excerpts from dialogue between Supervisory Melanie and New Employee
SM.: “you want a bouncy ball or anything?”
NE: “no thank you." [retrospective chuckle]
SM: “so you count up the hours and write the total down here at the bottom and put a circle around it. or, well, i circle it. i don’t see what difference it would make if you didn’t. hm. i guess go ahead and circle it."
SM: “what time you wanna take lunch?”
NE: “i don’t care.”
SM: “yeah, me neither. how about 4:30?’
NE: “alrighty.”
SM: “oh shit, it’s 4:34. go to lunch until 5:34. or 5:35, or 36. i don’t care. ya know?”
NE: [giggle]
SM: “sorry about all these little bowling pins. i swear i’m not trying to make your job more complicated.”
NE: [giggle/ head shake while trying to work]
SM: "this is a list of dates to send these postcards out on. but you know, the list has alot of holes in it, so i don't really feel right about sending the postcards to some people and not others. so i haven't really been doing it. later on, you can just decide how you feel about it.
(enter instructor)
instructor: “thanks for the bowling pins, melanie!”
SM: “you’re welcome. i felt bad adding more stress to anthony’s new desk. did you find the bowling ball?”
instructor: “yep.”
(exit instructor)
NE: “i didn’t used to drink a lot of water either, until i worked for a water company. then i got hooked!’
SM: “ha! fair enough!”
NE: (referring to the cartoon dog that pops up on the computer screen when you search for a file) “look, he went to sleep 'cause he couldn’t find your file!”
SM: “whoshaboo!!”
SM: "damn, i just ordered way more pizza than we needed."