well she was telling me about this thing with Oprah .
that she's a new age thing .
and she's a book .
and she has a video blog .
and she's promoting her book after her show .
it's weird .
I'm gonna go online to see what it's all about .
a new age thing ?
yeah like that your own you're your own god .
like this
and stuff like that .
I've heard of those things .
she's into that now ?
I guess .
+ you know and <the other she has a new show about .
she gets like ten people .
mmhm .
and they have to
I don't know what it is .
it it's about basically she give she's giving them money .
or they get millions of dollars or something to donate .
mmhm .
to a charity of their choice .
but that's the whole show .
and I'm like 
+" you're just trying to show and promote that you're trying to donate so much millions of dollars right .
+" you have to promote it and make a thing out of it .
yeah .
+ and then the people who < able are able to raise the thing the the most funds and donate it .
she gives them like ten million dollars or something .
oh .
no .
I'm like that does I'm not interested in that you know .
I don't know .
I think it's getting to her head that she's like
I I think what she does is great .
very influential or something .
it's like Bono you know .
yeah .
pero .
I've never watched Oprah .
whatever .
: and the drama conti(nues)
y Fernando ?
he's good he's good .
I'm leaving on Friday .
ok .
please don't leave .
the chair .
I haven't seen any of the pictures yes !
well maybe they can email it to you right ?
yeah .
you check your email in Nicaragua ?
I rather yeah email it to me .
ok I'll email it .
sorry I keep right
and I saw it today .
(be)cause I you know I use it to put my my my shoes off .
said I I don't think my grandmother's gonna get it right .
I showed it to her .
.
say oh er she went to the er plastic surgery .
se jaló la cara de nuevo .
ah my lord !
xxx your grandmother !
(be)cause I remember when she did it the first time .
your grandmother was here visiting .
you know we used to live with my dad over there .
and and then we went to go see them .
mmhm .
and your grandmother was like 
+" oh todo se mira en las manos .
la vejez se mira en las manos .
(be)cause it's true .
you like you see her face is off .
and your your hands age .
but yeah you do see her .
so se jaló la cara nueva .
so I don't know .
ay how funny .
I don't wanna .
i(f) i(f) if she gets me one fine then I'll use it you know .
but I trust you more .
que no diga Nicaragua por favor .
yeah just plain just mmhm sin nada .
like you know how they're like they're
I mean in the bottom of it fine .
pero no xxx you know they're so patriotic and they
yeah yeah I know I know .
I'm sorry !
just email it to me : .
yo se lo mando a Fernando .
I'll email it closed and I'll email it open .
yeah .
so you can see how it xxx cool .
no but he's good .
he's moving
where ?
to to um .
with his mo(m) with his he lives with his mom or with his sister ?
he no with his mom .
he's moving with his they're moving from from the house there right .
and right now .
porque it's a lot cheaper .
it's like almost fifty dollars cheaper
but they sold their house verdad ?
+, in rent .
they sold their house .
ok .
but the thing is
+, that es su tío that has lived with him like I don't know how like ya several years
+, he doesn't pay anything .
él no paga nada en la casa .
like he doesn't like even water .
and he he lives there with his
el machismo !
he lives there with his wife and his daughter .
and I understand see you know if you don't have enough money at least algo you know .
yeah .
but nothing .
so his mom's like 
+" I can't I can't mantener su familia any more you know .
+" I xxx
it's his wife and everybody ?
not just
yeah you know .
and she's retired the
qué xxx .
her gran she she's responsible for the you know her mom .
and her her older daughter .
pero ella es ella es enfermita .
yeah .
so Fernando's like fed up with it .
well the thing is that they started looking for a new house to move in .
just Fernando and his mom ?
uhhuh and his nieces .
and the grandmother ?
xxx if she wants to go with them .
because she was taking
+ <but the si(ster) but the sister the one that was married and lives somewhere else right .
yeah she lives somewhere else .
ok .
but the grandmother was taking you know her son's side .
but the thing is that yeah
como siempre como siempre .
