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M: Can you have the briefs from the Anderson firm’s lawyer on my desk by tomorrow morning. There are quite a few very time sensitive matters with this case. I’m afraid I can’t wait any longer.
3 h, n7 l6 T9 a4 V/ m$ ]& j F: Getting those Anderson briefs has been harder than you can imagine. I have tried to contact their lawyer many times. But every time I call, his secretary says he’s in a meeting or out of the office or away on business. I am beginning to think he is trying to avoid me.
! m2 D, O$ u' @7 m* _, c* i+ `( j3 y M: That’s highly possible. He knows if we miss our filing deadline, we don’t stand a chance to compete against them for the bid. Try to get a hold of him again. Give him a call and see if he can fax them first thing.
2 N3 I$ T( J4 w9 Y" C. ?5 G9 U F: What if I can’t speak to him directly?8 Q5 T2 b1 U" z" |
M: Ask his secretary to fax them. Its the same thing. Have them faxed over with a copy also faxed to Martin’s office.* P, \4 V$ Z& S( U8 h! B
F: How do I find Martin’s fax number? Is he in your rollerdesk?
& ~) q, U! `( r$ f* D M: No, but you can also call their office and ask the secretary to give you their fax number. I’ll email you their office number later today.
1 b; s1 P# \. E( v F: Ok, I’ll get on it first thing.1 C# Y. X9 I$ Y
M: Be sure you do, I need those briefs ASAP
0 d- p+ K) u% D: ?3 `+ | Dialogue two
- S( Y9 T+ q$ o7 R9 o M:Did you put this morning’s faxes on my desk?I’m waiting for some urgent faxes from headquaters,I’m pretty sure they came in last night.2 O$ Y. [; u! A j
F:Evething that came in the office fax machine last night is all on your desk,but I noticed that some of faxes came through pretty blurred,maybe you take a look at them,if the copy is unreadble,I’ll call then and ask them to refax., u' \2 G6 t) X
M:Yeah,you’re going to have to call them and get them to be refax. These copies are so dark. I can’t make out any of the words.
+ d0 \; U* f5 R: r6 p F:What about that one?" e1 T9 m0 C( q* Z0 H* `
M:This one?This one is so light and I can barely read it. How can that be?
: h/ A; l0 d Y F:You know, I think the fax machine is out of toner. I can change the toner cartridge. That should solve the problem.; A( V1 x( C, H6 O7 Q
M:Yes,but this one will have to be refaxed as well. And look, there’s about 3 pages missing. It looks like the fax machine ate half of my important faxes,and ones that made it through are so blurred or too light. They are unreadable.% G/ u' @$ k5 E
F:I guess the fax machine is out of paper too. Don’t worry,I’ll have someone look at it this afternoon,and in the meantime,I’ll have your documents refaxed to our other fax machine. |