<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>0:09 but yeah we should do some beaches and um did you know john's gone into police college tut yeah <{><[>i did yeah <[>yeah you were there <.>when yeah that's right it was already been said then eh mm cos um he's <.>going he starts on monday oh right and jenny will be extremely lonely mm they're away in the sounds at the moment they might be getting back tonight actually i'm not sure oh yeah <.>but <,,> yes i think <.>that that'll be quite a hard time for her actually yeah you know so it's lucky she's got lots of work on but i think we should try and do lots with <{1><[1>her cos she'll have a hard time being alone for a while <{2><[2>you know <,> and that's not meant to sound so patronising as it probably <{3><[3>does <[1>yeah <[2>yeah yeah <[3>oh but you know yeah i know what you mean cos it WILL be real shock for her <{><[>cos they just spend all their time time together don't they <[>yeah mm <&>1:00 i mean in ways it will be good and she said that herself yeah it will be good cos she'll have to get off her bum a bit more or something mm but so it'll be pretty tough yeah harder for him i suppose no but it's <.>not it's not harder for him because he's got so much <{><[>going on and it's what he's always wanted to do and stuff <[>yeah exactly yeah and for her it's just the same old life <.>and only without him <.>so right interesting <{1><[1>anyway but she's got more work at stats <{2><[2>so that's good and she's got forty hours or something now <.>so <[1>mm <[2>oh yeah oh right cos she was going to come up to opotere with us for a few days mhm cos you know she goes up to auckland to visit her father <{1><[1><.>a all the time and he can give her plane flights to auckland for twenty dollars or <{2><[2>something laughs and um clears throat excuse me but um she couldn't take the holiday <.>the <.>th three days or whatever or five days um so soon after having taken <.>n new year's <&>2:00 holiday <{3><[3>for going to the sounds so never mind i gave jenny a christmas present i never give jenny christmas presents <{4><[4>we've never ever given each ever given each other a christmas present in the years and years that we've known each other cos i was at the warehouse when i was working in toys i noticed these play archery sets <[1>oh yep <[2>laughs <[3>oh right <[4>laughs laughs so i got one <{><[>for her and pete you know they're doing archery lessons <[>laughs no they were doing archery <{1><[1>lessons at varsity laughs so um packaged it all up and made it for jennifer and jonathon doesn't that sound funny <{2><[2><.>jonathon jonathon and jennifer jennifer and jonathon it just sounds <{3><[3>your absolute sort of khandallah kelburn couple <[1>laughs <[2>yeah voc <[3>jennifer and jonathon voc yeah you know what i mean which they will be cos they ARE from khandallah and kelburn laughs isn't that <.>terrib oh yuk laughs yeah but they won't be like that god when did they start archery archery um well jenny was saying that they wanted to do it and stuff and then i got that <&>3:00 spring into summer <{><[>recreation thing there <[>oh yeah right and um i said to jenny oh look there's an archery course here and she said oh is there so they went and enrolled that same day laughs and it <.>was started in december or november or <{><[>something <,> it was a six week or eight week course or something like that <[>oh yeah mm four week maybe i can't figure it out voc i can't believe i've only got one more day at the warehouse it's so good laughs <{><[>like mcdonald's isn't it <[>one day yeah you're just so dying to get out of there laughs yeah i almost think mcdonald's is better do you no at least at the warehouse you get a few different things to do and you get to talk to people occasionally mm that's why i like being at um brooklyn with <.>those being on my OWN cos when i went down to courtenay place i was okay there cos the boss wasn't there but he's a real DICK and if he'd been there it would have been just like mcdonald's yeah exactly <{><[>it is eh <[>and <.>he's he worked his way up from having a parttime job while he was at <&>4:00 university and he's now the <{><[>word <[>oh YOU could do that yeah <{><[>i know <[>laughs you could be a manager of a video store and spend your life in boredom yeah <,> laughs so yeah he was real into the family values bit you know oh really <.>and great big happy <{><[>word <[>smile and ask if they'd like a drink with that <{1><[1>laughs would you like some popcorn <{2><[2>with your movie should try it eh no i was talking to this guy um who's from knox <[1>laughs <[2>yeah mhm um mark and he's um living in wellington for the summer cos he's being a lawyer oh yeah working as a summer law clerk lucky bastard anyway he um he used to work at tauranga mcdonald's and like he was a crew trainer and assistant this and <{1><[1>worked his way up you know wow what a hero and um he said that he used <.>to cos i was talking about that suggestive selling you know how they always used <{2><[2>to tell me off for not being suggestive <{3><[3>enough and um he said he used to go to people um when they bought like a small coke he'd say um would you like a twenty four pack of chicken mcnuggets <{4><[4>with that or would you like eight big macs and four cheeseburgers with that <{5><[5>laughs and just take the piss which i think is really good <{6><[6>laughs you know i <{7><[7>mean you can get so SICK of being asked if they <{8><[8>want a drink just say NO or i would have said i <{9><[9>wanted one or whatever sniffs <[1>yeah <[2>yeah <[3>laughs <&>5:00 <[4>laughs <[5>laughs <[6>laughs <[7>yeah <[8>oh i know <[9>yeah oh i <.