to give (someone) a piece of my mind

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 675: Having Furniture Delivered.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 675. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is a dialogue between Zuly and Danny about when you buy “furniture” – a bed, a couch, a chair – and the company or store delivers it to your house. We’ll see what happens when there are some problems in that process. Let’s get started.

I was waiting patiently for the furniture store to deliver my new bed. I was given a window of 1:00 to 4:00. At 4:50, the delivery truck pulled up in front of my house. ……

Zuly: Hello.

Danny: Hi! We’re from Reliable Furniture. We’re here to deliver your new bed.

Zuly: I thought you’d never get here. The new bed should go in the bedroom. Follow me. You’ll haul away the old bed,