Friday morning
Woman: Human Resources, Jenny speaking. Can I help you?
Man: Good morning. I'd like to speak to Ruper GrinS, please.
Woman: I'm afraid Mr. Grint's out of the office a the moment. Can I take a message for you?
Man: I see. It's Patrick Fisher from Accounts I really need to speak to him. It's fairly urgent.
Woman: Well, he's not coming back untiL Thursday. I'm his personnel assistant, maybe I can help you.
Man: OK. The thing is I've had a very attractive job offer in Colins Corporation.
Woman: Uh-hm.
Man: It would be a promotion and the pay and conditions are very good. The trouble is I need tO
speak to Mr. Grint about my pension before I make a final decision.
Woman: All right. I tell you what I can do. He's having meetings for the whole day. I'll fax your message to him right away and see if he could give a call back.
Man: That would be great, because I have to give them an answer by Friday morning.
Woman: I'll contact you as soon as po