sorry we missed you

Lucinda 2022-04-19 09:02:43

The story takes place in Newcastle in the north of England. Because of the subprime mortgage crisis, Ricky not only lost his job, but also took on huge debts. In order to make a living, Ricky took out a loan to buy a small truck, and planned to start the second spring of his career by delivering goods. Who knew that his unthought-out move had brought irreparable damage to the whole family. Ricky's wife, Abby, is a domestic worker specializing in services for the disabled and the elderly. Today, she has to rely on the bus to travel to and from different employers' homes, which makes her very tired. Ricky has to spend more of his time at work in order to pay off the loan on the van, leaving their eldest son, Seb, in the cold.

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Sorry We Missed You quotes

  • Abbie Turner: This is my family, and I'm telling you now, nobody messes with my family.

  • Ricky: I don't know what's got into you, I really don't. You're a smart kid just like Liza. You used to be in all the top sets. What is going on? Just give yourself some choices mate.

    Abbie Turner: Seb?

    Seb: Hmm-mm?

    Abbie Turner: We've talked about this. You could go to uni.

    Seb: Go to uni? What, and be like Harpoon's brother? £57 grand in debt and what? Working in a call centre now, getting smashed every weekend just to forget his problems. Of course.

    Ricky: Yeah, but it doesn't have to be like that does it? There's some good jobs out there.

    Seb: Good jobs? What good jobs?

    Ricky: Well there is if you just knuckle down. Give yourself some options. Otherwise you're just going to end up like...

    Seb: What, like you?

    Ricky: Oh fucking nice!

    Abbie Turner: Seb...

    Seb: Do you really think I want that? Really?

    Ricky: Yeah...

    Seb: Well yeah of course I do don't I? I want to be like you.

    Ricky: Yeah, going from shit job to shit job, working 14 hours a day, having to put up with everyone else's shit. Going from one shit job to another shit job. You're just going to end up a skivvy.

    Seb: A skivvy? It's your choice to be a skivvy isn't it? A skivvy doesn't come to, you, you go to it - right?

    Ricky: I'm doing my best Seb.

    Seb: Maybe your best isn't good enough, is it?