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Zu
too
spät
late
zum
for the
Schichtbeginn
shift start
Late for shift start
Guten
good
Morgen
morning
,
Emil
Emil
.
Hast
have
du
you
kurz
briefly
Zeit
time
?
Klar
sure
,
was
what
gibt's
is up
?
Good morning, Emil. Do you have a minute? Sure, what's up?
Ich
I
wollte
wanted
mit
with
dir
you
über
about
gestern
yesterday
sprechen
to talk
.
Du
you
warst
were
erst
only
kurz
just
nach
after
sechs
six
da
there
,
obwohl
even though
dein
your
Schichtbeginn
shift start
um
at
sechs
six
Uhr
o'clock
ist
is
.
I wanted to talk to you about yesterday. You didn't arrive until just after six, even though your shift starts at six.
Ja
yes
,
stimmt
(thast's) right
.
Der
the
Bus
bus
hatte
had
Verspätung
delay
.
Sonst
otherwise
bin
am
ich
I
eigentlich
actually
immer
always
pünktlich
on time
.
Yes, that's right. The bus was late. I'm usually always on time.
Ich
I
weiß
know
,
und
and
das
that
schätze
appreciate
ich
I
auch
really
.
Aber
but
gerade
especially
bei
at
Schichtbeginn
shift start
muss
has
alles
everything
laufen
to run
.
Wenn
if
einer
someone
fehlt
absent is
,
kann
can
der
the
ganze
whole
Ablauf
process
durcheinanderkommen
get messed up
.
Verstehe
understand
ich
I
.
I know, and I appreciate it. But everything has to run smoothly, especially at the start of a shift. If someone is missing, the whole process can be disrupted. I understand.
Ich
I
hätte
had
vielleicht
maybe
früher
earlier
losfahren
to depart
sollen
should
.
Ich
I
dachte
thought
nicht
not
,
dass
that
es
it
so
so
knapp
close
wird
becomes
.
Maybe I should have left earlier. I didn't think it would be so close.
Genau
exactly
darum
that’s what
geht's
it’s about
.
Pünktlich
on time
heißt
means
bei
for
uns
us
:
zehn
ten
Minuten
minutes
vorher
beforehand
da
here
sein
be
,
umgezogen
changed
und
and
bereit
ready
.
That's exactly what it's all about. For us, being on time means being there ten minutes early, dressed, and ready.
Zuverlässigkeit
reliability
heißt
means
auch
also
:
Wir
we
können
can
uns
us
jeden
every
Tag
day
auf
on
dich
you
verlassen
rely
.
Reliability also means: We can rely on you every day.
Okay
okay
,
das
that
nehme
take
ich
I
mir
me
zu
to
Herzen
heart
.
Ich
I
werde
will
in
in
Zukunft
future
früher
earlier
da
here
sein
be
.
Danke
thanks
,
Emil
Emil
.
Ich
I
weiß
know
,
dass
that
du
you
engagiert
committed
bist
are
.
Okay, I'll take that to heart. I'll be there earlier in the future. Thanks, Emil. I know you're committed.
Solche
such
Gespräche
conversations
führen
hold
wir
we
nicht
not
,
um
to
jemandem
someone
Vorwürfe
accusations
zu
to
machen
make
–
sondern
but
damit
so that
das
the
ganze
whole
Team
team
funktioniert
functions
.
We do not hold such discussions to blame anyone – but rather so that the whole team functions.
Alles
all
klar
right
.
Ich
I
sehe
see
das
that
auch
too
so
like that
.
Danke
thanks
für
for
das
the
offene
open
Feedback
feedback
!
All right. I see it that way too. Thanks for the open feedback!
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