Mr. Marshall, Ralph’s boss, receives a new pool table as a birthday present from his wife. Hearing of Ralph’s prowess at pool, he asks Ralph to stop by his house that night to teach him the « fundamentals » of the game. When Norton shows up, Marshall invites him, too. Ralph sees this as an opportunity to « get in good with the boss », but at Marshall’s home that night, Norton makes such an impression on Marshall that he offers Norton a job at the bus company as Bus Driver Supervisor–the job that Ralph has been after for a long time.