- GOOD MORNING, JOHN. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD, SWEET THING.
A LOT BETTER NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE.
- HEY, JOHN, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU.
I HAD TO DELETE THOSE EMAILS.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE
FOR YOU TO BE SENDING ME MESSAGES LIKE THAT,
USING SUCH VULGAR LANGUAGE.
- OH, COME ON, BABY.
JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU SMILE, YOU KNOW,
HELP YOU HAVE A BETTER DAY.
- WELL, IF THE MESSAGES AREN'T WORK RELATED,
I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU STOPPED EMAILING ME.
- OKAY, FINE... SORRY.
JUST TRYING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
- GOOD MORNING, SARAH. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOOD AS WELL, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT I FINISHED THE REST OF THAT PAPERWORK LAST NIGHT,
IN CASE YOU WANTED TO REVIEW IT ANY TIME TODAY.
OKAY, SARAH, THANK YOU TOO.
- YO, JOHN, WHAT'S GOOD, BOY?
- NOT MUCH, MAN. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU?
- NOTHING, I'M JUST TIRED AS ANYTHING.
THANKFULLY, IT'S THE 9:15 COFFEE BREAK.
HEY, BABY!
- WHATEVER.
- HEY, THE BOSS WAS GOING TO MAKE HER ROUNDS,
BUT SHE SENT ME OUT INSTEAD.
SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE MAKING ANY PROGRESS
ON THAT NEW PROPOSAL.
- YEAH, IT'S ALL GOOD.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BOIL THE OCEAN ON THIS ONE,
JUST NEED TO COMPONENTISE THE DELIVERABLES,
GET A BUY-IN ON THE BUSINESS MODEL,
CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO YOU... CLOSE THE LOOPS.
- WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
- TAKING CARE OF IT.
- ALRIGHT, SO HAVE YOU BRAINSTORMED ANY IDEAS?
- NO, IT'S ALL GOOD.
- SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL THE BOSS?
- TELL HER B-TURF'S TAKING CARE OF THINGS, JER.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
- ALRIGHT, YOU REALIZE I AM YOUR SUPERIOR?
- WELL AWARE, BOSS MAN.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
JEEZ, MY FRIENDS DON'T RIDE ME LIKE THIS.
- WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE WE AREN'T YOUR FRIENDS.
SEE, WE'RE YOUR WORK ASSOCIATES.
SO YOU'D BETTER CLEAN UP THE TALK
BEFORE IT CARRIES OVER INTO A CONVERSATION WITH A CLIENT
AND YOU GET IN TROUBLE.
- WHATEVER, DUDE.
- DUDE, YOU'RE TOTALLY GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE.
- RELAX, MAN. I HAVE THE ENTIRE PROJECT DONE.
- THEN WHAT GIVES?
- I'M NOT LOOKING FOR THEM TO GIVE ME ANY MORE WORK,
SO I'M HANDING THIS THING IN ALAP.
- ALAP?
- AS LATE AS POSSIBLE.
THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT, I CHILL TILL THE VERY END.
EVERYONE WINS.
- THAT'S GENIUS.
- YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
- IN THE OPENING DIALOGUE BETWEEN JOHN AND REGINA,
WHAT SPECIFIC ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE JOHN? WHY?
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE REGINA? WHY?
DID REGINA APPROPRIATELY HANDLE HER TELEPHONE CALL?
PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
IS THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN JOHN AND BRIAN APPROPRIATE?
PROVIDE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
NAME TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW BRIAN COULD IMPROVE HIS LANGUAGE
WHEN SPEAKING WITH GERALD.