ENNIS, in a dozer cap, shovels asphalt behind an asphalt dumper. Sweat blooms from his T-shirt collar. Sagebrush tall along the highway, swaying in the hot wind. ENNIS's co-worker, TIMMY, a fat, bespectacled, annoyingly loquacious middle-aged man with a bad case of plumber's butt, works alongside him. Talks incessantly.
TIMMY:My old lady's tryin' to get me to quit this job, says I'm gettin' too old to be breakin' my back shoveling asphalt (self-deprecating) I told her strong backs and weak minds run in my family. Didn't think that was too funny (laughs) I told her keeps me fit.
ENNIS, impassive, spits, wipes the sweat from his brow. Continues to shovel.