2010年5月29日星期六

ESL 0529: 584 Calling in sick to work

584: Peter and Lane. About someone decide their too sick to go to work.

P: I was fed up with a work, and want the day off. I decide to call in sick. I wasn't prepare those to be peppered with questions. Hello, this is Peter. Is it Melder?

M: Yes this is Melder.

P: Hi, Melder. I want be come in today. I am not feeling well. I think I will come down with something.

M: ...nnn....What seems to be the problem? 

P: The problem? Oh, I have been throwing up all night and I feel terrible. 

M: Didn't you have something like this two weeks ago, when you call in sick

P: Two weeks ago? No, I had food poisoning for two weeks. 

M: What about a month ago, when you call in sick? 

P: That was a twenty-four hours bug.

M: Didn't you just take  a day off from work because of a death in the family.

P: Yes, I had to go to the funeral.

M: I see. That's one day off from work a week four weeks in the row.

P: I will be in within a hour.

M: I am glad you have a miraculous recovery?

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