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ESL Podcast 804 – Dealing with Time Changes in Scheduling
ESL Podcast 804 – Dealing with Time Changes in Scheduling
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Business
Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:10
Explanations: 3:39
Fast dialogue: 17:20
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Danny: Don’t bother looking for next
year’s meeting calendar. I’m still
working on it.
Tessa: What’s taking so long?
Danny: This is my first time scheduling all of
the major meetings for this company and I’m
getting thrown off by all of the things
I
have to keep in mind. For instance,
our bylaws say that we have to have a
management meeting every 60 days. This is
a leap year, so do I have to take
that into account?
Tessa: That’s a tough one. I’m not sure.
Danny: And what about daylight saving
time? I have to remember when clocks
will be set ahead and back.
Tessa: That’s easy. My high school teacher
taught us to remember it with a simple phrase:
“fall back and spring ahead.”
Danny: Okay, but that doesn’t help me with
dates. Apparently, daylight saving time
changes on different dates in different
countries. And I
have to factor in time zones to set
the time for each meeting, with meeting times
that work for each international office that will
be
participating.
Tessa: You’re right, it’s a tall order,
but you do know that someone has done this
before? You don’t have to reinvent the
wheel.
Danny: Yeah, Carl set the meeting calendar last
year, but he left the company last month.
Tessa: Can’t you just take last year’s meeting
calendar and fudge it?
Danny: Why do you think Carl is no longer with
the company?
Tessa: Ah.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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