SCRIPTS: STATING UP 2 - WORKING AND RELAXING

STARTING UP 02

Person 1

Well, I’m a product manager, and what’s important for me is a high salary, long holidays and helpful colleagues. I only have two of these in my present job!

Person 2

I want to be a salesman, so what’s important for me is a company car, parking facilities, and a mobile phone.

Person 3

I’m an accountant. What’s important for me is a friendly boss, travel opportunities …oh, and job security.

Person 4

Fast promotion, flexible hours and some sports facilities are what’s important for me. I work in customer service.

WORKING AND RELAXING

I: Can you describe a typical working day?

RP: Well, what I enjoy the most about the work that I do is that there is no such thing as a typical day. I work for different clients on different projects, and when the client needs me for something, I have to be ready to respond. So I can be in meetings, I can be running a workshop or a discussion, or quite often I can be in my own office in front of a computer screen, or on the phone.

I: Do you have enough time for leisure?

RP: Well, some weeks I do work very long hours, and I also have teenage children. The combination of those two things does sometimes make it difficult to find enough time for leisure, for myself. But, to answer your question, even so … yes, I think I do have enough time for leisure.

I: What do you like doing to relax?

RP: At the weekends, I spend a lot of my time reading the newspaper. I catch up on the news from the previous week. And also I try to go out running. Now, running may not sound like something that is very relaxing, but I think that it’s very important to get outside into the fresh air and see the countryside. So that’s why I run.