dialogue 1
m: can you have the briefs from the anderson firm's lawyer on my desk by tomorrow morning. there are quite a few very time sensitive matters with this case. i'm afraid i can't wait any longer.
f: getting those anderson briefs has been harder than you can imagine. i have tried to contact their lawyer many times. but every time i call, his secretary says he’s in a meeting or out of the office or away on business. i am beginning to think he is trying to avoid me.
m: that's highly possible. he knows if we miss our filing deadline, we don’t stand a chance to compete against them for the bid. try to get a hold of him again. give him a call and see if he can fax them first thing.
f: what if i can't speak to him directly?
m: ask his secretary to fax them. its the same thing. have them faxed over with a copy also faxed to martin’s office.
f: how do i find martin’s fax number? is he in your rollerdesk?
m: no, but you can also call their office and ask the secretary to give you their fax number. i’ll email you their office number later today.
f: ok, i'll get on it first thing.
m: be sure you do, i need those briefs asap
dialogue 2
m:did you put this morning's faxes on my desk?i'm waiting for some urgent faxes from headquaters,i'm pretty sure they came in last night.
f:evething that came in the office fax machine last night is all on your desk,but i noticed that some of faxes came through pretty blurred,maybe you take a look at them,if the copy is unreadble,i'll call then and ask them to refax.
m:yeah,you're going to have to call them and get them to be refax. these copies are so dark. i can't make out any of the words.
f:what about that one?
m:this one?this one is so light and i can barely read it. how can that be?
f:you know, i think the fax machine is out of toner. i can change the toner cartridge. that should solve the problem.
m:yes,but this one will have to be refaxed as well. and look, there's about 3 pages missing. it looks like the fax machine ate half of my important faxes,and ones that made it through are so blurred or too light. they are unreadable.
f:i guess the fax machine is out of paper too. don't worry,i'll have someone look at it this afternoon,and in the meantime,i'll have your documents refaxed to our other fax machine.