I remember my father , who was a doctor , taking my Girl Scout cookie sheet to the hospital , and came back with a couple hundred dollars worth of orders . He signed up for 60 himself . I knew it was he who deserved the patch for most cookies sold to immediate family .

A: What may be the reason my father took my Girl Scout Cookie sheet to work

Even back in April average house prices had fallen a few percent from the peak , but the writing was on the wall . Banks were being considerably more careful about lending money , buyers were becoming scarce and house prices were falling fast . It turns out that the reason Kate took her flat off the market was because she thought the price she was asking was too low ( I am reliably informed ) .

A: What type of economic event is the narrator talking about ?

I thought for once I was a shoe - in or at least stood a fighting chance at being the employee of the month . Surely .... yeah , no . They decided not to do an employee of the month this time , they 're waiting til next month ... nice . Outside of that , I think I ' m being moved - ish to the 2s classroom to sort of whip it into shape . Though , I 'll only be in there about 3 hours a day or so , I do n't really know how that 's going to work .

A: What might this person 's occupation be ?

I went out and bought a dress today . It 's all fancy and stuff . Eliz said it made me look like I was caught in a fisherman 's net , but I thought it was cute so I bought it with my birthday money my dad and father in law gave me . What 'd ya know , someone wants to go on a date with me .

A:
Why did Eliz say that the the new dress makes the speaker look like they are caught in a fishing net ?