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llbereviewingCorinneMaier'

sFrenchbestsellerBonjourParesse--whichtranslatesintoEnglishasHelloLaziness.Maier'

sbook,HelloLaziness,takesahumorouslookatthecorporateworkplace,andencouragesreaderstodoaslittleaspossiblewhenthey'

reatwork.JoiningmetodiscussthebookareDavidSorenson,ajournalistforCityTithesmagazine,andMarcPryce,aprofessorofsocialpsychologyatBowerUniversitySo,let'

sstartwithMaier'

sopinioninHelloLazinessthatweworkbecausewehaveto--becauseweneedthemoney,notbecausemostofusloveout'

jobs.David,whatareyourthoughtsaboutthis?

David:

Icompletelyagreewiththat....Imean,thefactis,mostofusdogotoworkforthepaycheck...notbecauseweloveourjobs...weneedmoneytolive.yntbia:

Areyouspeakingfrompersonalexperience?

Ohabsolutely!

Whohasn'

tfeltthisway--especiallyifyou'

veworkedinaboringjobwithlittlechanceofadvancement?

...Anyway,IthoughtthatMaierdealtwiththesubjectofofficeworkinaverywitty,amusingwayinherbook.1laughedoutloudseveraltimeswhilereadingit.

Canyougiveusanexample?

Ofwhatmademelaugh?

Well,forinstance,shegivesallofthesewonderfultipsfordoingaslittleaspossibleatwork--thingslikepretendingtobeasmokersothatyoucantakefrequentfive-minutebreaks.

That'

sagoodone.

...Or...um...hidingamagazineinsidealargeworkmanual.

Right,hertipswerefunny...Sowhataboutyou,Marc?

Whatdidyouthinkofthebook?

Marc:

Well,inplaces,itwashumorous,noquestion.Butoverall,Ifoundittoberathernegative--inspiteofthehumor.

Whatbotheredyouaboutthebook?

Canyouthinkofaspecificexample?

Well,onethingMaiersaysinherbookistobenicetotemporaryworkers.Why?

Becausetheyaretheonlyoneswhodoanyrealwork.Inotherwords,theotherpeopleinthecompanyarealljustmodern-dayslaves...Theyaren'

tdoinganythingmeaningful.

NowIthinkthat'

sprettyfunny.

Andthenthere'

sanothertipfromtheauthor:

Neveracceptapositionofresponsibility.Shesaysthatyou'

lljusthavetoworkextrahardforlittlemoney.Insteadofencouragingpeopletofigureoutwhatelsetheycouldbedoingwiththeirlives,shetellsthemit'

sbettertojustgoofoffatwork.1didn'

treallyfindthatveryfunny,1guess.

Yes,butMaierisbeingironic,Marc...

Iknowwhatyou'

resaying,David,butwhatI'

mgettingatisthatMaier'

sbookencouragespeopletojustgiveup.Sheclaimsthatit'

spointlesstotrytochangethingsintheworkplace...youknow,thatyoucanbereplacedbyanotherpersonatanytime.Hermessageisthatyoucan'

tgetaheadintoday'

sworkplace,andyou'

llprobablybelaidoffeventually,sowhybother.

Yes,butMaierwasn'

ttryingtowriteaself-helpbook,Marc.Whenshetellsustogoforthemostuselesspositioninthecompanysothatyouwon'

thavetoworktoohard...well,she'

snotbeingentirelyserious.It'

skindofajoke.

Well,Icanseethatourlistenersaregoingtohavetoreadthebookanddecideforthemselves.Thankyoubothforjoiningustoday.

Track5-1-8

C.Pairwork.Nowlistentothewholeinterview.PayspecialattentiontowhatResendesaidtowardstheendoftheinterview.Whodoyouthinkmayhavesaideachstatementbelow7Writetheperson'

sname.Thencompareyouranswerswithapartnerandgiveyourreasons.

Interviewer:

Whydon'

twestartoffbytalkingalittleabouthowyoudevelopedyourinterestinfoodandcooking?

Resende:

We!

l,foodhasalwaysbeenmypassion.Asachild,!

usedtolovepreparingmealswithmygrandmother,whowasfromBrazil.AndasIgotolder,Ispentalotoftimeinthekitchen,experimentingwithdifferentdishesThaisoups,Germantortes,Italianpastas.

Butyouneverconsideredacareerintheculinaryarts7

Notatall.Youknow,asakid,Igrewuplearningthatapersonwenttocollegeandgotajobinbusiness,law,orsomethinglikethat.Tellingmyparentsthat!

wantedto"

studyfood"

would’vebeenimpossible.Theyneverwouldhaveagreed.

So,fastforwardtothepresent.You'

renowabusinessdevelopmentmanagerforaninternationaltechnologycompany.!

tdoesn'

texactlysoundlikethecareeryoudreamedof.Tellus,howdidTheMediterraneancameintoyourlife?

Aboutthreeyearsago,Imovedintoanapartmentaroundthecornerfromthisstoreit'

salovelylittleplacethatspecializesinimportedfoodfromGreece,Spain,andItaly.There'

sadeliaswell.