Blog 4 Conversation between Chandler and the Boss

C= Chandler B= Boss

C: Also I was the point person of my company's transition from KRS to GR6 system.
B:
C: That I did. That I did.
B: So let's talk a little bit about your doodies.
C: My doodies?..........alright.
B: You will be having the whole division, so you will have a lot of doodies.
C: ic
B : But there will be perhaps thirty people under you
C: Good to know.
B: We can go into detail
C: No No, I beg on you.
B: Alright, then I will have a definite answer for you on Monday.
B: But I think now I can say with some . You will be work here.
C: Really?
B: Absolutely. You can relax. You did great.
C: I got to say thank you. I was really nervous.
C: You shout out too many jokes and it is really hard to say doodies things.
C: Doodies.
C: Doodies?
C: Pull?
B: Pull?
C: Oh my God! Ok. The interview was over. That was the real Chandler being there, this is a crazy guy.
C: Come on security, here is a crazy guy.
B: Pull?
C: I look forward to your call.

4 Frames

1st: Interview frame: Chandler talks about his past experience and the boss talks about Chandler’s duties.
2nd: Clarification frame: Within the interview frame, Chandler questions “my doodies” since the boss pronounces “duties” as “doodies”. So Chandler wonders whether the boss is talking about “duties” or “doodies” ?
3rd: Feedback frame: The boss says that Chandler performs well in the interview.
4th: Joking frame: Chandler plays jokes on the boss.

Contextualization Cues in 4 Frames

In the interview frame, Chandler uses technical terms “transition from KRS to GR6 system” to impress the boss. He says “That I did. That I did”, it is called word repetition. It implies that he is confident. Before saying “ic” and “good to know”, there are pauses. It means that Chandler is thinking before saying out the words. Pauses can represent hesitation. Besides, he says “no no” in a loud and emotional way to show that he totally desires for not talking his doodies in detail. After ending the interview, Chandler releases a deep breath after the boss saying “absolutely”. It implies he feels relaxed due to the end of the interview.

In clarification frame, Chandler hopes a clarification of what he has heard (my doodies). Therefore, he questions “my doodies” by raising his voice a little bit. Besides, he shows a strange facial expression to the boss. He hopes the boss senses that he is confused, so a clarification is made immediately.

In the feedback frame, the boss's body language of putting his hand on the back of Chandler shows that he really thinks Chandler performs well in the interview.

In the joking frame, Chandler points at himself when he is saying “this is a crazy guy”. Besides, he shouts out loudly and looks at the left hand side when making a joke on calling the security.

Frame Shift

During the whole conversation, the use of “let’s talk a little bit about”, “alright”, “ok” indicates the frame shift. These words can be called discourse markers. When the boss stands up, it indicates the end of the interview frame. Chandler says alright after waiting for a few seconds for the clarification of his doodies. “Alright” is a symbol to state the end of the clarification frame. After the boss saying “you did great” to Chandler with hand-shaking, Chandler turns back and he walks towards the door. It is clearly the end of the feedback frame. The last sentence of the whole conversation is “I look forward to your call”. It states the end of the joking frame.