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Excuse
me, Sir. Would you mind answering a few questions concerning your job?
We're doing a survey on job satisfactionamong young people.
Sure. OK. Go ahead, ask me anything you
like.
From the way you're dressed I would
guess that you're a young executive in a big firm. Am I correct?
I'm afraid I have to disappoint you. I'm just a clerk in the local branch of The Bank of America.
You say "just". Aren't
you satisfied with your job?
Well, I'm not saying that I'm dissatisfied,
but you know, I'm 26 now and I can't imagine being a bank clerk for the
rest of my life.
What could you imagine being?
Well, what I'd really like to do
is work in the tourist business. You know, I like travelling to foreign
countries and meeting people from different parts of the world.
What don't you like about your
present job?
Well, it's difficult to say exactly.
How can I put it? I suppose it's the atmosphere in the bank. Everybody
is so quiet und serious. Most of the people that come in are in a hurry,
there's no time to chat or anything like that. Everything is so impersonal,
businesslike. The only sort of thing that most people seem to be interested
in is to find out how much their accounts are overdrawn, or how much
interest we charge for commercial loans.
No. Well, yes. Seriously speaking,
though, I guess always knowing what's going on in the world of finance
is a big advantage if you want to invest some of your money, if you have
any to invest, that is.
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