+, xxx I don't know xxx yeah .
it's so annoying .
xxx los hombres .
it's a little machista .
xxx Nick and his mom que todo era como hombre xxx .
yeah .
she xxx tell me like they favour them so much .
yeah I don't know if it's like this hispanic thing
how annoying .
+, that the men are
yeah .
no matter what the
xxx with my mom and my uncle you know my mom says that she's like you know she's always favoured my uncle .
my grandma was the same way with my brother .
+ like <even to this day even to this day she'll give xxx like you know money for to pay the rent y todo .
like if when (be)cause he goes to work .
and he's like 
+" bueno yo no quiero ir .
so he'll call in sick .
so to make up the difference my grandmother will give it to him .
that's low .
qué jodían it's like stupid Nicaraguans [=! laughing] !
it's not it's it's it's in general .
I don't agree that's all yeah .
I think it's like all xxx .
I mean I understand helping a child helping your kid if they're in you know they're in a crisis situation
yeah but
, pero darle lo que quieres dar
wow well the thing is that they found this place right .
but the house comes with a little efficiency .
outside .
oh ok .
within the the .
you know within the area ?
and so Fernando's like 
+" well just tell my uncle that he wants to go live with us that the he can rent the apartment out .
rent rent ok .
+ don't <don't yeah don't let him know that the that it comes with the house .
xxx bueno .
so they're they're like 
+" well if you wanna move in next to us it's cheap it's fifty dollars .
+" and you're not gonna get cheaper than that anywhere .
mmhm .
so he's gonna pay for the fifty dollars his water his light .
he thinks that he he's that he's just helping out .
xxx yeah .
don't wanna know .
it's kind of it's you know but that was the only way
xxx .
+, to make him you know .
but why do they have to live with him ?
why can't he live with his wife and kids in another place ?
because apparently he xxx he can't afford living on his own .
the grandmother wants the
uh I know the situation's difficult y todo and but
pero he he works ?
a lot of um yeah .
and his wife works también ?
yes .
and somehow Fernando's xxx
how many kids do they have ?
one kid ?
one little girl .
and they can't afford rent or anything ?
not even
and Fernando's mom retired .
and Fernando are sustaining all of them .
I mean that's like ridiculous .
that's crazy .
pero bueno xxx .
but I'm going on Friday .
for how long ten days ?
yeah .
take pictures ah exciting !
yeah I can't I I can't wait to get
I need a xxx .
does Spirit fly to Nicaragua ?
from huh ?
Spirit airlines do they fly to Nicaragua ?
yeah .
from Fort_Lauderdale ?
Fernando
my friends my friends ones at work .
uhhuh .
um the ones I was telling you about right now .
but the whole drama thing and every(thing) .
they joined the Spirit airfare thing .
mmhm .
and for nine dollars .
they're going they they're going to New_York for thirty six dollars round trip .
Fernando joined it .
he's been telling me to join .
I told Michael I'm like 
+" I think I'm going to do it .
well you pay nine dollars for the first three months .
and then after that it's thirty dollars for the whole year .
so even if you don't end up buying an airfare you still save what you would .
it's thirty yeah .
yeah and the odds are you are gonna travel at least to one place .
it's just like
and so the girl we have another firm .
our architecture firm .
uhhuh .
like next door our office .
and the reception there and and the girl the office manager in our in our office are going everywhere .
like they went to New_York .
they did a whole thing in New_York for twenty four hours .
they flew in like at six in the morning .
I should do
and left like at six in the morning the next day .
they were up the whole day .
uhhuh .
this time round they're doing the same thing for xxx .
but they're coming on a Friday and leaving on a Saturday .
then they're going to Boston .
oh !
they gave them a list .
they're going to Boston .
they're going to Washington .
they're going to and the the husband's like 
+" y ay !
+" are you ok like ?
.
you know like after a while .
so hello !
he was like .
yeah he says 
+" are you gonna travel your whole the whole country with Paige ?
porque se llama Paige the girl .
ah !
so it's really gonna xxx .
