| A.:
| You know, one of my pet hates in the office is when someone creates a paper jam in the photocopier and then leaves it for others to put right.
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| B.:
| Yes, that’s very annoying. Another thing that gets me is colleagues who always seem to be absent when the work piles up and things are really hectic.
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| A.:
| Yes. Or people who neglect their own work in the office but poke their noses into other people’s business.
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| B.:
| Well, something I’m having to deal with at the moment is a colleague who went away on holiday last week but failed to provide any clear handover instructions.
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| A.:
| Oh, that’s very thoughtless. However, the worst thing of all must be my colleague Barry − he constantly hums, whistles, giggles uncontrollably − right next to me!
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| 1.
| Where can people look for a job?
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| 2.
| What kind of job can people have?
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| 3.
| Jobs can be attractive and not attractive. What qualities make them such?
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| 4.
| Different jobs require different things. What does a job of a doctor (a teacher, a model, a computer operator) require?
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| 5.
| What are the most popular and important jobs?
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| 6.
| What professions do you think are needed: in your town / in your country?
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| 7.
| Have you made your choice of a job?
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| 8.
| Are you aware of advantages and disadvantages of the chosen job?
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| 9.
| What would you do in a dispute between members of your own staff? Would you …
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| intervene at once to resolve the problem?
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| b)
| see if the staff can sort it out themselves?
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| c)
| wait to see if the problem sorts itself out?
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| d)
| bury your head in the sand, as if you are saying, “What problem?”
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| 10.
| I can’t stand it when colleagues …
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| create a paper jam in the photocopier
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| b)
| are always absent when the work piles up and things are really hectic
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| c)
| neglect their own work, but poke their noses into other people’s business
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| d)
| fail to provide handover instructions when they go away on holiday
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| e)
| constantly giggle right next to me!
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Actually