>was i was in um the manners street one the other day and there was a girl there who had a little sticker on her badge saying six years and she was STILL a regular crew person OH <{><[>no how would you feel laughs GOD <[>laughs yeah laughs yeah imagine the shame of it <{><[>i bet she worked fulltime too <,> it would be so horrible <[>laughs mm i remember all those mcdonald's people all going to us on our first day voc how look you know i know you'll all be feeling really nervous about this and <{1><[1>everything but just think just look at all of us we all started out how <&>6:00 you all were <{2><[2>you can all work you way out to be what we are and we all thought oh my <{3><[3>god i don't WANT this job laughs horrible i'd hate to work there <[1>laughs <[2>voc <[3>voc laughs yeah i mean but you've always got to keep it as a last resort sort of eh <{1><[1>it's the sort of thing if i can't get a holiday job i'm going to HAVE to work at mcdonald's so <.>you so you try really hard <{2><[2>to get a job <[1>yeah i know <[2>yeah yeah <,> yeah you try exceptionally hard but natalie and i are going to have to look for some work when we get back we're coming back <{><[>on about the twenty sixth or twenty seventh <[>right mhm so we're going to have to look for work <.>from for about three weeks oh right which will be a bit of a problem three weeks <{><[>yeah <[>be quite hard i think <,> i think we'll just go to student job search every day yeah cos there mustn't be so many people there anymore anyway people have sort of given up yeah or got jobs yeah you could try places which would like have people going away on holiday all the time you <&>7:00 know who just NEED somebody for three weeks or so yeah exactly i <.>mean i can't really think of any places <{><[>except <[>yeah <,,> i <.>was i mean i was just thinking even the video shop but they <.>probably i mean it takes about a week to train you so they <{><[>probably <.>wouldn't <[>what do you have to be trained to do oh just the computer system <{><[>just on the computer when you start <[>oh yeah oh yeah what happens if you get um wonder what's happening now do you ring someone yeah ring up courtenay place <.>or oh yeah karori or something do you often have to ring them up and say hello it's marianne here from johnsonville video i mean not johnsonville from <{1><[1>brooklyn video centre and i was wondering if you've got this tape <{2><[2>cos that's what i had to spend my day doing today saying it's virginia here from wellington warehouse and i wanted the three man hiker tent <[1>no <[2>yeah laughs laughs and i always go i always make them write on the ticket three PERSON <{1><[1>hiker tent laughs well i thought i might as well have a little bit of <{2><[2>fun laughs you know i say NO write three PERSON <{3><[3>laughs as if i've got any <&>8:00 got any authority at all but they usually do if i tell them to sniffs we um had to watch the staff video today <[1>laughs <[2>yeah laughs <[3>laughs voc of the warehouse news like with pictures of the nelson one burning down and stuff <{1><[1>laughs and um and then it had this thing about new stores opening and they had deborah on the video <{2><[2>they had the <.>vi and <.>sh you saw her packing a bag <{3><[3>laughs i thought it was so funny <{4><[4>i've sent her a fax saying she's a big star <[1>laughs <[2>oh no <[3>laughs <[4>yeah laughs laughs god i don't know they think that that's all motivational stuff but it just makes you think it's even <{><[>worse <[>yeah oh the warehouse isn't THAT bad with <.>i it's not like mcdonald's like i remember the thing about how <.>to how to cook a bloody hamburger and they'd <{><[>go sauce please um no dress please john <[>yeah laughs okay dress thanks hilda <{><[>and they'd all smile and smile <.>and and um every time they <.>s like what <&>9:00 do you say you say fries please or whatever <[>laughs mhm they'd go fries please eileen and then big smile and the person would go okay here's your fries mark <{1><[1>and always use their name name <{2><[2>and they were always so relaxed and when normally you go give me the FUCKING chips <{3><[3>laughs and you're getting burns burns <{4><[4>up your arm and <.>you <,> you show your battle scars <{5><[5>god so when are you <.>next are you going back to downstage to do some programmes soon or <{6><[6>what <[1>laughs <[2>yeah <[3>laughs <[4>yeah laughs <[5>mm <[6>yes on thursday oh yeah so you must have gone monday tuesday wednesday now um oh <.>i <.>i got a bit mixed up with christmas and stuff and <{><[>then i had to swap shifts last week tut <[>oh oh <.>so tough laughs mhm so how many hours a week are you getting in total now do you know um <,,> at the bank it would usually be about clears throat maybe eight <{1><[1>um about voc twelve or thirteen at the video shop and half an hour at downstage <{2><[2>laughs <[1>oh yeah <&>10:00 <[2>laughs well that's not bad eh that's sort of a half time <{><[>half a full time week <[>yeah yeah at least you have some TIME to yourself yeah except don't you find that you just sort of do nothing in that <{1><[1>time cos that's what i found working at the warehouse in the evenings i <.>just it wrote off the days for me <{2><[2>i never had any energy <{3><[3>to go through the days <&>10:27 <[1>yep i know <[2>yeah <[3>yeah