An Englishman in New York

hello hello are you rose hall by any chance yes that's me and you must be thomas from england right i guess my accent gave me away exactly nice to meet you welcome on board i'm so glad you're here thanks i'm very pleased to be here i'm sure you'll fit in nicely after all you come highly recommended your articles are really good thank you oh here's ella thomas this is ella the editor-in-chief of the magazine it's good to finally meet you thomas nice to meet you too you're from birmingham right exactly i'm from birmingham is this your first time in new york it is my very first time here in new york so i'm really excited i got into new york two days ago what do you think about it so far it's fantastic i really like it i like the vibe here it's really energetic i feel really blessed to be here because it's one of the cities i've always wanted to go to what i really appreciate about new york is that you can discover the city very well by foot new york seems to be the ideal city for long strolls which i enjoy very much the fact that this city never sleeps this continuous flow of energy is quite thrilling [Music] you need to be very disciplined as a city like new york offers an infinite number of distractions you're right i'll do my best to stay focused on my work and do a good job here let me show you to your office it's located at the end of the hall [Music] what do you think i didn't know i'd have my own office we thought you'd need your own private space i can see you've installed a few appliances here brilliant ella insisted that we set you up with all this state-of-the-art equipment from here you can communicate with any department and get all the information you need you've put in a sound system too everything looks great thank you how many people did you work with in birmingham i had a team of three well here you'll have six people in your team i'll introduce you to them after lunch that sounds good can you tell me a bit about my schedule well there's a meeting every monday as well as a meetup with various heads of department on thursday afternoons just so we know what we're doing other than that how you organize your time is up to you that's fine i'm a good time manager it's time for lunch now let me take you to a nice place we'll get a chance to get better acquainted with each other sounds great are you ready to order yes please can i get you something to start with no thank you i'm like the tuna with a green salad and for you sir i'll have the steak and chips please chips uh you mean fries oh right i forgot you call them fries here uh with fries of course how would you like your steak rare medium or well done well done okay and to drink water still or sparkling sparkling and a glass of apple juice for me please can you tell me where the toilets are you can say restroom here oh yeah sorry where is the restroom please the restroom is at the back of the hallway on the left side thank you the tuner for you ma'am and the stake for you sir so tell me thomas what are you going to write about well to start with my first impressions of new york you know the nightlife the music things like that are you planning to do any interviews i'd like to do you have any suggestions well i know some great musicians and i also have some contacts in the theater and dance that would be great maybe we could go to a show and after that you could talk to the actors i really like that idea that was a good day's work thomas you're doing a great job here thanks i have to get to manhattan now for an interview i have to take i need to get to bloom's tavern how do i get to greenwich village on the underground we call it subway here oh yeah right go to the subway station at 7 avenue take the b train to west fourth street how many stops is that six or seven okay and then from west 4th street take the a train and get off at 14th street and do you know where bloom's tavern is come out of the subway on 8th avenue go straight for about 50 yards and take the first ride that's greenwich avenue bloom's tavern is in the second building on the right and is situated on the first floor is there a lift in the building oh you don't need an elevator since it's on the first floor which is at street level oh in uk the floor above is called the first floor and the street level floor is called the ground floor i see here the street level floor is called the first floor okay thanks see you later and don't get lost [Music] are you okay you look out of sorts i'm a bit tired this morning you aren't exactly in good shape are you i know i think i'm eating too much then eat less it isn't easy i eat out all the time and the portions in american restaurants are enormous no one cooks meat like americans it's very easy to put on weight here you don't do enough exercise i walk a lot walking isn't enough thomas do you do anything to keep fit not anymore i used to cycle in birmingham so why don't you get a bike here bicycling is permitted on all main and local streets throughout the city anyway my flat is near the office i don't need a bike we call it apartment here you can try jogging or running you know i go running every morning in central park really it's so beautiful early in the morning why don't you come with me okay that's a great idea but i don't have any trainers trainers you mean sneakers you can buy some is there a sports shop near here sure there's one across the street i'll come by your place tomorrow morning okay what time 6 45 6 45. can we make it a bit later say 7 45 that's too late thomas let's make it 7 15. okay 7 15.

excellent see you later great [Music] can i help you sir yes do you have these in an 8. just a minute i'll go and check here you are these are an eight do you want to try them on no thanks i'm sure they'll be fine how much are they uh they're and 25 cents oh it says 73. 99 yes but there's added sales tax of 15 oh okay do you take mastercard sure can i help you yeah i bought these about half an hour ago yes i remember is there a problem yeah i'm afraid they're too small i should have tried them on what size are they uh they're an eight but i take a uk eight all right yeah so uk eight is a us-9 do you have a pair i'll go and check just a minute [Music] i'm sorry we don't have these in a nine but we do have these and they're the same price or you can have a refund no i don't want to refund i'll take this pair then please no problem do you have the receipt yeah here you are [Music] are you okay me never better it's a beautiful fall day and the perfect weather for running isn't it i think this is my favorite place in new york yeah a beautiful autumn day indeed yes so how's it all going are you happy you came the central park at 7 15 in the morning to new york thomas yeah of course i'm happy it's fantastic i'm glad but you need to get in shape thomas i know i am a bit tired of eating out all the time it isn't good for my figure it's the restaurants you go to why don't you come over to my place after work i can make you something a little healthier i'm a very good cook i'd really like that thanks so how do you feel now are you ready to go again oh yes i'm ready okay we'll only go around two more times are you okay i might be coming down with a flu or something is there a chemist's nearby you mean a pharmacy yes it's a three-minute walk from here on your right side good morning uh can i help you i'm not feeling very well i think i have flu what are your symptoms i have a headache and a sore throat do you have a temperature no i don't think so are you allergic to any drugs i'm allergic to penicillin no problem this is ibuprofen it'll make you feel better how many do i have to take two every four hours if you don't feel better in 48 hours you should see a doctor okay thanks how much is that that's 6.