The Report in the Recycling Bin
A free A1-level English story for language learners, readable online in English, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
While sorting old files, intern Ines spots an unsigned contract about to be thrown away and saves it just in time.
Ines works as an intern at a busy office. Her job today is simple: sort old files for recycling.
She empties one folder into a big bin. Papers, forms, and old notes fall inside. She grabs the next folder.
Something catches her eye in the bin. It is a form with a manager's signature line. The line is empty.
Ines picks the form back up. She reads the top of the page. It says "Vendor Contract - Needs Signature."
She checks the date on the form. The contract ends this Friday. Nobody signed it yet.
Ines walks to her manager's desk. "I found this in the recycling," she says. "It still needs a signature."
Her manager looks at the paper. His face changes fast. "This is important," he says. "Thank you for checking."
He signs the form right away. He sends it to the vendor before lunch.
"Good catch, Ines," he says. "That was almost a big problem."
Ines returns to her desk. She checks every folder carefully after that.
