MR. MARGOLIS

MR. MARGOLIS, early 40’s  Owner of phone room severe manic depressive personality, has mood swings, seemingly making him appear normal to outsiders, but to those near him, he is on the edge all the time. Has panic attacks, when the client puts pressure on him to raise a lot of money in a short period of time. He exaggerates the time frame to the callers. always deceiving the callers of the amount of work coming in Mr. Margolis: actually the manager ends up cutting the hours at the end of the week. Has some good characteristics; likes to invite the callers to his million dollar home for pool parties; and even tries to have outings at places, like Disneyland, night clubs, or sporting events; but only a few callers show up most of the time. His health problems include glaucoma and he is a recovering cocaine attic; which causes some other health problems. He is friendly most of the time, when he is not having these panic attacks. 

Jeffrey  grew up with a financially well off, intensely dominant mother, who ordered him around continuously, & a meek, submissive father who stayed in the background as much as possible.

Growing up, Jeffrey didn’t have many friends, his main playmates were rocks, sticks & bugs.  At the age of 16, he was diagnosed with Manic Depression, after he tried to drive his car off the Santa Monica Pier because he thought he could fly. He was promptly put on  medication & made some improvements for a couple of years, until a girlfriend introduced him to Cocaine. Withdrawing money out of his  mother’s bank account, he was able to sustain his habit for a while. She found out fairly quickly & took him by the ear to a drug recovery center.  

When he cleaned up his act, she invested money into the Phone Room & made him owner so he could have something to do during the day. He suffered from frequent panic attacks when a client put pressure on him to make a lot of money in a short period of time, but he would compensate by taking two to three karate classes in a row to take the edge off.   

Many times he would forget to take his medication & end up in a manic frenzy, deceiving the callers on the amount of work that was coming in, having Henry the supervisor actually working the employees harder, but cutting the hours at the end of the week.

Mr. Margolis is basically a good hearted person and loves animals, he is just one of those typically emotionally screwed up people in Los Angeles.