 |  Interactions 2 Listening/Speaking, 4/e Judith Tanka,
University of California, Los Angeles
Lida R. Baker,
University of California, Los Angeles
I Love My Job| Lou: Hi, ladies. How are you? I'll start with your two, iced teas, right?Announcer: Her name is Louella Brennan, but everyone just calls her Lou.Man: People just love her.Announcer: That's obvious. Lou has been waiting tables at Nicolosi's Restaurant for forty years.Lou: Why should I change if I love it? I've never been unhappy one day at Nicolosi's. And these are our lunch specials...Announcer: She's waited on three generations of the same families, and always, always with a smile.Lou: Are you ready, or you want a little more time?Man: She's never mad. She never has a bad word for anyone. I mean, she's the closest person to a saint that I would know.Lou: Well, I just live by my mother's adage, “Kill people with kindness.” So that's what I try.Announcer: And Lou knows her customers, what everybody orders.Lou: They order meals with a very juicy cheese pizza.Announcer: She started at Nicolosi's in January of 1960, when Eisenhower was president.Lou: The Stones, with a pizza--half pepperoni, half cheese.Announcer: So what do these ladies order?Lou: Soup and salad.Announcer: Let's see if she's right.Lady 1: I'm going to have the soup and salad.Lou: Soup and salad, OK...The Browns? Raviolis mixed, half order is baked.Announcer: Lou has no plans to retire, shows no signs of slowing down.Lady 2: There's nothing to say about Lou except she's absolutely wonderful.Lou: The Johnsons, three specials, one heated, and the other one, no onions.Lady 3: If Lou's on duty, we always get Lou's tables, and if not we complain, and we get a table someplace else and Lou takes care of us.Announcer: She is a woman who loves her job, and her customers love her. They'll be back. Lou will be here. |
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