Overview
The intersecting lives of four "Save-a-Bundle Discount Mart" employees are explored in Additional Particulars.
In the first act, Glenda Balitski, an optimistic but lonely young woman
who works in housewares, has recently moved into her tidy apartment
after the death of her invalid mother. Assistant Manager Warren Grippo, a
generous but awkward man of unflagging good manners, has unexpectedly
dropped by Glenda's apartment after work. After the lonely couple
discovers a shared enthusiasm for the corporate ideals of
"Save-a-Bundle," Warren reveals that Glenda has been chosen "Employee of
the Month..." and confesses his desire to discuss with her some
"additional particulars" of a more personal nature. Meanwhile, Raymond
Fetterman, a maintenance man and himself a former "Employee of the
Month" is having lunch with his young friend and co-worker, Kenny
Hinkle. It is the eve of Raymond's 47th birthday, he's trapped in a job
he hates, and Raymond has come to the painful realization that time is
quickly running out on his chances of "having a life." As Raymond
desperately yearns to escape the monotony of his life, the good-natured
Kenny sympathetically listens...and harbors a heartbreaking secret of
his own.