つかえる英会話Daily / Travel

C: Honey, you look exhausted. What are they doing to you at work?

P: We’re still short-staffed, and to make things worse, Jason’s
on extended sick leave as of this week, so our workloads have
increased even more.

C: Surely the management realise how understaffed you are? I mean,
how can they expect you all to get through the same amount of
work when you’re two people short?

P: The thing is they don’t see the problem because the rest of us
have managed to cope by working our guts out. Nobody takes
breaks anymore, and if you do take a lunch break, you feel like
you’re letting the team down.

C: You mean you don’t eat lunch?

P: We do ? just at our desks while we work. There’s so much work
to do that we even feel guilty stopping to chat to each other.

C: That’s outrageous! They can’t make you work all day without a
break! You guys have to get together and talk to your management.
If this situation goes on, you’re only going to get even more
stressed and run-down.

P: Yeah, you’re right. I think we’re going to have to speak up
about this. I don’t think I can take it much more.