Scripts Lesson 14

Extra Work: High School Jobs.
Script.
I got my first part time job when I was 15 working at a car wash in the summertime. A friend of mine, Rob, worked there and got me the job. I think it paid 2 dollars and ninety cents an hour which I considered a fortune. There were no allowances in my family so most of my brothers and sisters started working as soon as they could to get spending money. I hated working at the car wash drying cars all day. After only about six weeks working there, though it seemed much longer, I up and quit one day. I felt badly about not giving a two-week notice, but I had it up to here with the job. Luckily another friend of mine got me a job at a nursing home washing dishes in the kitchen. I started the day after my sixteenth birthday qualifying me for a slightly higher minimal wage. Life scrubbing pots and pans was no picnic. Let me tell you. I lasted there for only three months working after school and on weekends while trying to keep up with my homework in high school. My next job was much better: making keys at a locksmith. The working conditions were much better and I had flexible hours around my school schedule. I stayed at that job for nearly seven years right through my college years at the University of Minnesota. To this day, I still know the names of all the common key blanks, but it doesn’t come in handy very often.

Extra Work: Understanding Addresses.
Script.
I was away from my office and needed to send some letters to clients. Unfortunately, I didn’t have their addresses, so I called the office secretary.

Christina: Hi, Jacob. I need your help getting the mailing addresses for a couple of clients.
Jacob: Sure. Which ones?
Christina: I need addresses for Jim Kelly and for Dr. Uemura.
Jacob: Okay. Jim Kelly’s address is...
Christina: I’m sorry Jacob, but my cell phone cut out and I didn’t hear you. Could you repeat the street address?
Jacob: Sure. It’s 1212 South Peabody Court, Lansing, Michigan, 48908.
Christina: I didn’t catch the end of the address. Did you say boulevard, avenue, or street?
Jacob: It’s actually court, and the street number again is 1212.
Christina: Thanks. I’ve got that. Could you also spell the street name?
Jacob: Sure. It’s P-E-A-B-O-D-Y. You know what? I see a note here that he’s in North Dakota until June. Let me give you that address. Mail should be sent to him in care of or to the attention of The Letty Institute, P.O. Box 345, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102.
Christina: Got it. How about an address for Dr. Uemura?
Jacob: Here it is. It’s 300 Goodman Building, University of Massachusetts, 234 Hitch Way, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Christina: Do you have the zip plus four?
Jacob: It’s 01003-9272.
Christina: Oh, I just realized that I only have Dr. Uemura’s last name. I want to include his first name, too, on the addressee line. Can you look that up for me?
Jacob: I’ve got it right here. His first name is Brent.
Christina: Thanks a lot, Jacob. You’ve been a big help.
Jacob: Don’t mention it.