Randall: Hi Faith. Do you have a minute?
Faith: Sure. What’s up?
Randall: Well, I just wanted to go over the schedule for Wednesday’s orientation meeting to make sure everything is ready.
Faith: Okay. Here’s a copy of the tentative schedule. [Okay.] Now, the registration starts at 8:30 [Alright.] and goes until 9:15. [Alright.] Then, the orientation meeting will commence at 9:30.
Randall: Okay. Now, we had planned originally for the meeting to go until 10:30, but now we have someone from the international center coming to speak to the students on extracurricular activities, so how about ending the meeting around 11:00?
Faith: Fine. And, uh, then students will take the placement tests from 11:15 until noon, [Okay.] followed by a twenty-minute break before lunch. [Okay.] And, immediately after lunch, we have reserved a campus shuttle to give students a forty-five-minute tour starting at 1:30. [Oh. Okay.] We want to show students around the university, including the union building, the library, and the student services building.
Randall: Great. Now, how about the oral interviews?
Faith: Well, we’re planning to start them at 2:15.
Randall: Oh, well, teachers are going to be up to their ears in preparations, and they’ll be hard-pressed to start then.
Faith: Okay, let’s get things rolling around 2:45.
Randall: Okay, here, let me jot that down. Uh, could you grab a pen off my desk?
Faith: Right. Finding anything on your desk is like finding a needle in a haystack. [Oh, it’s not that bad.] Here, use mine.
Randall: Okay. And we’ll need 150 copies of this program guide by then.
Faith: Hey. That’s a tall order on such short notice! How about lending me a hand to put things together by this afternoon [Okay.] so we don’t have to worry about them?
Randall: Okay. And I think the manager has given the green light to go ahead and use the more expensive paper and binding for the guides this time.
Faith: Okay. So the interviews will go from 2:45 until, let’s say, 4:30. [Okay.] I hope we can wrap things up by 5:00.
Randall: Great. And I think the bottom line is to keep things running smoothly throughout the day.
Faith: I agree. I’ll pass this schedule by the director for a final look.