The pit works in mysterious ways

Boys' Club

On a slow day at the office Donna, Tom, and Olivia were sitting at the break room table talking about nonsensical things. Tom was asking the two women in question if he ranked 'top hottest Indian guys in Pawnee'.

Jerry entered the break room to their right, carrying an extravagant gift basket with all sorts of luxuries. Jerry himself was carrying the basket like a newborn baby. At the City hall office, they weren't allowed such gifts for corruption reasons. Leslie, always the rule follower, headed the scrutinizing of the practice of receiving gifts. Leslie doesn't even give Olivia her birthday gifts at the office, because Leslie is such a stickler for the rules.

"Ooh. Hey, Tom. Check it out. Norton Construction just sent this over." Jerry enlightens everyone.

"Whoa, mama!" Tom looks at the basked impressed.

Jerry exhales, staring at the basket in awe. "I love Great Lakes wine."

"You can have the wine. I want to take that cheese and do terrible things to it."

Olivia gives Tom an egregious look. Before she can yell at Tom for his poor descriptive wording, Leslie, like a bat out of hell, runs into the common area tutting. Speak of the rule follower and she shall appear.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Once Leslie notices everyone's dejected looks she continues. "You know as well as I do that we are not allowed to accept gifts over $25, for corruption reasons. We live in a fish bowl and the public is always watching. That's why I go two towns over if I want to rent a movie with nudity in it." Leslie reveals facts that she probably shouldn't.

Donna lets out a firm "Mmm." And Leslie rethinks her statement.

"Yeah, I probably shouldn't have said that."

"Maybe." Olivia comments and grins to herself.

"But you cannot enjoy this basket, I'm so sorry. And so to avoid temptation, I am gonna lock it up. Olivia, where's the key?" Leslie asks her sister.

Olivia had access to the small safe Ron keeps in the office. Only said two have a pair of the key. Leslie's was taken away when she tried to lock away tiramisu for herself without anyone knowing. And one thing let to another, the said Pawnee racoon problem was later that day reported to animal control.

When Olivia reached into her pocket and grabbed the key pulling it out, she raised it above her head. Leslie's eyes locked onto the key like it was a jewel. Leslie, with the gift basket in one hand, used her free hand to paw at the key her sisters had. But before Leslie could grab it, Olivia whips it out of her reach.

"You have to promise me Leslie, you're gonna lock it up and leave it there. Right?" Olivia stares into her sister's eyes, but Leslie' s eyes were solely on the key in her hand. "Sister promise?" Olivia raises her eyebrows, asking a question.

"Alright I sister promise." Leslie relents. Olivia moves the key back into Leslie's field of vision. And Leslie snatches the key, running off to lock up the gift basket. Leaving four dejected looking employees without their gift basket.

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"When you're in government, there's a million ways to exploit your power. Have I ever given into that temptation? No, never. I'm not that kind of politician."

Footage of Tom sauntering up to the front of a hot dog stand, cutting in line plays over his interview footage. Showing his government ID and then taking a little girl's hotdog.

" I have a moral code, and I never violate it. People look at me and they say, "Wow, Tom. "You are so pure, you're like a brown Superman with a beard "that just stands for justice and truth and the American way."