Small Talk

 

 

Small Talk

 

 

 

 

 

 

âžĸ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§‹ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ!

âžĸ Hope to see you again!

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ⧋!

âžĸ It’s been good talking to you!

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇āϛ⧇! āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹

âžĸ It was nice seeing you! Take care

 

âžĸ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āϰ⧇āĻ–ā§‹!

âžĸ Keep in touch!

 

âžĸ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ!

âžĸ See you in a couple of minutes!

 

âžĸ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇

âžĸ OK, I’m sorry but I have to leave now

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϟāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇

âžĸ I’d better be going

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ“āχ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϞ⧋

âžĸ I don’t know how he got that job

 

âžĸ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ

âžĸ That’s a cushy number

 

âžĸ āĻ“āϟāĻž āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϝ⧇āϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦā§‹ āύāĻž

âžĸ That’s one job I wouldn’t do

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇

âžĸ See you around

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻĒāĻžāχ āύāĻž

âžĸ We’re not paid enough

 

âžĸ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϤāĻžāĻŽ!

âžĸ Wish I had her job!

 

âžĸ āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡

âžĸ It’s so boring

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇?

âžĸ Can you cover me?

 

âžĸ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŽāĻĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ—āĻžāĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻ›āĻŋ!

âžĸ Had a few drinks so I’m flying under the radar!

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ- āĻ—āϤāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻŋ

âžĸ I’m tired – I got no sleep last night

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇?

âžĸ You working the weekend?

 

âžĸ āφāϜāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšā§Ÿ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ—āĻžāĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋!

âžĸ Better keep the head down today!

 

âžĸ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“!

âžĸ All work and no play!

 

âžĸ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āφāϛ⧇?

âžĸ Anything new going on?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ›ā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“ āĻāϟāĻž!

âžĸ Leave it to me!

 

âžĸ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋

âžĸ Just bear with me for a moment

 

âžĸ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ I’ll be with you in a minute

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ!

âžĸ Sorry for keeping you waiting!

 

âžĸ āϜāύ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?

âžĸ Jhon speaking, how can I help you?

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇…

âžĸ You see, the thing is that…

 

âžĸ āĻ“āϟāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšā§Ÿ!

âžĸ That’d be great!

 

âžĸ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ

âžĸ Well, let’s see how to put it in the right words

 

âžĸ āĻ“āϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ

âžĸ That’s a good question

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāϜāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧋!

âžĸ You’ve got to be kidding me!

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ› (āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāρāĻšā§‡ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋)

âžĸ You got me there

 

âžĸ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž, āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ Never mind, forget what I just said

 

âžĸ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž, āϏāĻŦ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇!

âžĸ Never mind, it’s fine!

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇…

âžĸ Well, to be honest with youâ€Ļ

 

âžĸ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻžāϖ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇…

âžĸ Frankly speaking…

 

âžĸ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋ? āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰ⧋ āĻŦāϞ⧋ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇!

âžĸ Really? Tell me more about it!

 

âžĸ āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ (āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ• / āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ)!

âžĸ That’s a good one!

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύ⧋?

âžĸ How do you know?

 

âžĸ āĻ“āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§‹ āύāĻž

âžĸ Can’t argue with that

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇!

âžĸ Good for you!

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāϤāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ…

âžĸ As far as I know…

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇…

âžĸ To the best of my knowledgeâ€Ļ

 

âžĸ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž?

âžĸ And how about you?

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇?

âžĸ Can you slow it down a bit, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻāϟāĻž?

âžĸ Can you say it again, please?

 

âžĸ āĻšāĻžāχ, āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ? āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ⧋!

âžĸ Hi, how are you doing? It’s good to see you!

 

âžĸ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āφāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Thanks for asking. I’m fine. how are you?

 

âžĸ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇

âžĸ Thanks, I’ve been keeping busy

 

âžĸ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϤāĻžāϤ⧇…?

âžĸ â€Ļif that’s alright with you?

 

âžĸ āĻ“āϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ?

âžĸ How’s that sound for you?

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ?

âžĸ Where are you?

 

âžĸ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āϰ⧋!

âžĸ Help yourself!

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ

âžĸ Sorry, I didn’t catch that

 

âžĸ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇?

âžĸ Is everything OK?

 

âžĸ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋…

âžĸ OK, here’s the thing â€Ļ

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāϛ⧋?

âžĸ Have you been keeping busy?

 

âžĸ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āύ⧇āχ!

âžĸ Long time no see!

 

âžĸ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ?

âžĸ What’s up?

 

âžĸ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āφāϛ⧇?

âžĸ What’s new?

 

âžĸ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧋?

âžĸ You doing OK?

 

âžĸ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦ?

âžĸ How are you getting on?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇?

âžĸ Have we met before?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇āχ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ!

âžĸ I almost didn’t recognize you!

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇…

âžĸ Please, call meâ€Ļ

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āϜāύāϕ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ!

âžĸ I’ll leave you two to get acquainted!

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋāχ āϏ⧇! āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚ⧟āχ…

âžĸ I am indeed! And you must beâ€Ļ

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ!

âžĸ I’d like you to meet someone!

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ⧋!

âžĸ It’s good to have you here!

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ I’ve heard so much about you

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ

âžĸ I’m so pleased to meet you

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?

âžĸ I’ll leave you two to get acquainted!