Reception

 

 

Reception

 

 

 

 

 

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϰāχāϞ

âžĸ You are cordially invited

 

âžĸ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?

âžĸ What’s your name?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĨ¤

âžĸ My name is Patricia.

 

âžĸ āĻļ⧁āĻ­ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ, āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?

âžĸ Good afternoon, sir. How can I help you?

 

âžĸ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ

âžĸ Thank you for your time

 

âžĸ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧāϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāύāϟāĻž āϧāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ (āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ)

âžĸ Hang on a moment. I’ll put you through

 

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

âžĸ Could you repeat that, please?

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Could you speak a little more slowly, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Would you mind spelling that for me, please?

 

âžĸ āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻĢā§‹āύ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—āϟāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

âžĸ I’m afraid the line is quite bad

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāω āĻ‡ā§ŸāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ I am calling from New York

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāσ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ I’m calling on behalf of Mr. Clerk

 

âžĸ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋, āĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāύ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ Hello, this is Hasan speaking

 

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

âžĸ Lily speaking, how may I help you?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ?

âžĸ Can I ask whom I’m speaking to, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Where are you calling from?

 

âžĸ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻžāĻŽ / āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ?

âžĸ Is that definitely the right name/number?

 

âžĸ āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϜ?

âžĸ Who’s calling, please?

 

âžĸ āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Who’s speaking?

 

âžĸ āϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž?

âžĸ Who is it?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ?

âžĸ Whom am I speaking to?

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Could you hold on a moment, please?

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧāϰ⧁āύ

âžĸ Just a moment, please

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ

âžĸ Hold the line, please

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ I’ll just put you through

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ

âžĸ I’ll just transfer you now

 

âžĸ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϧāϰ⧁āύ

âžĸ Hold on a minute

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇āχ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϚāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇?

âžĸ That line is engaged at the moment. Could you call back later, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϜāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āύ āύāĻŋ

âžĸ I’m sorry, he’s out of the office today

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāϤ⧋ āϭ⧁āϞ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĄāĻžā§ŸāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ

âžĸ You may have dialed the wrong number

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦāχ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāχ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϕ⧇āω āύ⧇āχ

âžĸ I’m afraid there’s no one here by that name

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž

âžĸ I’m afraid I can’t hear you very well

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Would you mind speaking up a bit, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϤ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇?

âžĸ I’m afraid my English isn’t very good. Could you speak slowly, please?

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“āϟāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻŋ

âžĸ Sorry, I didn’t catch that

 

âžĸ āĻ“āϟāĻž āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇?

âžĸ Say that again, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?

âžĸ Can I leave a message, please?

 

âžĸ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āϧāϰ⧁āύ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ One moment, please – I’m putting you through

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āχāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ•?

âžĸ Would you like to leave a message?

 

âžĸ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϛ⧇?

âžĸ Does she have your number?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡ āĻļ⧁āύāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ Let me read that back to you

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧇āχ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ I’ll call you back a little later

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāϛ⧇āύ

âžĸ I’m sorry, she’s on another call

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āύāĻžāϟāĻžāϞāĻŋ āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇

âžĸ I’m sorry, Natalie has left for the day

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āύ⧇āχ

âžĸ I’m sorry, she’s not available at the moment

 

âžĸ āύāĻž, āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ (āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ)āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻŦā§‹

âžĸ No, thanks. I’ll call back later

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧁āύ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇

âžĸ Please, ask him to call me back

 

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

âžĸ Well, it was nice talking with you

 

âžĸ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ

âžĸ Thanks for calling

 

âžĸ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§‹

âžĸ I’ll get in touch in a couple of days.

 

âžĸ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇?

âžĸ How’s it going?

 

âžĸ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻŋ

âžĸ Sorry, I didn’t catch what you just said

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ?

âžĸ Could you tell him that I called, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻž āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇?

âžĸ May I have your name, please?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻ˛ā§āĻĄā§‡ (āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āύāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž) āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?

âžĸ Can I put you on hold for a minute?

 

âžĸ āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāωāύ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ This is John Brown speaking

 

âžĸ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ

âžĸ Thank you for holding

 

âžĸ āĻāĻ• āϏ⧇āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āϧāϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ Hang on one second. I’ll get him

 

âžĸ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇? āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ•āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āφāĻ›āĻŋ

âžĸ Can you please hold for a minute? I have another call

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§‹ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϞ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ

âžĸ I’ll let him know you called

 

âžĸ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ

âžĸ Thanks for calling. Bye for now

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžā§œāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ–āύ

âžĸ I have to let you go now

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāχ

âžĸ I need to speak to John

 

âžĸ āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇

âžĸ Is it possible to speak to John?

 

âžĸ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāύ⧇ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Do you mind waiting a few minutes?

 

âžĸ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧇ (āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ) āφāϛ⧇āύ / āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ?

âžĸ Could I ask what company you’re with?

 

âžĸ āĻ“āϟāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āĻĻ⧟āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇?

âžĸ How do you spell that, please?