The Office - What Do You Do? #Intermediate
A: Oh, look, there’s Caroline and her boyfriend. She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.
B: Oh, man...
C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.
A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.
B: Hey, how’s it going?
D: Hello.
A: Caroline talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.
D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily operations of our quality control for the entire East Coast that alone means I have 1500 employees under me.
B: Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.
D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?
B: Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!
Key Vocabulary
go on about - talk about something a lot
Fortune 500 - top 500 companies, rated by revenue
implement - begin to do something, put into action
responsible - have the duty or job of taking care of something
nationwide - in the whole country
look after - take care of
oversee - watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly
quality control - checking goods to make sure that they are good enough to sell
under me - working for me
Supplementary Vocabulary
develop relationships - make good relationships
handle complaints - look after or take care of complaints
coordinate - make arrangements or plans with a group of people
monitor - watch and check
supervise - be in charge of something , watch and direct
ensure - make sure
