I Collect Medical Debt For A Living. One Woman Asked Me A Question. | Learn English Story | Level 1

Rainey Petrosky is forty-seven. She lives in Akron, Ohio, and she has four years left on her mortgage. For eleven years she has worked for a company that buys medical debt from hospitals. She makes between sixty and eighty calls a day. Her name has been at the top of the board for most of those years. She is very good at it. She knows exactly why she is good at it. This story takes place on one Tuesday. It starts at 7:52 in the morning and it ends at five o'clock. At 10:40 she opened an account. One thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. Forty dollars a month, nineteen payments, never missed. The woman who answered was calm and polite and answered every question. And then she asked Rainey a question instead. This story is told slowly and clearly for English learners at Level 1 (A1). Every sentence is short. The text appears on screen as you listen, so you can read and hear at the same time. #emotionalstory #truestory #sadstory #learnenglish #englishstory #shortstories CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 0:30 7:52 A.M. 1:23 How I Do It 2:24 The Board 3:17 9:00 — The First Hour 4:05 10:40 — The Account 5:03 What Audra Said 6:41 The Account Was For Bennett 8:26 The Question 9:34 What I Said Back 10:32 10:51 — I Ended The Call 11:05 11:00 — The Next One 12:19 Why I Took This Job 13:50 2:00 — Seven More Hours 14:33 4:58 — The Board 15:37 The Drive Home 16:31 The Form 18:30 What Happened 20:04 Three Things 21:44 7:52 A.M. HOW TO USE THIS VIDEO 1. First time: just listen. Do not stop the video. 2. Second time: read the text on screen as you listen. 3. Third time: say the sentences out loud with the narrator.