“Suck It Up”
RIO
SCENE THREE
“SUCK IT UP”
(SPOKEN PARTS)
Roberto Sanna Roberto Sanna reporting for duty.
Concierge Ah, good! We need some new blood. With Carnival
this week, you are going to be seeing a lot of action!
RS (excited) Oh boy–the front lines.
Concierge First you are scheduled to meet with Daniel Ribeiro,
Executive Assistant Manager of the Rio Park Hotel.
No doubt he will give you his famous pep talk.
RS Ai Carumba. How do I look?
Concierge Ah…..Bursting with enthusiasm……but why don’t you
introduce yourself to him. Senior Sanna, may
I present to you Sub Garenta Executivo, Daniel Ribiero.
(Phonetics—Su-bi je-ren-che eze-koo-tivo)
RS GGGood Morning.
Daniel Ribiero My goodness.
(singing) You are indeed a fortunate lad to be joining this great hotel.
Needless to say the location’s not bad, but our strength
is our personel.
And today I will give you a lesson, it is the secret to
our success.
‘Cause our business serves the customer…a point that I must stress. (pause and stated reverently to church bells)
You’ve got to,
Suck it up – no matter what they say
Suck it up – you must do.
Suck it up – Each and every day.
Suck it up – through and through.
And no matter how much you hate it.
It’s up to you to tolerate it.
Suck it up’s my advice to you
‘cause suck it up means revenue.
RS What if a guest complains?
DR Deal with his pains.
Porter Trashes the room?
DR Pick up a broom
Maid an obnoxious kid?
DR Just don’t blow your lid,
‘cause you would surely cost yourself a tip if you did, NO
DR (with barbershop Suck it up – no matter what they say
background) Suck it up – you must do.
Suck it up – Each and every day
Suck it up – to me and you.
And it’s really not complicated
Let the jerks feel appreciated
Suck it up is the thing to do ‘cause
Suck it up means revenue.
RS What if the guest’s a slob.
DR Part of your job.
Porter What if he thinks that he’s King?
DR Kneel and kiss his ring.
Maid What if he’s rude and he strips?
DR Tell him, “nice hips!”
As long as he keeps reachin’ in his pocket for tips, oh
Chorus Suck it up – no matter what he says.
(Barbershop quartet) Suck it up – till we’re blue.
Suck it up – ‘cause he shares in our pay.
Suck it up we must do.
DR And you may be exasperated
Chorus But it’s the way we’re compensated
DR So you better get dedicated
Chorus Only one way to translate it…….(pause to trombone)
DR Suck it up – I’m ordering you
(looks at RS gut) ……Really……suck it up!
Chorus ‘cause suck it up means revenue! (hold)
Music background keeps playing as John Hawthorne walks into the lobby, with a porter
wheeling his bags in behind him.
DR Welcome to the Rio Park Hotel, Senior.
John Hawthorne Why thank-you.
DR If there anything that I can do to make your stay
as pleasurable as possible, please let me know.
John Hawthone Well, for now I would just like my luggage taken to the
room. Oh, I would like to know where I could buy
some flowers for a very special lady.
DR No problem sir. (rings counter bell)
Senior Sanna, please take these bags to room 819 right
away.
RS Yes sir!
(He reaches for the bags and they are very heavy for him. He proceeds to inhale deeply,
“sucking it up” to lift the extreme weight. Hawthorne and Ribiero continue talking, (fade out).
DR Suck it up, I’m ordering you…
Chorus barbershop style Suck it up
Suck it up
(bell tone) Suck it up, Suck it up, Suck it up, Suck it up.
all inhale (timed with
RS picking up bag) Suck it up!
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