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he left us to it, but this specific week he was in a bad mood, and got riled up
(взбеситься) by our seeming slackness (вялость) (partly caused by staying at
work way past his bedtime, but that’s another story).
Instead of dragging (тащить) the culprits (виновных) into his office and
giving them the personal drubbing (поражение) he thought they deserved, he
wrote a memo to everyone. So on his second day that Second Coming Guy
meandered in to work, at a reasonable wish, and he found a memo on his chair
saying something like 'I’d like to remind y’all that technically your working
hours are 8-5, and that you really should be here as close to that as possible
blah blah blah.' He raised his elegant eyebrows, said in a not overly loud but
very clear tone of voice, 'Oh, I can’t deal with that,' delicately put the memo
back on the chair, and walked out, never to be seen again. Nobody was ever
reprimanded (получен выговор) for their hours again at that place, not even
a hint."
Exercise 348. Watch the video 3.1 and answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9renrpO1xI&list=PL0hKMB1-
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I was a waiter at a restaurant called Bella pasta in High Wycombe, which is a
town you’ve never heard of because no one in America or even Britain has
ever heard of it. Because I was like 17 at the time, which was when people
started having house parties, really. So what would I do when people were
having cool parties to get an invite I’d go yeah I can get alcohol. Dude, totally,
I’d steal (красть) from work. And I wanted to try to steal 50 boxes be in a
rucksack (рюкзак) and two bags, and I was walking towards the door. I would
“Night everyone! See you” and my bags are just going cling cling cling. And
my boss went “James”. And I walking to “James! I heard all of you!” then she
got the door and she went “James! What’s in your bags?” “Nothing!” and she
looked in and there were 50 bottles of beer, but because they couldn’t find
anyone to work the shift the next morning, I kept my job, I didn’t get fired.
So, yeah, I mean, I was a terrible employee really. That was my first job.
Answer the questions:
1. What was James Cordon’s first job?
2. What did he decide to steal the alcohol for?
3. Would you do the same so to get an invite to a cool party?
4. What would you do if you were his boss?
5. What was your first job?
Exercise 349. Fill in the correct translation.
соблюдать сроки
идти на известный/просчитанный риск
работать допоздна/засиживаться допоздна

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