S06E13 · SCENE 9/15 · 11:54
Joey sings Happy Birthday to avoid charging

Joey sings Happy Birthday to a female customer to avoid charging her.

11:54→12:26
in the episode · 0m 32s · S06E13

What happens

11:54–12:26

Joey tries to give a female customer free coffee by claiming it is her birthday. He sings Happy Birthday to her. Gunther confronts Joey, saying he has sung Happy Birthday to 20 different women that day. Gunther bans Joey from distributing birthday muffins.

WhereCentral Perk
DriverJoey
Positionact1 · payoff
ThreadJoey's Birthday Muffin Scheme

Key lines

from this scene
12:00

It's just I can't, because my manager said that I...

12:22

Yeah, not in here it isn't.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
scheme0.9
absurd0.9
comeuppance0.8
social rule violation0.7
humiliating0.6
coined phrase

Beats

12:00Joey says the customer is too pretty to pay.
12:22Gunther says it is not the customer's birthday.

Scene in the episode

11:54–12:26
A · Joey's Birthday Muffin Scheme
B · Monica's Denial of Illness
C · Jill's Visit and Rachel's Lesson

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Friends Jill, Rachel's sister, the first acquaintance · Sofia
FRIENDS - Rachel's sister Jill aka Reese Witherspoon Part 1 · Cute Kreations
FRIENDS - Rachel's sister Jill aka Reese Witherspoon Part 2 · Cute Kreations
Friends - 6x13 The one with Rachel's sister · Diego Ferreira

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Joey Tribbiani232 episodes · drives 536 scenes
G
GuntherJames Michael Tyler139 episodes · drives 2 scenes

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