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you're right i'm sorry anyway you are on your coffee break
and i just need some advice i'm going out with philip tonight
you know the handsome guy i met at the library last week oh
i told you about him didn't i i don't know alice i've lost count
every week there's a different guy and what's so important about him that you
couldn't wait to see me what if i wear this tonight
it's nice red suits you really hm but if i wear this i'll have to find the
right black shawl by the way can you lend me the one you
bought last saturday alice it's brand new
i haven't even worn it yet come on and i told you that this date is really
important to me okay what
if i wore this one that's pretty too yes but if i wear this one
it would go better with your blue hat could you lend it to me
oh please end oh alice no not that one it was a present from my sister i'm very
attached to it oh please anne come on help me please
okay okay it's impossible to pick you out of anything anyway
but if i'd known you were going to borrow my entire wardrobe i would have
immediately told you i was very busy thanks ann you're the best yeah okay i'm
going now um by the way what would you
say if i told you i had broken your camera you done
what oh come on ann i'm joking oh i think work is making you just a
little bit too nervous bye yes uh to be honest
i am a bit worried profits are down eight percent
over the last few months and just yesterday
i read an article in uh in in media world
that confirmed my suspicions forecasts for the publishing market
are are quite pessimistic and the general feeling
is that things are going to continue to go downhill based on current trends the
next five years could see a further drop of 20 percent
if we leave out best sellers and fiction then the entire publishing market has
taken a direct hit or better is in a downward spiral
but what about sales for the moment they're stationary but
we won't be able to improve them in fact we'll have to stop publication of
our encyclopedias of history and art history
with awful consequences for those working on these projects
are you saying that we'll have to lay people off no
no not for the moment but if things continue
like they are we will have to let some of our people go
oh my god there must be something we can do
to keep from cutting staff i'm meeting with uh mr stevens this afternoon to
discuss the situation we're going to focus
on uh new objectives for the company in both marketing and sales
perhaps we will develop a new line of economic paperbacks which might help
sales but the other publishers are already
doing that successfully i think we'll need to develop new
products to encourage new market opportunities
well said billy uh i've already got an idea to suggest
it won't resolve all of our problems but it could
bring about some interesting developments and what might this new
idea be well anna are you in there hey
you i'm looking for my friend anne is she with you
and surprise uh and hello come back to earth someone's
looking for you alice uh what are you doing here
well i came to see where you work at could you give me a tour
sorry these are your colleagues with long faces uh you always like this
we need a little fun to lighten things up in here
why don't you invite them to the party this evening
no no no no no really i don't think well today is really not a good time to
be talking about parties why don't you come back some other time
and perhaps warn me in advance perhaps bye-bye alice
yes yes mr jones the collection is
divided into thematic volumes your volume will be the first uh dealing
with starters that's right yes
recipes should be written clearly and precisely
i'm not sure i agree with you there ingredients should be written separately
directly under the title of each dish okay i'll expect your first installment
next week then all right goodbye mr jones goodbye
excuse me gary has mr bradford got in touch yet
gary hello i asked you a question could you answer
please uh what's up man i'm sorry i'm i'm
writing the contracts to send out to the authors have you spoken to mr bradford
yet uh no could you give him a call i'm
really very busy at the moment okay could you at least tell me where
you are with him has he sent us the materials
gary hello gary uh what please can you tell me what is
so entertaining about drawing up contracts
why because you're glued to your computer and you keep
laughing like a fool ah i'm just in a good mood today
come on gary i'm not stupid what are you doing
okay you've caught me out i'm chatting it's great fun would you like to give it
a try no thank you very much and you shouldn't
be chatting at work anyway mr stevens might notice now why would he
if he walks in the door i'll just close the window and continue typing up the
contracts and relax let's chat a bit together
no i'm afraid i can't somebody needs to work around here
now could you explain how i should proceed with this
you spoke to mr bradford so could you give me some details on your agreement
uh yes he should have sent some materials in two days ago but we still
haven't received anything yet give him a call
and see where he's at with those [Applause]
hello mr bradford this is anne baxter from pilgrim publishing
hello um we are still waiting for the materials you should have sent
us two days ago i just wanted to know if you were having problems
well what does the index have to do with it i'm afraid i don't understand
no it's just i wasn't aware that no i don't think what could could you
just hold on a second hey mark this is gary no no no don't
worry everything's just fine and uh just
didn't know have you finished the index then okay
great uh we'll expect your email then okay bye
mark i hate you gary if you spent a little

