#6 Crunching Numbers 2

Dialogue

A: Hey Beth, just talked to Lynn.

B: Great, so what did she say? Any more layoffs?

A: She sidestepped the issue a bit, but last quarter was promising.

B: At least that’s a step in the right direction. I worked twice as many hours last month to help turn things around.

A: Come on.

B: Seriously!

A: Well, you usually work half as hard as everyone else, so I guess it works out.

 

B: Whatever, you get my point. 

Whatever - This means “you are annoying, or what you just said is annoying”. eg., Parent’s nag

 

A: I know, I’m just giving you a hard time. 

I’m just give you a hard time - I’m just joking, I don’t really mean those bad things I just said about you, it was just a joke.

 

B: Anyway, out of the major cities in the US, ours is the 6th worst for unemployment. I don’t want to add to that statistic.

 

Feedback

Original: He is making a speech something about sales I think because I can see a pie chart on the wall behind him.

Better: He is speaking probably about sales because I can see a pie chart on the wall behind him.

 

Original: Coupang is losing money for 10 years.

Better: Coupang has been losing money for 10 years.

 

Original: When colleague heard some political thing, then I sidestep that thing.

Better: When a colleague was talking about politics, I sidestepped that issue.