Corrected entry: During the event's leading up to the firing, Marcee Tidwell is in the office with Jerry. By the time lunch is over and he calls Rod at home in Arizona, Marcee is already in the kitchen serving breakfast to the little boy implying that this would still be morning, not post-lunch.(she is present for the "Show me the Money". By the way, Arizona would not be "behind" California's time. However, how could she have been to the airport, taken her flight, been picked up and made it back home, and be serving food, much less breakfast, when they called after lunch, within that span of time?
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Correction: Easy: We don't know what time Jerry got to his office, but it's reasonable to assume it was for the start of the work day (he's a hardworking agent, so he likely starts his days early and ends them late). So let's say he saw Marcie at 9:00, and she had intended to leave at 9:30 for a 10:30 flight. (This was before 9/11 made security lines so long; she'd still have been cutting it close, but that's a character mistake, not a movie mistake). 75 minute flight time from LA to Phoenix means she'd get there at 11:45 or 12 noon. Since we don't know where Rod lives, it's not a mistake to have him living within a half hour of the airport - which means Marcie would've gotten back home between 12:30 and 1:00. And all we know of the time Jerry called Rod is that it was "after lunch" - so it's not a mistake for it to be after 1:00 p.m, at which time Marcie would easily have been home. As to why they were eating breakfast food at lunchtime, that's a character decision as well - maybe they just wanted to.