I'm like 
+" I think I'm gonna join .
the only thing is they don't fly to Canada so I'm like
yeah .
but they they fly to Chicago .
they have Chicago from Fort_Lauderdale .
for forty four eighty eight dollars round trip .
Fernando from Nicaragua he paid I think it was like one hundred and two or something like that something ridiculous .
Jamaica round trip ticket to Kingston where Michael stays one one oh nine .
it's good .
.
so what happened at work ?
I need a
.
Lauren like I'm ay me tienen cansada .
it's ridiculous .
um what
Thursday one of the girls like we were fed up .
because it's like Lauren all of us are you know we put all our work and all our efforts .
and we try to please her and whatever .
mmhm .
and we really like what we're doing .
and I like my art .
this is the cousin of the xxx of the boss ?
the same old lady that you've been ah .
yeah I mean they're she's there .
I mean you can't do anything about .
the thing is that one of the girls she went into her office Thursday .
and told her 
+" look .
+" what's wrong .
+" why um ?
+" if you don't agree with something or you don't like what we're doing let let us know .
yeah I know .
+" but every time you go on a trip or you come back all you all you know all you say is um 
+" I don't like that what you guys are doing .
+" you guys are wasting your time .
that um xxx
she's not constructive with her criticism .
yeah .
but and she and Leticia is like 
+" todo este tiempo she had like una cara que como que no entendía lo que le estaban diciendo a ella .
and then Le(ticia) you know Leticia finished .
uhhuh .
and um Raquel's like 
+" what are you talking about ?
+" who I've never said that about you .
uhhuh .
where are you hearing this ?
and she's like 
+" well you tell Ana .
+" you know and Ana's our supervisor .
+" and she and she she tells us all this feedback .
right .
and she's like 
+" I've never said that .
+" I've never said that .
+" please tell Chloe and Maricarmen that I've never said that .
+" and um if you want I could confront her .
+" we'll have a meeting .
+" and I'll tell her that I've never said that in front of you .
and Leticia is like 
+" no I don't want that .
+" you know I that's the last thing I want .
+" just just I just let us know if you disagree with something .
la cosa es que that was Thursday .
and yesterday I had to run some errands for the passport thing .
mmhm .
and um I called .
and I was like 
+" oh I'm gonna be a few minutes late .
(be)cause you are you leaving somewhere again ?
well (..) my passport er the visa expires in June .
so I have to renew it before I leave .
yeah yeah and do it now .
because but wait you're flying to Nicaragua you oh xxx ok xxx .
yeah .
(be)cause I
the thing is that .
+, when I went to Canada I saw the madre .
yeah the passport .
it's (..) yeah I I for and I didn't realise it because .
in December with December bef(ore) the December before that you if you were going to Canada or Mexico you didn't need a passport .
and then they that December they passed the law .
so like there I was two weeks before the trip .
and I'm like 
+" oh do you need a passport ?
and Michael was like 
+" I don't know .
he he's like 
+" I have mine up you know up to date .
yeah .
and I'm like 
+" oops .
I was so lucky .
you know in downtown there's a um there's a passport building .
uhhuh .
there there's a courthouse across the street .
we were working at the courthouse .
and I would go through my lunchtime .
thank god I I was able to find a
some
well I had to make an appointment .
and then I had to say that I was taking doctor's appointments and everything .
(be)cause I had to go .
I wa(s) I was two hours in line .
lo que pasa es un relajo .
yeah why I said that
yeah do it now if you can .
and then the thing is that I went .
and they told me that I didn't
I had to get a new passport .
so I'm like 
+" oh my god .
I had like I literally had a I have a week .
+ why wha(t) <how old how old were you when you took your last picture ?
because it doesn't eso no importa .
oh .
the thing is that my passport ellos <me han me lo han revalidado dos veces .
and now it's a law you know in the Nicaraguan consul whatever .
