A scene from Five Easy Pieces 1970
Dupea

I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes, tomatoes instead, a cup of coffee, and wheat toast.

Waitress

No substitutions.

Dupea

What do you mean? You don't have any tomatoes?

Waitress

Only what's on the menu. You can have a number two - a plain omelette. It comes with cottage fries and rolls.

Dupea

Yeah, I know what it comes with. But it's not what I want.

Waitress

Well, I'll come back when you make up your mind.

Dupea

Wait a minute. I have made up my mind. I'd like a plain omelette, no potatoes on the plate, a cup of coffee, and a side order of wheat toast.

Waitress

I'm sorry, we don't have any side orders of toast...an English muffin or a coffee roll.

Dupea

What do you mean you don't make side orders of toast? You make sandwiches, don't you?

Waitress

Would you like to talk to the manager?

Dupea

...You've got bread and a toaster of some kind?

Waitress

I don't make the rules.

Dupea

OK, I'll make it as easy for you as I can. I'd like an omelette, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.

Waitress

A number two, chicken sal san, hold the butter, the lettuce and the mayonnaise. And a cup of coffee. Anything else?

Dupea

Yeah. Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.

Waitress

You want me to hold the chicken, huh?

Dupea

I want you to hold it between your knees.

Waitress

Do you see that sign, sir? Yes, you'll all have to leave. I'm not taking any more of your smartness and sarcasm.

Dupea

You see this sign? [He sweeps all the water glasses and menus off the table]

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