And I'm gonna tell you one thing more. You're gonna have to lose that beard. It's...

Plant Supervisor:

[Bud is interviewing for a job at the oil refinery where Uncle Bob works. His application is being reviewed]
Bud Davis, huh? Bud:
[nervous]
My, my full name is Buford Uon Davis, but nobody calls me Buford 'cept my Grandmother, and she's half Indian. My initials are B.U.D., it spells Bud. Plant Supervisor:
[mildly annoyed]
I can spell, boy. [looks at application more closely] Plant Supervisor:
What pipeline? There ain't no pipeline in Spur! Bud:
Yes there is. It came in last Spring. I was workin' on insulatin' it. Then Uncle Bob said you was hiring so I come down here. Plant Supervisor:
Most of our insulatin' work we contract out. But I can start you out as a general helper, a laborer, a gopher. You know what a gopher is, boy? Bud:
Well, I suppose it means you go for things. [pause] Bud:
Or it could mean you're an animal... Plant Supervisor:
Yeah, well around here they're on the same level. Start you off right at the bottom, work up. [Looks at Bud intensely] Plant Supervisor:
But I'm gonna tell you one thing. You're gettin' this job because of your Uncle Bob. He's been here a long time and he's a damn good man. [pause] Plant Supervisor:
And I'm gonna tell you one thing more. You're gonna have to lose that beard. It's regulations, any kind of a fresh-air mask