.
que si ya te lo han revalidado dos veces you have to get a new passport .
even if I have like clea(n) you know (..) sheets available .
that's so stupid .
there are pages available whatever .
when you get your U_S passport are you gonna keep your Nicaraguan passport too ?
I I I don't know .
with a U_S passport you don't have to do that .
no my par(ents) I think my parents don't have it any more .
I think Sarah does .
yeah .
I don't know why .
but Sarah wasn't born there .
but she has a Nicarag(uan)
when she lived over there I think that's when she got it .
oh really ?
yeah .
oh ok .
la cosa es que
your brother is xxx uh
+, huh ?
+, is is going for citizenship too or no ?
yeah I have to apply with him .
will he get ?
thank you .
oh thank you .
oh but he's not a minor any more .
god he's like totally he's old !
ah .
thank you .
I forgot how old he is .
thank you .
thank you .
thank you very much .
thank you .
I'm ok .
that's it .
just that
yes please thank you .
um what was I saying ?
so I I called her in .
the passport xxx .
and she calls me back .
and she's like 
+" Chloe we're having a meeting .
+" all the designers I need to clear things up .
and I'm like .
Raquel's the name of the boss ?
yeah .
la pesada .
yeah .
ok .
our supervisor is Ana .
and honestly
Ana's her cousin ?
no Ana's just a girl she's always worked with .
but
but she's not above her .
no she's below her .
she's just above us .
ok .
pero she has like una mala fama .
to me she's always been nice but she's
who Ana ?
yeah .
oh ok .
and you know they they told me several people que han echado gente por ella stuff like that .
oh really ?
well then the thing is Raquel wanted to confront everybody .
and clear everything out .
and and tell Ana that that wasn't true .
la cosa es que
she had me on phone conference .
and (..) she practically told Ana that no that everything that she said she was telling her and it wasn't right she wasn't referring to us .
whatever .
and I the thing is that I get to the office and Ana's like (...) almost crying .
she's like 
+" that's not true .
+" <yo no la yo no la desmentí porque what's my word against hers .
yeah .
she's like but she's like 
+" believe me .
+" that's what she says .
+" I'm not lying .
so I don't know who's lying you know .
parásita .
and so they both have a reputation of
yeah both of them !
so it's like Lauren I don't know who to trust .
some people are good actors too .
oh yeah .
and oh and then Raquel (..) she blamed it on Elisa .
Elisa left the office .
she she got transferred to New_York .
so you know she she kind of found ok well let me blame it on Elisa because she's not in the office .
but if this
to defend herself .
yeah but and not to you know para no echar a xxx adelante you know .
but in the end if this if this problem gets bigger
uhhuh .
+, and Ana says 
+" well Elisa was the one gossiping you know .
and she does Elisa's like she doesn't know what's going on .
it's a mess .
and I'm just like tired of it .
+ <what was it what was it they were blaming on were blaming on her ?
that she she was the one that told Raquel that what Ana was saying to us .
that's how Raquel found out that you know Ana was telling
oh .
yeah .
+, telling us that she wasn't she wasn't happy with our work .
well (...) well if she's not happy with the work fine you know .
she could I mean you can understand that you know .
everybody has their own level of expectations .
but .
but why don't you think just sit down and be like 
+" look you guys I would prefer if you guys
and she's telling us she never said that .
o sea I don't know who is lying .
and honestly I'm tired of it .
and I don't care (..) you know ?
me ya me tienen cansada .
no thank you .
thank you .
yes .
me tienen cansada .
you know in situations like that the truth always comes out .
always .
sooner or later somebody will slip .
mmhm .
how annoying .
that's like (i)s like high school .
yeah .
mmm .
but they're not complaining about you are they ?
[=! eating] .
I get along with everybody [=! eating] .
mmhm .
but I just hate being
yeah all the second guessing back and forth thing .
and it's distracting .
yeah .
they gave me two tickets to the movies .
oh really ?
for my birthday [=! eating] .
who at work ?
that's cool .
for my birthday .
hmm ?
oh it's Michael .
ah .
hello ?
hi .
thank you .
