Speaking Task 6: Dealing with a Difficult Situation

Hi, um, I want to talk about... the break room. I think it should not be a meeting room, because we need it. Me and my coworkers, we go there every day, for lunch, and for relax. Also for relax after work is hard. If you take it away, we don't have place to relax. This is bad for us, I think. So maybe... company can find another room, not the break room. I understand company need more space, but break room is important, very important. Can we talk more? Thank you.

Hi, thanks for, um, letting me talk to you about this. I want to say something about the break room. A lot of us go there every day for lunch, and we, uh, relax a little before we go back to work. If it's not there anymore, we don't really have another place to go. I think that can make people tired, or maybe not so happy at work. Also, breaks help us focus more, so it's, um, important for the work too. Maybe we can find another room for meetings, like a small office or something. I just think we still need a place to rest. Thank you for listening.

Hi, do you have a minute? I wanted to raise a concern about turning the break room into a meeting space. I get that we're short on meeting rooms, but first, consider this: about fifteen of us rely on that room every single day just to eat and recharge, and that downtime genuinely feeds into how sharp we are afterward. Beyond that, if we lose it, people will likely end up eating at their desks or stepping outside, which could chip away at morale rather than boost efficiency. In the short term, though, there's a middle ground: the unused storage room down the hall could be converted instead, or we could install a movable partition so the space serves both purposes. That would actually give you a room that's free most of the day, without costing us our only place to unwind. Would you be open to piloting one option before committing to anything permanent? I really appreciate you hearing me out.