Task One-Person For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the people, listed A—H. For each extract, choose the person who i

PART TWO
Woman: Well, it’s quite interesting, isn’t it? I mean, overall... You’re never going to please everyone always. I think one of the main benefits is perhaps something we weren’t really expecting, or, at least, I wasn’t. And that’s the way people with different roles, different jobs, are working together here. Sure, my responsibilities do go across the departments, everyone wants a PC, needs help with the software, I’m always hearing about the problems— never good things, of course, with the network. . . but here we’re sharing experiences, different viewpoints, bringing in ideas which reflect our different roles. Then again, that’s maybe a problem in itself, cause I really don’t see how I’m going to hold all this in my head. I’m sure that next week, it’ll all have disappeared from my memory.
Man: Frankly, I wonder if my time wouldn’t have been better spent back in the office. Well I don’t want to sound negative. Oh, maybe it’s just me. I grant you, there’s some great theories going round. Amazing ideas, really. All these visions of what could really be happening, pictures of the possible future and what you have. But at the end of the day, we’ll be back in the same old office, and I’ll be typing and ruining around and still be expected to do ten things at once. So, if I’m honest, I’m not really sure how all these fine speeches are really going to help me in my job. A letter’s still a letter, isn’t it? Mind you, I’m not saying it’s not inspirational in some ways.
Woman: I feel very privileged…and, on top of everything, it’s a great way to meet everyone. It’s really helping my confidence. The sessions on technology have been interesting, because I know so little about it. They’ve told me I’ll get more on that as time goes by. And, actually, my problem’s not really that. Because, well, what I need at this early stage is some kind of overview, some kind of feeling of the whole picture... you know, how it all fits together. I don’t know where I’ll be in 5 years’ time, you see, so I’m not quite sure what I need to know now. And that’s why it’s a bit frustrating that each lecture seems so separate, so single-issue. I’d like a wider range to be covered.
Man: It’s going pretty smoothly, I’d say, all in all. We’ve had worse, and we’ve had better. And given that we had to put the whole menu together at pretty short notice . . . Having said that, though, I’m not at all sure they see it like that. I don’t know, I think half the problem is people come to something like this with so much hope ... I mean, they assume the world is going to change overnight. And, of course, nothing’s that simple. I hear them complaining, but not about the food— I’m happy to say! —that it’s not quite what they want. Too general, too specific. .. and so on. Anyway, the snacks and the lunches seem to have gone down all right, and I suppose that’s all I need to worry about!
Woman: Mmm, yes, I think it’s been worth it is worth it. It’s difficult, of course, bal-ancing the costs and benefits, the time lost from the office, compared to what I’m investing in. But I’ve always said our staff, our people, are our biggest assets, so anything that brings my people up must be of value in itself. Of course, much will depend on the performance reports, which I hope the different departments can draw up for me reasonably soon. Otherwise, I won’t really be in a position to know if I did make the right choice. My main reservation at this stage is that I don’t see sufficient input on the system, on the IT side of things. And that’s a great pity, because it’s vital that we exploit our existing computers to get the best out of them. I want a company that’s right up to date.