip: We direct. Don't use words like "maybe" or "I think" with these peons.
Cheyenne: Okay.
Mateo: Before you speak, think, "How would an evil queen decree this?"
Cheyenne: Ooh, yeah.
Mateo: And just a couple other things I thought of.
Cheyenne: Oh.
Mateo: No more campfire games with employees and no sparkly makeup. Oh, and don't put unicorn stickers on your clipboard. They're unprofessional.
Cheyenne: Uh, okay.
Mateo: But otherwise, you are killing it, girl.
Cheyenne: Thanks.
Mateo: Oh, you should probably change your shoes. I mean, they're fun but, it looks like you skinned a Care Bear.

Quote from Cheyenne

Cheyenne: Oh, here's a perfect place to update shift assignments. Hmm. Isaac, you shall henceforth be working on register four to maximize efficiency and expedite expenditure.
Sayid: What's happening? Why do you sound like Nurse Ratched on the Netflix series Ratched?
Cheyenne: Oh, I'm running this meeting like Mateo in a very professional manner. Mm-hmm.
Mateo: Okay, ha, ha, very funny. But you know what? Even this is way better than your usual singles cruise director attitude.
Cheyenne: [British accent] Oh, I doth agree because one should never have a fun, cool attitude when one can have a stick up their arse! [all laugh]
Carol: Oh, my God, that's so good.
Isaac: You're tearing him apart. Do his walk.
Cheyenne: Oh, yeah. Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. That's not how I... [British accent] Uh, uh, oh, God, I right dropped me cane!
Mateo: What cane? I don't have a cane!

Quote from Jonah

Jonah: Sorry about the long bathroom break. I opened the Harper's app and you know how that story ends.