Transcript #2

Out of work
In Britain, a lot of people are out of work, Tracy Chapman is 18. She left school a year ago.
She lives in the northeast an area of high youth unemployment. She hasn’t been able to
find a job yet.
- My dad just doesn’t understand he started working in a steel mill when he was 15.
Things are different now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money. Oh I
get my own employment benefit, but that isn’t much and I fed up with quid in for it
every Thursday. I hate having to ask mom and dad for money, oh my mom gives me a
couple of pounds for tights now and then, but she can’t stand seeing me at home all
day. I´ve almost given up looking for a job about the local paper every day, but I'm
really tired of looking through the situations baking column, there are 50 applicants
for every job, I was interested In being a dentist receptionist, because I like meeting
people. Now I take any job at all, people ask me why I don’t move to London but I
don’t want to leave my family and friends. Anyway I’m scared of living on my own in a
big city.
George Moniz is 54, and the last year he was a production manager in the textile industry,
he works for the same company since he left school he had a good job four-bedroom
house and the company car. when his company had to close because of the economic
difficulties he became redundant.
- It’s funny really, but I don’t feel out, but it is not easy to start looking for a job at my
age, I had so many refusals, now I’m frightened of applying for a job, all the interviews
are 20 years younger than I, I said I'm interested in learning a new skill but nobody
wants to try in me, I can see their point of view, I’ll have to retire in 10 years, is just,
well I’m tired of sitting around the house, I worked out for nearly 40 years and now
I’m terrified of having nothing to do when I was still with Lancastrian textiles I was
bored with doing the same thing day after day, but I’d really enjoy doing a job again,
any job really, it’s not the money. I got good redundancy pie and the house is paid for
and I’ve given up smoking, no, It’s not just money. I just need to feel well useful, that's
all.

Edriam Díaz Burgos