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MR BALLITO: Opal. I want to advertise for a new junior. OPAL: A new junior? MR BALLITO: Yes, a new junior secretary. You have to spend so much time on the telephone that you need someone to help you in the office. OPAL: That's a good idea. Then I can spend more time dealing with correspondence. MR BALLITO: Yes, and if you spend more time on correspondence, I'll have more time to visit customers. OPAL: And the firm will do more business. MR BALLITO: Yes, and if the firm does more business, it'll make more money. OPAL: (LAUGHING) And we'll all get more pay. MR BALLITO: Yes, perhaps. Anyway let's start by getting a new junior secretary. We can put an advertisement in the daily newspaper. OPAL: Right, what shall we say in it? MR BALLITO: (DICTATING) Erm ... Junior Secretary wanted, Oh, in block capitals. Then, Em ... A vacancy exists for a junior secretary in a medium-sized firm. Applicants, should be, shorthand-typists with knowledge of secretarial duties. Normal. What about that? OPAL: I think it would be a good idea to put "office practice" instead of "secretarial duties." MR BALLITO: Do you? Why? OPAL: Well, if she's worked in an office, she will know about office practice. But she may not know anything about secretarial duties. MR BALLITO: Yes. Yes, you're quite right. Put "Applicants should be shorthand-typists with knowledge of office practice". Secretarial training provided. | 
