Claus: Go home. You need to spend more time with your loved ones before they report you missing. 

Marcia: This is the busy season. Do you think I have time to stop to smell the roses when I have [bad word] out of my ears? 

Claus: It’s [bad word] we’re busy, but you get too wrapped up in your work. How old are your daughters? 

Marcia: They’re six and nine. 

Claus: Right. Before you know it, they’ll be grown and you’ll have missed out on their childhood. Take it from someone who knows. Don’t take your family for granted. 

Marcia: I know you’re right. I need to spend more quality time with them – just as soon as the busy season is over. 

Claus: Time slips by while you’re not paying attention. Look at me. I worked my butt off to get where I am now, but at what cost? My wife and I are practically strangers and I barely know my children. You don’t want to end up like me. 

Marcia: So I should see you as a cautionary tale? 

Claus: Yup. Consider this a public service announcement.