Barely awake on a Tuesday morning, Shikon dials the phone number of the conference call and realizes he’s the only one on time. He starts making his coffee while waiting for the rest of the team. “Hey!” a voice suddenly resonates from his phone’s speaker. “I’m so sorry I’m late!” […]
Industries
37 posts
As Roland opens up Teams for an online management meeting several minutes late, he notices that Donald, his boss, as well as Mika, the dispatcher, are talking about their weekend. “Morning,” says Roland. “Sorry for being late.” Donald stays silent and immobile for a few seconds, then says “did you […]
After finally deciding to get some external help, Janice is waiting in her office for Brice, the advisor, to arrive. Just as she opens her drawer to put the stapler away, Brice knocks at the door. Janice closes the drawer, stands up and after opening the door says “hey Brice, […]
Gina, a small construction company owner, is at the bank discussing with Morgan, the banker, a loan to finance the acquisition of a new backhoe. “So, we said that your budget for the equipment is one hundred and fifty thousand,” says Morgan. “Is that correct?” “Yep,” says Gina. “Alright,” continues […]
“You think it’s worth it?” asks Malenia, Ripple Construction’s president, to her partner, Alina. “I mean, they’re saying it is, and they’re experts…” Alina immediately raises her eyebrow and answers “well, that’s exactly the problem. Since we’re not experts, how do we know that what they’re saying is true?” “Right,” […]
Rachel barges in her boss’s office and starts a monologue without even a greeting. “Malik, we need a new truck. I’m tired of driving Bill around and the truck I have keeps breaking down. It’s at the garage at least once a month. This can’t continue or I’m going to […]
It’s the beginning of the year and Sasha is about to start working on the books for the previous year. As a small business owner who has been active for less than a year, Sasha has no prior training in bookkeeping. “Alright,” she says as she opens her QuickBooks, “let’s […]
“So,” shoots Mika as soon as Chelsea, the integrator, walks in, “what do we do next?” “You’re asking me?” she immediately replies. “I thought you were supposed to manage this project.” “Well, yeah, but you know where you’re at,” he refutes. “Fine,” she says. “Last week we finalized the connection […]
The day is March 3rd and Ahmed walks into his admin Catherine’s office. “Good morning, Cath,” he says with a smile. “How are you today?” “Oh, hi, Ahmed,” she replies while shuffling papers and staring and her computer screen. “I’m good, I’m good.” “You sure?” he insists. “Yeah, yeah,” she […]
On a Monday morning, John walks into the morning meeting late as per his habit. Billy, Simon and Camilla are already seated and talking about the weekend. As soon as John sits down, Billy stops mid-sentence and says to John “Morning partner, how is it going?” John opens his folder […]