Situations

• Qantas announces a 20% profit slump warning.

• Government announces that there will be no new carbon emissions tax.

• A department head posts a notice to all staff in their department telling them that there will be a staff meeting at 5.00 pm that afternoon.

• A retail business texts their customers telling them that next Monday between 11.00am -2.00 pm they will be offering a 50% discount on all clothing in the store.

• GMH motors texts its 100 employees that it is going into receivership.

• Gina asks her co-worker Jenny to pass on the message to her boss that she will not be coming to work today.

• The receptionist leaves a message for Harry to call back Alex Small in marketing before 3.00 pm tomorrow.

• A large business announces to suppliers that it is going to reduce its credit terms from 30 days to 14 days.

• The government announces new limits on the amount of waste products businesses can produce.

• The government announces that they will give Gina Rinehart additional special government approval to bring another 5000 foreign construction workers to Western Australia’s remote Pilbara.

• Apple announces plans to reduce the prices of its ipads in Australia.

• A company distributes the company’s new mission statement to its staff.

• A new office worker on his first day in a new job sends an inappropriate joke to his new boss.