Where you are
You are at the print shop where you ordered two hundred menus for a new restaurant. You came for the promised quality check before paying the second half, and you expect production to begin today.
Escenario 8 · Rol B
quien encargó los menús
Your restaurant opens tomorrow
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Firm and businesslike. Your opening has a fixed time, but the menus carry your brand. You start. About 8 turns · 7 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Ask to see the problem before accepting a delay.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want usable menus before the first lunch service, with the dark blue logo your partner approved. You can accept two deliveries, but you need enough copies on every table when the doors open.
You can't
- Accept purple-looking logos on all two hundred menus. The restaurant signs and online pages already use dark blue.
- Move the restaurant opening. Staff, food deliveries and the first reservations are already confirmed.
- Pay the remaining half before seeing a final sample. This was written on the order, and the color problem makes the check more important.
Only you know
- You need only forty menus for Thursday lunch; the rest can arrive Friday. Saying this too early may make the full order a low priority.
- A local copy shop can make forty simple black-and-white sheets tonight for 48,000 pesos. It is an ugly but usable backup.
- Your business partner will reject lighter paper unless the discount pays for the temporary copies. The partner can answer the phone once at 12:15.
If you finish with nothing
Guests arrive without readable prices, or you pay another shop without knowing when this order will be ready. You could also lose the deposit if both shops produce the same emergency copies.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Restaurant opening | Thursday · doors 11:30 a.m. · lunch 12:00 p.m. |
| Menus ordered | 200 folded menus · dark blue logo |
| Minimum for first lunch | 40 menus |
| Remaining payment | 310,000 pesos · after final sample |
| Backup quote | 40 black-and-white sheets · 48,000 pesos · ready 8:00 p.m. |
| Partner | available by phone at 12:15 p.m. |
| Acceptable split | 40 by Thursday 10:30 a.m. · 160 by Friday 3:00 p.m. |
| Brand limit | logo may be dark blue or black · never purple |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
8 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| backup | a second plan used if the first plan fails | forty simple copies from another shop |
| deposit | part of the price paid before work is finished | the money already at this shop |
| final sample | one finished example checked before all copies | what you need before the last payment |
| logo | the design that identifies a business | the dark blue mark on every menu |
| remaining payment | the part of the price not paid yet | half of the order price |
| split delivery | an order delivered in two parts | forty first and one hundred sixty later |
| supplier | a business that provides materials | the source of the correct paper |
| usable | good enough to be used for its purpose | menus with clear prices and acceptable color |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas A2
Use blocks 1 [asks], 2, 5, 6 and 8. Insist on the deadline with quantities. Forty and two hundred are different problems.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
7 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| asking for evidence | Can I see the test print? · What exactly is wrong with …? | check the problem before discussing delay |
| breaking up the order | Could you finish … first and the rest by …? | turn one large deadline into two smaller ones |
| insisting on the need | I need at least … by … | state a minimum quantity and time |
| linking a concession | If we use the lighter paper, the price has to … | connect lower quality to a measurable condition |
| proposing a checkpoint | Call me by … even if … | require an update whether the news is good or bad |
| protecting payment | I’ll pay the rest after I see … | keep the agreed quality check |
| rejecting the bad result | Purple won’t work for our logo. | reject the output, not the worker |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
This conversation may end without a final print decision. It closes only with the same answer to these questions:
- What paper or color result is not acceptable.
- The minimum number of menus and the real deadline.
- The next checkpoint: exact time, who calls, and what information they bring.
- What happens if the correct paper arrives — and what happens if it does not.
Success: You separated the minimum forty from the full order, protected the logo and final-sample condition, and asked for evidence. You accepted no vague delay: the result includes an update time and what happens after each possible answer.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿En qué momento “doscientos hoy” se convirtió en dos necesidades distintas?
- ¿Qué evidencia cambió la conversación: la muestra, el mensaje del proveedor o el horario de apertura? Expliquen por qué.
- ¿El cierre fue un acuerdo de producción o un acuerdo sobre cómo decidir después? Repitan sus dos ramas.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Primer condicional en Inglés A2a2
El cierre aplazado necesita dos ramas reales: if the paper arrives y if it does not; cada una lleva una acción concreta.
- Cuantificadores en Inglés A2a2
At least forty, all two hundred y the rest permiten separar el mínimo operativo del pedido completo.
- Comparativos en Inglés A2a2
La alternativa enfrenta papel lighter y cheaper con una calidad de marca inferior, haciendo explícito el intercambio.
- Can y can’t en Inglés A1a1
Can I see, we can use y I can’t promise organizan evidencia, opciones y el límite del proveedor.
- Preguntas en presente simple en Inglés A1a1
What is wrong, which paper works y does the color match permiten que la muestra, no una opinión, dirija la decisión.
- Will para decisiones en Inglés A2a2
La llamada, el checkpoint y la división 40/160 se convierten en compromisos tomados durante la negociación.
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