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Tu as déjà eu des ennuis au boulot ? 😬

What’s something that you have gotten in trouble for at work?

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Tu as déjà eu des ennuis au boulot ? 😬

This one’s chock full of little colloquial turns of phrase to really add the sheen to your water-cooler or coffee break conversation. With all the key one’s given extra attention in the ✪ Notes.

Make sure especially and check out ‘laisse tomber’ below - if you’ve never heard of it before you’ll want to start using it all the time! And so you should!

Everyone wants to complain about their job now and then, after today, you can be that someone for a French person. But seriously, it’a a great way to bond! 😂

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Dialogue du Jour

Valentin : Salut Océane, je me demande, tu as déjà eu des ennuis ✪ au boulot ?

— Hi O, I was wondering, have you ever had any trouble at work?

Océane : Eh bien, une fois, j'ai pris une pause café ✪ un peu plus longue que prévu. Mon patron n'a pas du tout apprécié.

— Well, one time I took a coffee break that was a bit longer than I'd planned. My boss didn't like it at all.

Valentin : Oh là, ça semble un peu sévère. Qu'est-ce qui cloche chez lui ? ✪ Moi, c'était plutôt idiot. J'ai accidentellement envoyé un e-mail interne à toute la société. C'était nul !

— That sounds a bit harsh. What's wrong with him? On my end, it was pretty stupid. I accidentally sent an internal e-mail to the whole company. It was terrible!

Océane : Oh non ! Ça a dû être gênant.

— Oh no! That must have been embarrassing.

Valentin : Oui, c'était un vrai malentendu ✪. Mais mon chef n'était pas content. On a tous le droit à l'erreur, non ? Nous ne sommes pas des robots après tout… pas encore, en tout cas.

— Yes, it was a real misunderstanding. But my boss wasn't happy. We're all entitled to make mistakes, aren't we? After all, we're not robots... not yet, anyway.

Océane : C'est fou comme parfois, les gens peuvent être durs pour des petites choses.

— It's amazing how hard people can be on little things sometimes.

Valentin : Mais bon, maintenant je suis beaucoup plus prudent avec mes e-mails. Et toi, tu fais attention à la durée de tes pauses café ?

— But now I'm much more careful with my e-mails. And you, are you careful about how long you take your coffee breaks?

Océane : Oui, je garde un œil sur l'heure maintenant. Laisse tomber ✪, je ne veux plus avoir des ennuis pour ça !

— Yes, I'm keeping an eye on the time right now. Forget it, I don't want to get in trouble for this!

✪ Notes

avoir des ennuis = have problems / be in trouble “Nous allons avoir des ennuis pour ça” (We’re going to get in trouble for that)

une pause café = a coffee break

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