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          DEEP SPACE NINE: "The Bar... " - 1/08/96 - ACT TWO         26.

20   CONTINUED:

					QUARK
			If this is a surprise birthday
			party, you're a month late.

					ROM
			It's not a party.

	Rom holds out a PADD.

					ROM
			We're the Guild of Restaurant and
			Casino Employees and we're here to
			present our demands.

	Quark looks surprised.

					QUARK
			The Guild of Restaurant and Casino
			Employees? What's that supposed
			to be?

					ROM
			What does it sound like?

					QUARK
			It's sounds like a... a...
				(disgusted)
			A Union.

					ROM
			Exactly. So you'd better take our
			demands seriously.

	Quark snatches the list from Rom's hand and reads it.

					QUARK
			Increased pay? Shorter hours?
			Paid sick leave?

	Quark can't help it. He bursts into laughter.

					ROM
			This is no joke.

					QUARK
			Yes, it is. And the fact that you
			don't know that is what makes it
			so funny.
				(to all)
			Now get back to work before I fire
			the whole lot of you.

	Rom clenches his jaw. He's not about to back down.

					ROM
			You can't fire us.