the work chronicles: how to use a radio

foremina is an expert radio user.  she knows exactly who to call about exactly the right issues. 
we all have been taking lessons from her.

lesson #1
foremina:  foremina to important guy
important guy:  go ahead.
foremina:  important guy, we have an issue here at the top of chute.  we are out of dry erase markers, and i really need you to come up here right away to replace them so i can write an obsolete message on the marker board.
important guy:  .......
foremina:  do you copy that, important guy???
important guy:  ....yes.


put into use:
(goggles loves to wear his goggles.  even when he is inside.  he's one of my favorites, because he likes to build igloos.)
goggles:  important guy, this is goggles
important guy:  go ahead
goggles:  ummmmmm, i just found a mouse in a bucket at the top of sundance, and i just wondered what you thought i should do with it.
important guy:  .....put it outside?
goggles:  well, i thought i should just put it outside.  do you agree that that is the best possible option?
important guy: ...yes
goggles:  copy that!  i'm going to just put the mouse that is in the bucket outside.

lesson #2
foremina:  foremina to top of chute
tope of chute:  go ahead
foremina:  i'm at the bottom of virginian and i can see shovel bumping chairs from the wrong side of the chair, and that's not very safe because he can't reach the stop button in case someone falls of the chair.
top of chute: .....ok...?
foremina:  so can you call the bottom of chute, which is where shovel is and tell him that he has to be on the right side of the chair to bump.
top of chute:  ......yes.

put into use:
me:  important guy, this is top of sundance
important guy:  yes?
me:  well, i'm closing at the top of sundance today and i have never closed before, so could you just verify that the way that you close the life is to turn the switch from "on" to "off"?
important guy:  ....that's correct.
me:  thank you!  and also, we have a serious issue.
important guy:  yes?
me:  the dry erase marker is dry and we need a replacement, stat!
important guy:  ....i'll get right on that...

us lifties have to band together and learn from everyone else's examples!