{"id":187,"date":"2007-09-15T22:22:14","date_gmt":"2007-09-16T06:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/09\/15\/bep-66-int-%e2%80%93-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T06:03:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:03:45","slug":"bep-66-int-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/15\/bep-66-int-travel-hot-desking-and-making-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 66 &#8211; Working with Colleagues and Making Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-187-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP066-Mob.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP066-Mob.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP066-Mob.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>What do you do if you don&#8217;t have office space for all your employees or many of them usually spend most of their time traveling or working offsite? In the 90s, some clever manager came up with a solution &#8211; hot desking &#8211; and the rest is history. Hot desking refers to using temporary work areas that are set up for any staff who needs them.  <\/p>\n<p>With the invention of laptop computers and the Internet, we can pretty much work anywhere. Now, in many companies around the world from hi-tech software firms to management consultancies and even increasingly in more traditional industries such as banking and engineering, a certain number of work areas are made into &#8220;hot desks.&#8221; As long as they are empty, any one can work there. Sit down, plug in your computer, and you are ready to go! In companies where a lot of people are traveling, this is a great way to save money because it reduces unused space to a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/\" title=\"Business English Podcast\">Business English Podcast<\/a> lesson, we&#8217;ll be continuing our series on business travel. We&#8217;re following Honesto, an Ambient Telecommunications employee from Manila, on a training trip to head office in Michigan, USA. The main language focus of the lesson is on making polite requests. Along the way, we&#8217;ll also look at some different ways to express likes and dislikes. 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