[speaker001:] May I come in?
[speaker002:] Come in, please.
[speaker001:] I'm sorry to trouble you, but I'd like to ask when I will get a raise.
[speaker002:] In 3 months or so.
[speaker001:] You said the same thing three months ago.
[speaker002:] Did I? Well, anyway, you will get your raise when the economy starts picking up.
[speaker001:] You mean that I won't get a raise until the recession ends?
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] I got the message. I'm quiting.
[speaker002:] Nah, don't be so fast. We like your work here, but this company is on hard times.and I can't be handing out raises for anyone.
[speaker001:] I've been here for 3 years, and I haven't had a raise in all that time.If you like my work, it should be reflected in my pay, and I feel it isn't.
[speaker002:] I hear what you're saying, and I wish there were something I could do.
[speaker001:] Very well, consider me gone.