Chuck: Mediator
Frank: Landlord (plaintiff)
Ann: Tenant (defendant)
Excerpt 1 (57:00–58:55)
| 1 | Chuck: | [An I don't know whatchyou think about (.) that Frank. |
| 2 | Chuck: | [((gazing at Frank)) |
| 3 | (0.8) | |
| 4 | Chuck: | Is that‐ t'y' to answer your question which you just |
| 5 | asked which is what d'y'want me to do (0.5) I'd like | |
| 6 | some ti:me was the a:nswer | |
| 7 | (1.1) | |
| 8 | Frank: | So: (0.8) okay so y‐ you would like time, (0.7) |
| 9 | Ann: | To be able tu[h |
| 10 | Frank: | [to still live there, |
| 11 | (1.2) | |
| 12 | Chuck: | Okay |
| 13 | (0.5) | |
| 14 | Chuck: | [For how [long |
| 15 | Chuck: | [((turns gaze to Ann)) |
| 16 | Ann: | [(Well) at leas: at least a couple of ↑weeks at |
| 17 | least a month I mean | |
| 18 | [so I have time to: get some money] | |
| 19 | Chuck: | [Okay let's just let's just work with these things] so |
| 20 | ↑if she was to stay for a month (2.6) What is it that | |
| 21 | you: (.) would (.) want. | |
| 22 | (0.9) | |
| 23 | Frank: | I would like to get paid the r:↑ent while you're still |
| 24 | staying [there | |
| 25 | Chuck: | [Okay |
| 26 | (0.5) | |
| 27 | Chuck: | So eight seventy five, |
| 28 | (1.8) | |
| 29 | Ann: | But see if I pay you that I won't have the money to |
| 30 | move. | |
| 31 | (0.3) | |
| 32 | Ann: | That's the only thing [I'm‐ |
| 33 | Frank: | [But I can't fund you, |
| 34 | [(2.4) as‐ (0.8) uh °ahhhm°)) | |
| 35 | Frank: | [((shrugs shoulders; looks to Chuck, shakes head)) |
| 36 | (0.6) | |
| 37 | Chuck: | Yeah |
| 38 | (3.8) | |
| 39 | Frank: | That's what family does.=That's what I'm doin' for my |
| 40 | children. | |
| 41 | (0.7) | |
| 42 | Ann: | No [(I know) |
| 43 | Frank: | [They're out of work (.) and I'm payin' thei(h)r |
| 44 | rhhent. | |
| 45 | (1.7) | |
| 46 | Frank: | uh (1.0) and I'm havin a hard time=my daughter's‐ is |
| 47 | grahhduating from law school next week, ·hh= | |
| 48 | Ann: | =Is she?= |
| 49 | Frank: | =She just took an apartment in ↓Lowell (0.4) that's |
| 50 | eleven hundred dollars. | |
| 51 | Frank: | ↑I can't even help her. |
| 52 | (1.1) | |
| 53 | Ann: | °Heuh° |
| 54 | (3.0) | |
| 55 | Chuck: | So I guess the question is that [(you're s[a‐ |
| 56 | Frank: | [a‐ a‐ [So: what if |
| 57 | she found out that I'm: payin: (0.7) people's rent that | |
| 58 | aren't even fa:mily? | |
| 59 | (3.6) ((Chuck nods briefly, turns gaze from Frank to Ann)) | |
| 60 | Ann: | °hhthh° |
| 61 | (0.6) | |
| 62 | Chuck: | So that's‐ that's a question right there [(is‐) |
| 63 | Frank: | [I can't‐ |
| 64 | y'know I can't let ya live in my hous:e (1.0) for free | |
| 65 | (1.0) so that you can save up enough money to give it to | |
| 66 | another ↑la:ndlord (0.3) so that you can live in ↑ their | |
| 67 | house. | |
| 68 | (0.9) | |
| 69 | Ann: | Well no but I'd like at leas' a couple of weeks Frank |
| 70 | cause the only thing I can do I mean d‐ I'm not makin' | |
| 71 | much money and John isn' hel‐ John (0.3) doesn't have | |
| 72 | the ability to help me right now.·hh[hhhh [hhhh | |
| 73 | Frank: | [He's not ev[en here. |
| 74 | Ann: | I know. |
| ((Chuck calls for individual caucuses. starting with Frank)) | ||
| 1 | Chuck: | [An I don't know whatchyou think about (.) that Frank. |
| 2 | Chuck: | [((gazing at Frank)) |
| 3 | (0.8) | |
| 4 | Chuck: | Is that‐ t'y' to answer your question which you just |
| 5 | asked which is what d'y'want me to do (0.5) I'd like | |
| 6 | some ti:me was the a:nswer | |
| 7 | (1.1) | |
| 8 | Frank: | So: (0.8) okay so y‐ you would like time, (0.7) |
| 9 | Ann: | To be able tu[h |
| 10 | Frank: | [to still live there, |
| 11 | (1.2) | |
| 12 | Chuck: | Okay |
| 13 | (0.5) | |
| 14 | Chuck: | [For how [long |
| 15 | Chuck: | [((turns gaze to Ann)) |
| 16 | Ann: | [(Well) at leas: at least a couple of ↑weeks at |
| 17 | least a month I mean | |
| 18 | [so I have time to: get some money] | |
| 19 | Chuck: | [Okay let's just let's just work with these things] so |
| 20 | ↑if she was to stay for a month (2.6) What is it that | |
| 21 | you: (.) would (.) want. | |
| 22 | (0.9) | |
| 23 | Frank: | I would like to get paid the r:↑ent while you're still |
| 24 | staying [there | |