I'm here at Denny's with my cousin .
(be)cause we're eating breakfast .
or lunch !
you don't seem to xxx .
I told you I told you yesterday I was gonna go and do this remember .
I was gonna do the whole um recording thing (..) for María's friend .
yes .
mi entonces ahora you wanna speak Spanish !
oh [=! laughing] .
very cute .
.
I told you I was gonna eat at Denny's with Chloe .
but that's it I'm not .
no no more sweets .
that that's the end of it I promise .
no sweets today no sweets
tomorrow I promise .
I gotta talk to you about my puppy .
she has her her lungs are swollen .
and they put her on antibiotics for two weeks .
xxx two pills a day .
and I have to give her fifteen drops of some fluid thing .
.
he doesn't he
I told him what happened .
he he started making a noise .
I'm like 
+" yes that is exactly it .
and so then he did an x_ray out of her lungs .
and he asked me he's like 
+" has she been in has she been in an accident or something ?
I'm like no .
he's like 
+" has she you know gone into the pool ?
I guess asking me if she's swallowed water or something .
I'm like no I'm like 
+" she hates the water .
I mean god xxx even when I bathe her you know it's like no .
so I don't know if maybe it's from before that she's had it .
and she's accumulating sitting there .
I mean I don't know .
one day maybe one day when I took her to the beach .
she might have swallowed some water accident(ally)
I mean I don't know where it came from .
so he told me to
huh ?
no no no no I'm like 
+" it's curable ?
+" it's treatable ?
he's like 
+" oh yeah yeah yeah yeah .
he's like 
+" it's just that her
he he showed me the x_ray .
it's like a part of her lung
it's so fascinating .
like I would I would want to be a vet except (..) I don't like biology .
oh and they had to put a little cat to sleep today .
I'll tell you about that later .
this is so sad .
oy .
uhuh this is why I couldn't be a vet .
anyways um .
no he showed me a part of her lungs that that in the x_ray they came out black .
like they were just very dark because they were swollen .
and he's like 
+" you see it's like they shouldn't be that dark .
+" they should be more like this .
and he compared it to a like a lighter gray area (...) in her lung .
so he's like 
+" well we'll put her on antibiotics .
and then come back in two weeks .
so
he's like well he's like he's not sure he's like he's like you know 
+" put try take the biotics (be)cause her lungs are swollen .
I I guess her lungs are swollen and making her cough .
and so then
what her lungs being swollen ?
I don't know .
I didn't ask him .
he's not sure what it is .
he told me to to give her the medication .
and then see if it happens in two weeks .
and then if it continues in two weeks then he'll he'll see what else it you know what else it could be .
so
he gave her a shot today so I'm not going to give her any medication until tomorrow .
so she's in my room right now .
she's sleeping (be)cause she's drowsy and stuff .
and he cleaned her glands .
and then I told him about the about the flea thing .
he gave me some pills for the fleas .
um it's a pill .
you give her one pill every ten days and it kills the fleas within thirty um thirty minutes of her taking the pills .
so I gave her the pill right when I got home .
and he just told me just to you know not to bathe her now .
but um to you know just clean the house or whatever like you know .
the usual .
he he told me you've got nothing to worry about obviously .
so other than that she's ok .
I I don't know .
I didn't ask him I didn't ask him .
um he knew he knew what it was .
he knew what medication to give her .
so I'm sure he must be familiar with what whatever it is .
he's just asked me where it came from .
and I told him I didn't know so
because I didn't know I guess he couldn't really
he couldn't assume where it came from so .
the coughing .
yeah he's like 
+" it's probably because her lungs are swollen .
he told me .
so he's like
I didn't tell him about the sneezing .
the sneezing I really think is because she hits her nose .
I mean when I hit my nose I sneeze .
so uh she's always launching herself into the carpet .
and hitting herself with a paw .
and I just think it has to do with that .
but I'll mention it .
if it continues like severely then I I'll tell him in two weeks when I see him .
he took her temperature .
she has um (..) she had a hundred and two of um temperature .
her normal temperature is is one oh one .
so it was a little bit high .
so
but he said it wasn't a fever or anything .
and she gained like two pounds .
so
ok what are we gonna do ?
um (..) four maybe ?
ok .
ok bye .
what are you going to do afterwards ?
