What I thought at first was a film about the family was actually an indictment of exploitation in the age of gig workers.

Eula 2022-04-21 09:03:04

1. The "sorry" of the title is already starting to sound very British.

2. Most houses in the UK have stone exterior walls, wooden doors, wooden stairs, wooden attics, and carpets throughout the house. Once you go in, you will never forget the sound of walking boards.

3. The northeastern dialect of England, hahaha.

4. 1200 pounds a week for 14 hours a day, Chinese food delivery 250 pounds a week for 6 hours a day, too far.

5. Manchester United fans and Newcastle fans can quarrel after picking up a package :)

6. The average income is better than 50% of the people, let alone the love of husband and wife, even if they can live together peacefully, it is better than 70% of the people, plus the children have no serious illness, it is better than the 90% of the people.

7. The four warmest things for my mother: I sold my car to my father to buy a truck. "can we just talk, instead of shouting." "I have a rule, treat them like my mum. You wouldn't leave your mum like that." scolding his boss for his husband.

8. After the father and son quarreled, the next day, the father asked his daughter to ask his son what he wanted to eat, and he bought Indian takeout and went home. The son took the initiative to tell his father that it was delicious, and the father said, "You are mildly spicy, look at me, it is a watershed between boys and men." Then he was so spicy that the whole family laughed and released their previous suspicions.

9. "No phone on the table." The overall national quality is really good, I don't know, I thought it was a middle-class family.

10. My mother has to work overtime late at night. My son suggested that the whole family should take his father's truck to send his mother to him and sing on the road. This was said by a troubled teenager during the rebellion period. It was too warm.

11. Mom had to apply balsamic oil to her nostrils every time she entered a client's door to prevent the odor, and Dad only noticed later "I never thought your job would be so difficult."

12. My son was suspended from school. Dad said that this was the first time I quarreled with your mother, and it was because of you.

13. My father wanted to take a few days off to take care of the family. The supervisor said a very eloquent phrase: "Four people have come to me this month. People in this building call me bastard No.1, but they misunderstood me. All the complaints and anger, I accept all of them, become my fuel, build a protective cover for this warehouse, and the performance is No. 1 in the country. Why No. 1? Because I am satisfied with this black box. Every customer you have delivered, someone is sincere Have you ever cared about you? They only care about price, speed, and these information are fed back to the black box, competing with the national black box. This determines who can get the contract, who lives and who dies, I want to help you and your family win Apple, Samsung orders. And for every day you take off, you lose 100 pounds.”

14. The troubled boy was later arrested for stealing and brought to the police station. His father was absent from work to bring him out and confiscated his mobile phone. The conflict further escalated. The next day his car keys disappeared, causing him to lose face in front of the boss.

15. Dad was beaten by a hooligan, and the boss wanted to talk to him about a 1,500-pound fine. In order to repay the debt, he got up at 6:30 the next day with an injury and continued to work. I thought it was a family drama at first, but then I realized it was a movie about the gig age. "Sorry, we missed you" is a phrase on a non-delivery note left to customers by a British courier, with a pun intended. New business models brought about by new technologies have led to an increase in the number of gig workers around the world, as well as a new era of exploitation. The protagonist's situation is essentially a family that loves each other and is forced to alienate each other. The 82-year-old director Ken Lodge has devoted his life to speaking for the working class, with simple and delicate techniques, and respect.

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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?