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FILENAME:	3660_1477_1262
TOPIC#:		354
DATE:		920103
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	4
TOPICALITY:	2
NATURALNESS:	3
ECHO_FROM_B:	3
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	3
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Speaker A was very hard to understand as his voice
did not come through clearly during the conversation.  He also had
a baby crying in the background.

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o          B.1 utt1:  Okay,  /
sd^t          B.1 utt2: all set, then.  /
qo          B.1 utt3:  {F Uh, } what do you think about it? /  

sv          A.2 utt1:  {F Uh, } <breathing> I think it's a real good concept.  /
sv          A.2 utt2: {F Uh, } drug testing procedures would have to be refined. /  

b          B.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.4 utt1:  From what I've seen on the news <baby_crying>, there's [ a, + a ] pretty good size problem with poor accuracy, poor procedure in, {F uh, } drug testing. /  

sd          B.5 utt1:  {F Oh, } I didn't realize that. /  

b          A.6 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.6 utt2:  {F Uh, } there have been people who have been turned down for jobs because there was a drug showed up [ in their, + in their, ] {F uh, } test,  /
sd          A.6 utt3: {C but } they didn't know for sure what it was,  /
sd          A.6 utt4: {C but } it was a drug,  /
sd          A.6 utt5: {C so } they got turned down  /
sd          A.6 utt6: {C and, }  {F uh, } turns out it was a prescription.  Or people getting somebody else's blood test. /  

b          B.7 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.8 utt1:  Same sort of problem that happens --   

b          B.9 utt1:  Okay. /  

+          A.10 utt1:  -- sometimes is [ these, + some of these, ] {F uh, } {D like } AIDS tests and such. /  

b          B.11 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b          B.11 utt2: yeah,  /
ba          B.11 utt3: that's right,  /
sd          B.11 utt4: I have heard, - /
sd          B.11 utt5: {F uh, } I don't remember what they call it, sort of like a positive, negatives or [ some, + some ] kind of word they use when [ a, + ] {F uh, } you get [ a, + {F uh, } a ] positive indication of drugs,  /
sd          B.11 utt6: {C but } [ there's not really, + there weren't really ] any there. /  

b          A.12 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.13 utt1:  {F Uh, } every now and then there's an error  /
sd          B.13 utt2: {C and } people are really upset about that when it comes to their rights and their rights being violated. /  

aa          A.14 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

b          B.15 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.15 utt2: [  I, + I ] work here at Texas Instruments  /
sd          B.15 utt3: {C so, }  {F uh, } [ [ we, + we  do a, ] + let me think, do we, ] {D yeah, } everyone coming in. - /
sd          B.15 utt4: I guess I did three years ago. /  

b          A.16 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.17 utt1:  Everyone coming in, {F uh, } goes through the drug <baby_crying> testing procedure  /
sd          B.17 utt2: {C and } --   

b          A.18 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.19 utt1:  -- they talk about it [ [ as a, + {D you know, } as, ] + as ] better for the country and  better for the working conditions.  /
sd          B.19 utt2: {C So } --     

b          A.20 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.21 utt1:  -- if [ they, + {F uh, } they  ] test for drugs. - /
sd          B.21 utt2: [ [ I, + I'm, ] + I ] can't even remember if we do random sampling anymore.  /
sd          B.21 utt3:  I know we did in the military,  /
sd          B.21 utt4: {C but } --   

b          A.22 utt1:  Yeah <<faint>>. /  

+          B.23 utt1:  -- I don't know if once your in they continue to do it,  /
sd          B.23 utt2: {C but } I guess you're  always on <yelling> call for it. /  

b          A.24 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.24 utt2: I not very long ago worked for Wal-Mart -- /  

b          B.25 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.26 utt1:  -- {C and } about a year and a half ago they instituted [ a, + {F uh, } <ringing> a, ] {F uh, } [ drug testing program, + {F uh, } {D well } drug and alcohol <ringing> testing program. ]  /
sd          A.26 utt2: [ It's, + it's ] not a random -- -/  

b          B.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.28 utt1:  -- through the s-, - /
%          A.28 utt2: it, - /
sd          A.28 utt3: as each employee comes in <ringing> --   

b          B.29 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.30 utt1:  -- part of the hiring procedure is [ a, + a ] blood test <baby_crying>.  {F Uh, }  /
sv          A.30 utt2: {C but } --   

%          B.31 utt1:  B-, -/  

+          A.32 utt1:  --  ((   ))  I think the big problem, though, [ is, + is ] they send these <baby_crying> off to large labs -- /  

b          B.33 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
b          B.33 utt2: right. /  

sd          A.34 utt1:  -- {C and then } they have thousands and thousands of samples that, {F uh, } going through it in a day and <baby_crying> bottles get mixed up, things like that. /  

qy^d          B.35 utt1:  {C So } your big beef with it is the, {F uh, } -/  

%          A.36 utt1:  It's  ((   )) . -/  

sv          B.37 utt1: [ [ Is, + is, ] + it's ] a good idea,  /
sv          B.37 utt2: {C but } like you said the drug testing procedures need to be defined a little better. /  

