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y’know, possible issues with any of them. I asked their respective deans for
feedback, and I found out that Steven, the younger one, drinks a bit.
Dir. A: So, he has a problem with alcohol?
Dir. B: No, he never drinks to excess, but at the bar he’s often expressed his
intention of moving on, of teaching abroad.
Dir. A: Ah, he’s not stable.
Dir. B: Not stable at all, apparently. We’ll never know for how long he’ll hold the
job.
Dir. A: We need stable personnel, and people without family problems, or sick
relatives, like the last guy we promoted. What about Abdul then? Will he do?
Dir. B: He might do, except his English language ability is limited. It’s functional,
but a bit broken, and meaning is sometimes lost. That’s not the problem with the
next candidate, Lek, who has good language ability, but this job involves handling
people, and his dean says Lek’s attitude is bad.
Dir. A: In what way?
Dir. B: His manners are okay, and he’s interested in his job, but he believes there
should always be adequate leisure in life. He definitely won’t work overtime and
complains a lot already about his job, but this last candidate, Oscar, is probably not
the right one, either.
Dir. A: Why not? Not another problem with language?
Dir. B: His first language isn’t English, but he speaks it well enough. He’s stable,
with a good attitude, but his age is the problem.
Dir. A: Age is not a problem. That would be ageism, and I don’t believe in that.
Dir. B: But with his age comes health problems as well, and serious ones at that.
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Dir. A: Oh, that might be an issue then.