A Double-Booked Dispute

Joe and Samantha, senior software engineers, are waiting in an online meeting room for their manager, Marcus, to join.

A Double-Booked Dispute

Listen and choose the right answer

What was the main reason Joe and Samantha originally joined the call?

• To have their weekly sprint planning session with Marcus
• To complain about each other to their manager privately
• To discuss the marketing team's logo redesign

What annoying habit does Joe complain about regarding Samantha?

• She always merges major features late on Friday evenings.
• She constantly ignores his Slack messages on weekends.
• She refuses to participate in design discussions.

What do Joe and Samantha realize about their manager, Marcus?

• He has quit the company without telling them.
• He probably double-booked them on purpose so they would talk.
• He is currently in a meeting with the marketing department.

How does the conversation end?

• They agree to wait for Marcus to mediate their conflict.
• They both decide to resign from the company immediately.
• They resolve their issues, bury the hatchet, and leave the call.

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Samantha: Hi Joe. Yes, I'm waiting for him too. To be completely honest, I also scheduled this 1-on-1 specifically to ____ about you.
• Joe: Really? Because I'm here for the exact same reason! We constantly ____ , and it's starting to get on my nerves.
• Samantha: Well, I didn't want to ____ my frustration anymore. You keep leaving these incredibly nitpicky, annoying comments on my pull requests.
• Joe: It's a personality ____ , clearly. You think I'm micromanaging, but I'm just trying to keep our production environment safe and clean.
• Samantha: It's more than that. It feels like a constant battle, and Marcus was supposed to ____ this conflict weeks ago.

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