I dunno .
I have to well I need to (..) I have to finish a a drawing for my parents .
and so yesterday Michael and I
he started telling me like .
he sketched over what I need to put in the drawings .
so but I need him to help me draw detail .
because the wall's being constructed .
uhhuh .
like I know like the foundations and the footings .
but I don't know the actual construction .
and what what the materials are called .
and how to technically put them in the drawings .
so he does obviously .
mmhm .
so I have to sit with him and do it .
my parents are like asking me and bothering me about it .
I'm like
I understand .
but it's like 
+" look (..) like I have things to do .
you know last weekend like I had to take work home for my boss .
yeah .
my boss .
so it's like I I don't don't assume that I have every weekend all the time to do it you know .
then I have that exam to study for .
so ugh .
I wanted to go to um [=! eating]
what are you doing what are we going to do afterwards ?
nothing I have
I wanted to go to Old_Navy .
well I have to go to Old_Navy to get um Carolina and Carolina's daughter something
mmhm .
+, for tomorrow so
I figure I'll find something there in the sale .
(be)cause I just spent a hundred and forty dollars on the vet .
so I have no money .
uhhuh .
later I have to go with Sarah to (...) to buy something for somebody's one of our friend's birthdays that's tonight .
and
you're going to a party ?
yeah it's in one it's in a house .
like a get together .
um (..) and I have work to do .
for work ?
because yesterday oh with the whole passport thing uhhuh I had to do uh the ladies like in the morning .
she told me she's like 
+" you have to do this today .
alright .
so I'm like 
+" oh I told the my coworkers and Raquel .
I'm like 
+" I I'm not feeling well .
+" I have to go home whatever .
so xxx I'm like 
+" I'll take work home .
I didn't tell them that .
yeah .
+" so on Monday I won't be behind .
do they pay you more for taking work home or no ?
no .
and I don't tell them what I do .
because
yeah .
se la hace costumbre .
yeah .
um .
and they'll expect me to do it (..) every weekend or something [=! eating] .
yeah .
and I think she's like she's kinda noticing that all of us are just fed up with the whole situation .
who <the Raquel the lady Raquel ?
mmhm .
and that we're just we're sick of it .
there's so much drama .
you don't need much contact with all this stress and deadlines .
we don't need it .
you don't need additional
no .
+, stress xxx .
I mean (..) the job's stressful enough .
we don't I don't need to add to it .
and that's what she does .
so I get really we fell down on like review like two weeks ago .
I guess she's asking for our bonuses .
they don't do that thing where you can review her ?
I think we do .
I don't know when they're gonna you know cuando nos xxx yeah .
it could be anonymous .
no and it's not anonymous .
well she's a bitch .
.
and she's bipolar .
did the guy leave that guy that she was
no he's still there !
I thought he was leaving to New_York you said or something .
he they haven't mentioned it again .
I don't know .
sometimes I think that it would be best .
but sometimes I think it wouldn't .
because when he's around she's like you know
++ in a better mood ?
+ <she doesn't yeah she doesn't bother us .
she's not like on our back every five minutes .
+" is it done yet is it done yet ?
that's annoying .
it's in there's a when they thank god it wasn't me .
we went we we had our morning meeting whatever .
we went to the office Mari
and Maricarmen had to do you know .
she had an assignment that day .
and no habían pasado diez minutos .
and she calls .
and she's like 
+" ya ya les puedo ver ?
