The Office – What Do You Do?

A: Oh, look, there’s Veronica and her boyfriend. She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.

B: Oh, man…

C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.

A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.

B: Hey, how’s it going?

D: Hello.

A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.

D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily operations of quality control for the entire East Coast. That alone means I have fifteen hundred employees under me!

B: Wow, yeah… that sounds exciting.

D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?

B: Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!

Key Vocabulary

go on about : talk about something a lot

Fortune 500 : top 500 companies, rated by revenue

implement : begin to do something, put into action

responsible : have the duty or job of taking care of some thing

nationwide :in the whole country

look after : take care of

oversee : watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly

quality control : checking goods to make sure that they are good  enough to sell

under me : working for me

sleigh : large, open vehicle that is pulled by horses over snow or ice

Supplementary Vocabulary

develop relationships : make good relationships

handle complaints : look after or take care of complaints

coordinate : make arrangements or plans with a group of  people

monitor : watch and check

supervise : be in charge of something , watch and direct

ensure : make sure