Informal Conversation Transcript

Below you will find the transcript of a three minute informal conversation I had with a friend on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007 at 12:37pm.

E: Well how were you’re . . . did both sons call you or just

D: Actually, they, yes, both ended up

E: How are they?

D: Um.. Ben I actually got to talk to. Matthew, he called as I was trying to get ready and I said, “Honey I gotta go.” I’m gonna be late. (Pause) Umm

E: (interrupting) Well everyone’s down here.

D: Uh-huh. (Pause) Uh (9 second pause ) So (5 second pause)

E: There’s one.

D: I guess we’ll park here. What does it say, Elizabeth?

E: Uh…(3 secs) I don’t know. I think….

D: (2 sec pause) Does it say three hours?

E: (pause) Probably. Aren’t all these meters three hours?

D: I don’t know.

(2 second pause)

E: There’s the Stephen F. Austin building wasn’t that what that guy was looking for? (laughing)

D: Yes! How interesting.

E: (overlapping) The guy who thought I looked like I…..had been here a long time.

D: I loved it!

E: (interrupting) Do I, do I really look like…..you know?

D: No, (E: I just find that hilarious.) but I loved it!

E: (overlapping) It’s so funny. I was crackin’ up. Just like yesterday at the school….I walked in, um, and this little girl looks at me and she said, “Are you so and so’s grandmother?”

(D and E laughing, 4 seconds)

D: Is that precious or what?

E: And I was like, uh…, no

D: Is that precious or what?

(Lots of background noise. D and E are getting out of the car, 5 secs)

D: Ok

(8 second pause. D and E close car doors.)

E: You and your little bag. (2 second pause) Your little coin bag.

D: (overlapping) It doesn’t say but I’m sure it is. (Pause) Let’s just see how OH that was another thing I did yesterday. I kept putting quarters in reah…after I don’t know how many quarters I put in, I realized that I was in a thirty minute limit

E: (interrupting) Oh no, it didn’t give you your quarters back?

D: (pause) No-oh (drawn out and your face had the expression, You’ve got to be kidding me)

E: That’s horrible.

D: No, it just kept taken’em.

E: Talk about highway robbery.

D: I mean, I, but I couldn’t believe how stupid… but it never occurred to me (pause) and then I looked and I went “Thirty! I know I’ve put in (pause) a ton (pause) of money!

(Pause, you can hear coins dropping into the parking meter)

E: (laughing) Look at you!

D: I know (pause) I know. (pause) And I robbed Steve’s (pause) change. (pause) As a matter of fact

E: (interrupting) Oh will it take everything?

D: It takes everything but pennies.

E: Oh.. that’s good to know.

D: Yeah

E: I thought it was just a quarter

D: Noooo….oh no, thank god

E: (overlapping) Oh good.

D: Now let’s see.

E: I was gonna say I have some
D: (interrupting) Nope that’s it, that’s all it will do.