b          A.38 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.39 utt1:  Make sure it's a lot safer because a couple of people are going to be discriminated against unfairly or whatever.  /
b          B.39 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.39 utt3: [ [ I -- +   

b          A.40 utt1:  Yeah. /  

 +         B.41 utt1:  -- I, ] + I ] tend to agree with you David.  /
b          B.41 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.41 utt3: my [ brother, + {F uh, } brother ] used to work for Wal-Mart  /
sd          B.41 utt4: {C and then, } I don't know if he still does or what because I don't know if Sam's is actually part of it,  /
sd          B.41 utt5: <yelling> {C but } he, {D you know } --   

b          A.42 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.43 utt1:  -- is working at Sam's now. /  

ny          A.44 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e         A.44 utt2: Sam's is part of Wal-Mart. /  

b          B.45 utt1:  Okay,  /
b          B.45 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          B.45 utt3: then he's been working for the company for a while, too.  /
%          B.45 utt4:  He,   {F uh, } -/  

b          A.46 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.47 utt1:  Good company, {F uh, } /  

ba          A.48 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

%          B.49 utt1:  You all, {F uh, } have some, - /
sd          B.49 utt2: he's --   

sv          A.50 utt1:  Company's, that was a great place to work. /  

+          B.51 utt1:  -- telling me about good profit sharing and all that,  /
%          B.51 utt2: {C so. } -/  

b          A.52 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

ba          B.53 utt1:  It's good news <laughter>. /  

b          A.54 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.54 utt2: they got to had two or three years in with them you can start buying stock  /
sd          A.54 utt3: {C and } you [ have a, + have a ] little taken out of your check [ each, + each ] payday to --   

b          B.55 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.56 utt1:  -- put [ against, + {F uh, } {F uh,  stock portfolio.    

b          B.57 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+         A.58 utt1:  {F Uh, }  not portfolio, just, + {D you know, } against  Wal-Mart stock. ]  /
sd          A.58 utt2:  {C But, }  {F uh, } you can build a pretty fair amount of stock after a while. /  

b          B.59 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.59 utt2: that's what my brother was telling me.  /
sd          B.59 utt3: That's [ [ good, + good new-, ] + good ] deal.  /
qw^t          B.59 utt4:  {D Well, } {F uh, } how long were we s-, - /
sd^t          B.59 utt5: I haven't done this in a couple months.  /
qw^t          B.59 utt6: How long were we supposed to discuss for? /  

sd^t          A.60 utt1:  {F Uh, } you're supposed to get five minutes. /  

bk          B.61 utt1:  Okay,  /
sd^t          B.61 utt2: we got a couple more minutes then, I guess <sniffing>.  /
^h          B.61 utt3:  {F Uh, } think what else I can say about that.  {F Uh, } /  

qy          A.62 utt1:  {F Uh, } do you have any idea, {F uh, } - /
^h          A.62 utt2: let's see,  /
qy          A.62 utt3: [ you were, + you were ] tested for drugs as [ you got into T, + [ as, + as ] you got into T I? ] /  

na          B.63 utt1:  Right,  /
sd^e          B.63 utt2: {F uh, } everyone coming in [ gets, + goes ] through the drug test. /  

b          A.64 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy          A.64 utt2:  {F Uh, } {D now, } {F uh, } were you asked to wait before starting to work until the drug test came through  /
%          A.64 utt3: {C or, } -/  

nn          B.65 utt1:  {F Uh, } no,  /
^h          B.65 utt2: {D well, } let me think about that.  /
o          B.65 utt3: Yeah,  /
sd          B.65 utt4: it was after, [ I w-, + I had ] already been hired.  {F Uh, } /  

bk          A.66 utt1:  Okay <<faint>>. /  

b          B.67 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.67 utt2: you get hired, then you come in the first, - /
%          B.67 utt3: I, - /
sd          B.67 utt4: seems to me I remember that, {F uh, } I was hired, came in and went through some orientation  /
%          B.67 utt5: {C and } I thought I, - /
h          B.67 utt6: {D boy, } I can't remember.  /
sd          B.67 utt7:  That would seem strange to already be working here in the first week of the drug test.  /
sd          B.67 utt8: Maybe it was during the interview.  /
sd          B.67 utt9:  I came up a couple times for an interview,  /
sd          B.67 utt10: {C so } it's hard for me to remember where I was when all that happened.  /
sd          B.67 utt11: {C But, }  {F uh, } I guess, just like other companies, other friends I've been hearing about that have been moving around, - /
sd          B.67 utt12: [ it's, + it's ] before.  /
sd          B.67 utt13: They have to wait for the drug test to come in before you actually get employment,  /
sd          B.67 utt14: {C so } I'm --   

b          A.68 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.69 utt1:  -- sure that happened to me, too. /  

b          A.70 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qo          B.71 utt1: [ What, + what ] about, {F oh, } - /
sd          B.71 utt2: they just instituted it there at Wal-Mart -- /  

b          A.72 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.73 utt1:  -- {C so, } -/  

sd          A.74 utt1: [ They, + they, ] it was after I was already working there  /
sd          A.74 utt2: {C and } they weren't testing any of those who were already working. /  

b          B.75 utt1:  Right. /  

%          A.76 utt1:  {C So, } -/ 