Maricarmen was like 
+" acabo de comenzar .
they don't know what it's like to do the work .
that's why they ask so much and they
like it happens to me sometimes at work it's like .
you know they give me something .
they don't even .
sometimes they don't understand that it's a lot of coordinating and a lot of you know flipping back and forth .
and they're like 
+" oh can you have it by tomorrow ?
and I'm like 
no !
you know I can try .
but I'm not I gonna lie to you and tell you that it's possible .
mmhm .
because (...) well there's just me alone .
and it's because they either they maybe once did it .
or now they forgot you know that it takes so long how time consuming it is .
or it turns out they've never done it so
Leticia told her one day 
+" one day you should just sit with one of us .
+" and you know sit down .
+" and actually take your time .
+" and see how long it takes to draw something .
that's the only problem with my boss .
she's 
the people that actually those the parties that I work with the school parties my team
mmhm .
+, they're really good .
because (..) like I had to do something for like the bathrooms right .
mmhm .
and I had to select tiles .
and yes it sounds very easy .
but it's a lot of time consuming .
because
yeah .
it's very time consuming because they give you a board with different price ranges .
xxx .
there's group one two three and four and five .
five being the most expensive .
mmhm .
and then in in the specs like which which is part of your contract (..) you tell them you know 
+" price group one and two are the cheapest .
+" you're gonna use maybe fifty five percent thirty five percent of that .
+" and then the most expensive one group four you use five percent .
so I have to make sure that what I'm using has been assigned to the bathroom in that percentage .
you know how long ?
I mean it takes a lot .
and then in addition to that
yeah .
+, I have to coordinate that with flooring and you know the other interior finishes .
I mean there's a lot of work .
and I started sketching and this and that .
so when I told my boss I'm like 
+" I'm sorry look I know it's taking a long time it's like I'm just you know lollygagging .
but she said 
+" no no .
she's like 
+" I'm not you know I'm not questioning your you know just whatever .
but I wanna get them right once .
because when thank god when we submitted the drawings we didn't ask like the tile yet .
mmhm .
+ <what we gave them in the spec what we were gonna price out in the contractor didn't didn't bid it out didn't price it .
so the so now when we're submitting these new drawings (..) the drawi(ng) the the work is coming out more expensive now .
but it wasn't our fault .
it was that he
mmhm .
+, he no he didn't bid it correctly .
so he comes he comes to the the contractor comes to us and he's like 
+" oh you know you guys use this and that .
and I'm like 
+" no !
and I stopped him right then and there and I printed out all the drawings and I'm like 
+" I know what I did .
+" I worked on this for a month and a half .
+" you know I know I I mean I
yeah .
+" memorized the color line and the numbers and everything I it's you know .
.
and at the end we were right .
so I'm like 
+" I'm glad that I took so much time to do that .
(be)cause now at the end it avoids error .
do they expect us
I mean no (..) I mean we pulled it off I don't know how .
+" did you think like projects en un día ?
Lauren .
and then
but I told her I'm like .
te quieren tener como los chinos eh ?
yeah we're we're like a little sweatshop !
the other day the A_C was messed up .
it's messed up .
and I dunno when they're gonna fix it .
are your in your building ?
in my in our room in our office .
all right .
we were like 
+" todos estamos con un calor and working .
and we had that .
and we're like 
+" are I'm sure this is like (..) como unos chinitos ahí trabaja(n) .
it's crazy .
we were watching something about that .
on Dateline last Friday .
um .
you don't watch that [=! eating] .
about China ?
no Taiwan .
Nike
uhhuh .
+, for an eighty five dollar pair of shoes that they have they pay one factory twenty dollars .
yeah .
one factory .
and within that they divide it within the employees .
the most an employee who works there makes there is two dollars .
yeah .
eso eso eso es un pegado .
I was like how much ?
+ O_B I met when I went <to was it no it was in China .
uh we went to this place where they give massages and stuff .
uhhuh .
and one of the guys told us that a week they make five dollars .
we used to
do you remember my dad's neighbors ?
no mentirado that was a day one five dollars .
you remember my dad's neighbors my dad my dad's old neighborhood ?
the people that lived
there was a some Puerto_Rican coup(le) couple that lived here .
there were unos chinos que vivían aquí .
uhhuh .
you don't remember them .
they were from Taiwan .
the father did that .
he did it the tennis he was in the tennis shoes business .
mmhm .
