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Act Out 30

Lunch with the Secretary – part 1

Daniel: Excuse me, do you work here?
Shira: Yes, I’m the secretary.
Daniel: Maybe you know where there’s a bus to Talpiot?
Shira:
Daniel: Yes, bus no. 22 under the building. Who are you?
Shira: I’m Daniel Levy.
Daniel:
You were in an interview now, right? How was it?
Shira:
Daniel: So-so. I think my CV was good, and the interview was good too,
Shira: but they’re looking for employees for two years.
Daniel: And you don’t want to commit?
Shira: I want to, but I can’t. I’m enlisting in August.
Daniel: Enlisting?! What, you’re only 18?
Shira: No, I’m 22, but… Never mind, it’s a long story.

Daniel: Very long? More than an hour?

Daniel: Why do you ask?
I have a lunch break for an hour, and there’s a good cafeteria
Shira:
Daniel: here. Do you want to have [drink] coffee together?

Shira: Ya, why not? I could use [I need] a good coffee now.
Daniel:
At the cafeteria
OK, so this is the story: I’m a new immigrant from New York. I

studied in college for 4 years and I only now came on aliya to
Israel. That’s why I’m only enlisting in the army at the age of 22.
That’s it.
That’s it? That’s not such a long story.
Ya, true. But in Israel everyone says “a long story” when they’re

not in the mood to talk.
Oh… You’re not in the mood to talk?

Now I am in the mood to talk. But 5 minutes ago I was bummed
from the interview and I wasn’t in the mood to talk.

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