you're right i'm sorry anyway you are on your coffee break

and i just need some advice i'm going out with philip tonight

you know the handsome guy i met at the library last week oh

i told you about him didn't i i don't know alice i've lost count

every week there's a different guy and what's so important about him that you

couldn't wait to see me what if i wear this tonight

it's nice red suits you really hm but if i wear this i'll have to find the

right black shawl by the way can you lend me the one you

bought last saturday alice it's brand new

i haven't even worn it yet come on and i told you that this date is really

important to me okay what

if i wore this one that's pretty too yes but if i wear this one

it would go better with your blue hat could you lend it to me

oh please end oh alice no not that one it was a present from my sister i'm very

attached to it oh please anne come on help me please

okay okay it's impossible to pick you out of anything anyway

but if i'd known you were going to borrow my entire wardrobe i would have

immediately told you i was very busy thanks ann you're the best yeah okay i'm

going now um by the way what would you

say if i told you i had broken your camera you done

what oh come on ann i'm joking oh i think work is making you just a

little bit too nervous bye yes uh to be honest

i am a bit worried profits are down eight percent

over the last few months and just yesterday

i read an article in uh in in media world

that confirmed my suspicions forecasts for the publishing market

are are quite pessimistic and the general feeling

is that things are going to continue to go downhill based on current trends the

next five years could see a further drop of 20 percent

if we leave out best sellers and fiction then the entire publishing market has

taken a direct hit or better is in a downward spiral

but what about sales for the moment they're stationary but

we won't be able to improve them in fact we'll have to stop publication of

our encyclopedias of history and art history

with awful consequences for those working on these projects

are you saying that we'll have to lay people off no

no not for the moment but if things continue

like they are we will have to let some of our people go

oh my god there must be something we can do

to keep from cutting staff i'm meeting with uh mr stevens this afternoon to

discuss the situation we're going to focus

on uh new objectives for the company in both marketing and sales

perhaps we will develop a new line of economic paperbacks which might help

sales but the other publishers are already

doing that successfully i think we'll need to develop new

products to encourage new market opportunities

well said billy uh i've already got an idea to suggest

it won't resolve all of our problems but it could

bring about some interesting developments and what might this new

idea be well anna are you in there hey

you i'm looking for my friend anne is she with you

and surprise uh and hello come back to earth someone's

looking for you alice uh what are you doing here

well i came to see where you work at could you give me a tour

sorry these are your colleagues with long faces uh you always like this

we need a little fun to lighten things up in here

why don't you invite them to the party this evening

no no no no no really i don't think well today is really not a good time to

be talking about parties why don't you come back some other time

and perhaps warn me in advance perhaps bye-bye alice

yes yes mr jones the collection is

divided into thematic volumes your volume will be the first uh dealing

with starters that's right yes

recipes should be written clearly and precisely

i'm not sure i agree with you there ingredients should be written separately

directly under the title of each dish okay i'll expect your first installment

next week then all right goodbye mr jones goodbye

excuse me gary has mr bradford got in touch yet

gary hello i asked you a question could you answer

please uh what's up man i'm sorry i'm i'm

writing the contracts to send out to the authors have you spoken to mr bradford

yet uh no could you give him a call i'm

really very busy at the moment okay could you at least tell me where

you are with him has he sent us the materials

gary hello gary uh what please can you tell me what is

so entertaining about drawing up contracts

why because you're glued to your computer and you keep

laughing like a fool ah i'm just in a good mood today

come on gary i'm not stupid what are you doing

okay you've caught me out i'm chatting it's great fun would you like to give it

a try no thank you very much and you shouldn't

be chatting at work anyway mr stevens might notice now why would he

if he walks in the door i'll just close the window and continue typing up the

contracts and relax let's chat a bit together

no i'm afraid i can't somebody needs to work around here

now could you explain how i should proceed with this

you spoke to mr bradford so could you give me some details on your agreement

uh yes he should have sent some materials in two days ago but we still

haven't received anything yet give him a call

and see where he's at with those [Applause]

hello mr bradford this is anne baxter from pilgrim publishing

hello um we are still waiting for the materials you should have sent

us two days ago i just wanted to know if you were having problems

well what does the index have to do with it i'm afraid i don't understand

no it's just i wasn't aware that no i don't think what could could you

just hold on a second hey mark this is gary no no no don't

worry everything's just fine and uh just

didn't know have you finished the index then okay

great uh we'll expect your email then okay bye

mark i hate you gary if you spent a little