+ and he used to come in <with the with all these shoes .
and he used to be like 
+" look this is Nike .
se ve it doesn't have the Nike check on it .
uhhuh .
and he used to wear them .
and it's the same thing in my eyes .
yeah .
and he used to get my dad like tennis shoes y todo for the to play tennis .
uhhuh .
it's like it's the same thing .
he's like 
+" la única cosa es que no te pagan .
no tienes que pagar mucho porque no you don't have the check .
no .
you know the Nike check on it .
you know what I did learn ?
um .
they well other than I guess they have tests and stuff .
pero (..) to test um if like jewelry has like lead and stuff .
mmhm .
they bang it against you know the floor or a surface .
a surface uhhuh .
and depending on el el el sonido .
uhhuh .
tiene lead or no .
and we were testing some things that we had bought from Chico's .
it was like forty five dollar you know um bracelets and stuff like that .
and all of them had lead .
had lead ?
how can you tell the diff(erence)
like you compare two sounds ?
or you you automatically know .
yeah .
like get get a get one of your rings or something that's like gold or something or (..) stainless steel .
like like costume jewelry ?
something like that and just go like that .
mmhm .
and get something you've bought .
and you you know something you wanna see if it has lead .
and it usually has like a heavier um pounding sound .
and the other sound is very light .
so the lead is the heavier one obviously .
mmhm .
and we tested it and xxx .
Maricarmen is like 
+" let me see !
and she has like very nice ring .
the different types of gold
Maricarmen the lady we saw the other day in the park ?
no that's Juana .
oh oh yeah .
um and she starts like banging it .
and uh and it's very it's a very light sound .
and then we got one of the accessories (..) that we had bought .
and we she the same thing .
and you could hear xxx .
like it's heav(y) it's heavy sound .
why do they use lead ?
(be)cause it's a cheaper material ?
anyway it's more
what do they use in xxx of that ?
xxx .
my god that's bad .
you can you can
yeah .
xxx ahí mismo .
people xxx I know some people that can't .
that are allergic ?
I remember había un uno hindú or something that came to xxx .
uhhuh .
and I was gonna give the girl it was a plastic pen to sign it .
and she couldn't touch the plastic .
why ?
she said that her whole skin breaks out in allergies .
with plastic ?
+ yeah so she <had the she had to hold like the plastic had a little you know the little rubber part ?
uhhuh .
she had to hold it like that .
it was really weird .
oh .
she can't touch any kind of plastic .
+ well <I know but I know a girl who can't go into the ocean .
she breaks out .
I guess the salt water that's what she said you know .
that's weird .
you know we were we were in the beach .
and one of the guys didn't believe her .
.
and threw her in (..) the water .
he did ?
and then you know
lo hubiera matado pobrecita .
+, we all realised that he wasn't lying .
what a jerk !
oh and who else ?
my friend Sel Selina .
she's married .
and she's allergic to (...) latex ?
uhhuh .
yeah I know people who are allergic to that .
you could be allergic to anything .
Paige is allergic to nickel .
she can't wear
no ?
all her silver and gold jewelry and everything she gave it to me .
she has to she can only wear
no wait I'm sorry I think she can wear white gold .
she can't wear silver at all .
I know that for sure .
not even her necklaces or anything .
I'm like my god .
nothing .
I don't know if she's still like that .
but she was like that for a few years .
so I I don't know .
I know some allergies you can take like shots of medication xxx .
you're going to Old_Navy right now ?
you're gonna come with me ?
yeah .
I was gonna go there and The Gap .
well first Old_Navy because it's cheaper .
ok .
well maybe I'll find something in The Gap for (..) for the guy the birthday boy .
oh really ?
yeah .
oh Paula's like 
+" get Carolina
I'm like 
+" what size is Carolina ?
+" like I dunno .
she said just get a gift card .
no (be)cause it's a gift card I have to put like money into it you know .
significant money !
oh !
ok .