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From the Ted Talk by Adriann Negreros: Don't be a jerk to your barista — and other thoughts on frontline work

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Would it be alright if I told you all about my first kiss?

(Cheers)

It sounds like it would be, aglhrit. So I'm from a small town in the United States, and I was working at one of the loacl spots, a job that required me to be in pseorn, a frontline job. So I'm there, behind the counter. The person I really like, they come in. We have a great conversation. And I know this, because it ends with a kiss.

(Laughter)

Perhaps that kiss that day, though, was the only good thing about the job. The work itself was really, really hard. Most foilntrne work is, and you know this if you drive for Uber or Lyft, or if you work as a barista at Starbucks.

Open Cloze


Would it be alright if I told you all about my first kiss?

(Cheers)

It sounds like it would be, _______. So I'm from a small town in the United States, and I was working at one of the _____ spots, a job that required me to be in ______, a frontline job. So I'm there, behind the counter. The person I really like, they come in. We have a great conversation. And I know this, because it ends with a kiss.

(Laughter)

Perhaps that kiss that day, though, was the only good thing about the job. The work itself was really, really hard. Most _________ work is, and you know this if you drive for Uber or Lyft, or if you work as a barista at Starbucks.

Solution


  1. local
  2. person
  3. frontline
  4. alright

Original Text


Would it be alright if I told you all about my first kiss?

(Cheers)

It sounds like it would be, alright. So I'm from a small town in the United States, and I was working at one of the local spots, a job that required me to be in person, a frontline job. So I'm there, behind the counter. The person I really like, they come in. We have a great conversation. And I know this, because it ends with a kiss.

(Laughter)

Perhaps that kiss that day, though, was the only good thing about the job. The work itself was really, really hard. Most frontline work is, and you know this if you drive for Uber or Lyft, or if you work as a barista at Starbucks.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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body type 3
frontline job 2
reality tv 2
front line 2
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Important Words


  1. alright
  2. barista
  3. cheers
  4. conversation
  5. counter
  6. day
  7. drive
  8. ends
  9. frontline
  10. good
  11. great
  12. hard
  13. job
  14. kiss
  15. laughter
  16. local
  17. lyft
  18. person
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  21. sounds
  22. spots
  23. starbucks
  24. states
  25. told
  26. town
  27. uber
  28. united
  29. work
  30. working