| 25 | Chuck: | [Okay |
| 26 | (0.5) | |
| 27 | Chuck: | So eight seventy five, |
| 28 | (1.8) | |
| 29 | Ann: | But see if I pay you that I won't have the money to |
| 30 | move. | |
| 31 | (0.3) | |
| 32 | Ann: | That's the only thing [I'm‐ |
| 33 | Frank: | [But I can't fund you, |
| 34 | [(2.4) as‐ (0.8) uh °ahhhm°)) | |
| 35 | Frank: | [((shrugs shoulders; looks to Chuck, shakes head)) |
| 36 | (0.6) | |
| 37 | Chuck: | Yeah |
| 38 | (3.8) | |
| 39 | Frank: | That's what family does.=That's what I'm doin' for my |
| 40 | children. | |
| 41 | (0.7) | |
| 42 | Ann: | No [(I know) |
| 43 | Frank: | [They're out of work (.) and I'm payin' thei(h)r |
| 44 | rhhent. | |
| 45 | (1.7) | |
| 46 | Frank: | uh (1.0) and I'm havin a hard time=my daughter's‐ is |
| 47 | grahhduating from law school next week, ·hh= | |
| 48 | Ann: | =Is she?= |
| 49 | Frank: | =She just took an apartment in ↓Lowell (0.4) that's |
| 50 | eleven hundred dollars. | |
| 51 | Frank: | ↑I can't even help her. |
| 52 | (1.1) | |
| 53 | Ann: | °Heuh° |
| 54 | (3.0) | |
| 55 | Chuck: | So I guess the question is that [(you're s[a‐ |
| 56 | Frank: | [a‐ a‐ [So: what if |
| 57 | she found out that I'm: payin: (0.7) people's rent that | |
| 58 | aren't even fa:mily? | |
| 59 | (3.6) ((Chuck nods briefly, turns gaze from Frank to Ann)) | |
| 60 | Ann: | °hhthh° |
| 61 | (0.6) | |
| 62 | Chuck: | So that's‐ that's a question right there [(is‐) |
| 63 | Frank: | [I can't‐ |
| 64 | y'know I can't let ya live in my hous:e (1.0) for free | |
| 65 | (1.0) so that you can save up enough money to give it to | |
| 66 | another ↑la:ndlord (0.3) so that you can live in ↑ their | |
| 67 | house. | |
| 68 | (0.9) | |
| 69 | Ann: | Well no but I'd like at leas' a couple of weeks Frank |
| 70 | cause the only thing I can do I mean d‐ I'm not makin' | |
| 71 | much money and John isn' hel‐ John (0.3) doesn't have | |
| 72 | the ability to help me right now.·hh[hhhh [hhhh | |
| 73 | Frank: | [He's not ev[en here. |
| 74 | Ann: | I know. |
| ((Chuck calls for individual caucuses. starting with Frank)) | ||
Excerpt 2 (1:00:08–1:00:38)
| 1 | Chuck: | So‐ |
| 2 | Frank: | But I‐ it doesn't seem fair to let her stay there uh |
| 3 | rent free for some ↑more months (0.7) so shehh she can | |
| 4 | accumulate her first and last month's rent (0.8) | |
| 5 | [to go move to (0.6) ↓somewhere else. | |
| 6 | Frank: | [((“away” gesture with left arm off to side)) |
| 7 | Chuck: | °pt° So let's let's talk about this [(a little) |
| 8 | Frank: | [and get her ↑life |
| 9 | started again. | |
| 10 | Chuck: | Right |
| 11 | Frank: | an‐ and hurt ↑me in the pr↑ocess. |
| 12 | Chuck: | so y‐ so‐ an that's‐ that is something you wanna avoid |
| 13 | cause you've already (.) from ↑your point of view (.) | |
| 14 | are already out. | |
| 15 | Chuck: | Quite a bit. |
| 16 | (0.8) | |
| 17 | Frank: | I think so, |
| 18 | (1.0) | |
| 19 | Chuck: | An‐ an‐ and (1.2) the (0.6) question that I have for |
| 20 | ↓you (.) is to really think about (.) what it is that | |
| 21 | you're trying to achieve at the end. |
| 1 | Chuck: | So‐ |
| 2 | Frank: | But I‐ it doesn't seem fair to let her stay there uh |
| 3 | rent free for some ↑more months (0.7) so shehh she can | |
| 4 | accumulate her first and last month's rent (0.8) | |
| 5 | [to go move to (0.6) ↓somewhere else. | |
| 6 | Frank: | [((“away” gesture with left arm off to side)) |
| 7 | Chuck: | °pt° So let's let's talk about this [(a little) |
| 8 | Frank: | [and get her ↑life |
| 9 | started again. | |
| 10 | Chuck: | Right |
| 11 | Frank: | an‐ and hurt ↑me in the pr↑ocess. |
| 12 | Chuck: | so y‐ so‐ an that's‐ that is something you wanna avoid |
| 13 | cause you've already (.) from ↑your point of view (.) | |
| 14 | are already out. | |
| 15 | Chuck: | Quite a bit. |
| 16 | (0.8) | |
| 17 | Frank: | I think so, |
| 18 | (1.0) | |
| 19 | Chuck: | An‐ an‐ and (1.2) the (0.6) question that I have for |
| 20 | ↓you (.) is to really think about (.) what it is that | |
| 21 | you're trying to achieve at the end. |
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2010
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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