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Rebecca: 

OK, Diego, so now that I've moved in, what chores do we have to do? Like
are we going to split the chores or yeah?
Diego: I think we're both very independent so as long as we keep our own areas clean it
should be enough. There are some things that have to be cleaned like the shower the
dishes the balcony and the toilet of course. So we don't have a very strict policy about
dividing chores which is cleanest it goes, so your room is your own responsibility as
well as my room is my own responsibility, but the common area we'll just split it.
Rebecca: OK, so do you have a vacuum cleaner or do we need to go and buy one?
Diego: I have a vacuum cleaner. It's very small but it does the work.
Rebecca: OK, so we have to vacuum. What about the rubbish bins? Does that go out
once a week or...?
Diego: We have a trash shed so we can take it out every single night but we have a big
recycling policy, so we have three different garbage bags. We have a green one, that it's
for burnables and then we have a pink one, that it's for cans and plastic, and we have a
silver one, that it's for everything else.
Rebecca: Maybe I need to print out this list so I know what to throw out.
Diego: It's posted on the fridge so you can just take a quick look at it before throwing
away anything.
Rebecca: OK. OK. So, shower and toilets: how often do you clean them?
Diego: The toilet, as it goes, I don't know. every time it gets dirty. And the shower,
maybe once every two weeks.
Rebecca: OK. Clean shower.
Diego: Yeah, very clean shower.
Rebecca: Cool. So do you want to do it so that I clean it first and then you clean it next?
Diego: I cleaned it yesterday so it should be OK for the next two weeks, but one thing
about the shower is you have to turn the hot water on every time you take a shower.
Rebecca: Good to know.
Diego: Yeah, so you have to press the little button that it's next to the kitchen, and yeah,
just press it and that's it. You're good to take a shower.
Rebecca: OK, so I need to remember that.
Diego: Yes.
Rebecca: What else is there? Oh, the balcony. There's no grass so we don't need mow
the lawn. There's just a balcony. Do you have any plants that we need water?
Diego: I have a cactus. Yes. So we water that once every month.
Rebecca: Yeah, cactuses don't need...
Diego: Yeah, they don't need a lot of water, so it should be OK.
Rebecca: OK.
Diego: And for the balcony, yeah, I don't know, just dust it once in awhile.
Rebecca: OK. Great. Alright, so we've worked that out.
Diego: Yes.
Rebecca: That'll be good. So I will wash the bathroom next time around in two weeks,
and then our bedrooms we'll do ourselves, and everything else, yeah.
Diego: Do you want go get groceries right now?
Rebecca: Yeah, I'm starving.
Diego: Yeah. me too. Let's cook some dinner. OK, great.

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