P: Peter        F: Frank

F:      Hi, Peter. I haven't seen you for months! You look pleased
with yourself!

P:      Yes. I'm off to Egypt next week. To the Mediterranean coast.

F:      Egypt? For a holiday? Lucky so-and-so!

P:      No, I'm going to be working there for about six months. A big
liquid gas project.

F:      What? With the same company you were with the last time I saw
you? I thought you were fed up with them.

P:      I was. I was just a trainee there, my salary wasn't very good,
and I would have left anyway. But I saw an ad looking for an engineer,
applied for the job, and got it!

F:      That sounds easy. Didn't you have to go for an interview and
all that?

P:      Of course I did. Three in fact. It's a big multinational and
the selection was pretty tough. There were over fifty applicants.

F:      Great! How much will you be earning?

P:      Well, after tax and social security, and with the perks for
living abroad, my net salary will be double what it was. And I get a
chauffeur-driven car too.

F:      Good Lord! Do they need anybody else?