""All the best' I hope you're having a nice day." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Your order is built on sand." "already tomorrow, the revolution will arise with a racket, and proclaim to your horror:" ""I was' I am' I will be."" "I studied political economy." "It's not business management or economics." "It's the analysis..." "of capitalism' you know?" "Four years, all for naught." "After reunification' no one cared about Marxist theory." "I wanted to study "real" economics'" "I wanted to go to America." "But I only got to berlin." "You have to earn money." "Have you ever been to London?" "all I did was work." "Nurse on the weekend' waitress by night, a day job at Heathrow airport." "all just to make the rent." "I have a friend in Warsaw." "She was my best friend in school." "She has three kids' a house with a pool in the garden' the works." "She does cosmetic surgery for VIPs, and is filthy rich." "Money' money' money' that's all she cares about." "After that is nothing, until you get to Rodinia." "Rodinia' Rodinia." "But I'm not interested." "Then I went to Vienna." "I had a great time in Vienna." "I did striptease." "And table dancing." "Privately too." "You can call it sex." "Am I prude, or what?" "I asked myself what I Iearned." "Economics." "This. ,'This" is economics." "At some point, the time for stripping is over." "In 1 995 my child was born." "And... this is where I got stuck." "THE drifter" "Hello' this is Greta M." "I am an architect and construction manager." "My last job was with Neumaier-Berlin, and as you might know, they closed their offices in London and Berlin." "So now I'm looking for a new challenge." "You're building that townhouse project behind the Bundeswehr hospital' for BND staff..." "Yes..." "No' no' I don't want to buy a townhouse!" "I'm applying with you as an architect." "Or construction manager." "Do you understand?" "Yes' l'm looking for a new challenge." "Pardon me?" "Yes?" "Sure." "Well' I'm an architect." "I'm looking for a new job." "I see." "Yes, well' all right then." "Thanks." "Good bye." "Here I am." "Do have a seat." "Won't you come a little closer' please?" "A phone conversation is a rhetorical masterpiece." "Communication is argumentation." "Persuasion with the right argument." ""Outbound"" "Does that tell you anything?" "Cold calling." "Do you have phone experience?" "Cold calling is part of my job." "An architect." "How interesting." "Not to be curious' but why do you want to work at a call center?" "Are things that bad in your business?" "Yes." "You can say that." "I understand." "I mean, I understand why you need a job, but why in a call center of all places?" "What do you expect of your new job?" "Sometimes it's good to do something different' to experience new things' new worlds." "I understand." "You know  you always have to be friendly." "Smiling on the inside." "Even when people are unfriendly." "You have to be able to take it." "Are you up for the job?" "I couId try it." "You don't mind that we sell prefab houses?" "Prefab houses are built by architects too." "Our new client is really great." "A prefab house company from Norway." "Market leader." "The houses are a dream!" "Even you as an architect will agree." "There it is." "You can only learn telemarketing "on the job"." "We pay ,'seven" euros an hour  plus 200 euros commission for each appointment you arrange." "And "that" can really add up." "Some of my people arrange up to "ten" a day." "That's "1 2000 extra" euros." "Interesting." "Yes." "Feelings of shame  are the best weapons... to condemn people" "to isolation, passivity and immobility." "In olden days, this state was reserved for women." "Feminism' as it is preached today, is in reality nothing but a conservative emancipation." "The conservative emancipation is appreciated by all religions, for it supports the existing system." "A system  in which men and women are losers to an equal degree." "Oh' Max!" "Illusions chiselIed in stone  suburban dreams." "A house' a son, a tree." "Just as it was 1 5 years ago." "And now people have money "and" sons." "And you are all hopeless' sick romantics!" "Romantics?" "Yes." "We don't want a plague of little houses in berlin." "Don't be so strict with Max." "Come on, he can take it." "Come on, we need your expert opinion." "Greta' what do you think of Max's new housing project?" "Don't know' I haven't been there." "I didn't expect you to come." "Why?" "all of you are here' too." "True." "well..." "GreteI?" "Happy birthday." "Let's meet up sometime." "The two of us." "And do what, hold hands?" "Francesca' new guests are here." "I'm coming." "Sorry..." "Greta' Dear!" "Hello." "Hi." "We haven't seen each other for so long." "Four years." "For sure." "How are you?" "How's Lukas doing?" "He's good." "How are things in the office?" "In the office?" "Construction?" "We had another go at it." "Twins." "Oh' God!" "Oh well... twins, you know?" "And number four came right on their heels." "I think I have to go, someone's crying." "Hey  Greta, let's meet for an update sometime." "Okay?" "Bye." "Bye." "Beautiful Greta is back." "You venture out again?" "H e o H" "I have to tell you something." "I'm going to Tangier." "A golf course!" "In the middle of the desert, an exclusive club and hotel." "Really!" "You should come." "Hey." "Nice to see you." "Here." "Oh' wow." "Nice of you to come." "We really should meet up." "Yeah?" "Sure." "Call me." "If you try and describe from the outside, the transitional use' the Schlossplatz' the moment when the shell was reutilised by the Einsturzende Neubauten' when they hammered on the metal, when you describe all those moments' that kind of fun palace moment." "then' uh  then you're nothing but a romantic." "Because, actually  it's an inevitable course..." "Just as it is in every other city." "These..." "The only tiny examples are exceptions that prove the rule." "Exactly, it's a top-down decision." "That's what's so sad about you." "1 0 years ago' you wanted to change the world, you had a utopia, now you sell yourself for decorative kitsch' as you call it." "Am I the only one here who earns money?" "Yes' you probably are." "You don't make architecture, you make money." "Oh' Darling..." "Be honest' you'd build one too' if someone asked you." "Yeah." "Greta' come on over' have a seat." "I'm fine on the dresser." "Hey." "What's new at the Neumaier office?" "Don't act like you don't know what's with Neumaier." "What?" "Neumaier  laid off all freelancers eight weeks ago." "And what now?" "Do you have new plans?" "I work in a call center." "A call center." "Yes." "I take care of prefab house clients." "All I can say is:" "Quit on Monday and join me." "You know full well l can't do that." "I can't just take off like that." "Of course you can." "Come on, let's take Tangier." "We'll see the sights, do some sketching." "Check out the scene." "Get something going." ""You" get something going." "Yes?" "Sure you can come by." "See you in a bit." "Good morning." "Good morning." "They're not satisfied with our work." "Not enough appointments." "That means not enough houses sold." "There needs to be more of an effort." "Every phone call' a rhetorical masterpiece." "Communication is argumentation." "Persuasion with the right arguments." "follow the guideline, be precise' but attuned to the situation at hand." "I will be monitoring your calls more often." "We have a new employee..." "Greta has expertise, by the way." "She's an architect." "Welcome' Greta' to MBW Marketing." "No time to lose!" "Go' go' go!" "Hello' this is Mrs. Saleh..." "If you're interested' I'll send you our brochure." "I'm not trying to sell you anything." "Your address' please?" " ... might change your life." "Mr. Gunter... with a 'T'?" "I'll enter that for you." "Mrs." "Gunter." "If you're interested' I'll send you our brochure." "Yes' l can send you the brochure." "Can you give me your address?" "Here's some material you can consult if you're not sure about why you should say something' for example." "Here's a conversation guideline." "What's important, and tricky at first' is to get ',MBW" Marketing right." "It has to flow and be understandable." "It's important to say first ,'and" last name' not just Mrs. so-and-so." "And then keep it flowing' like a refreshing summer wind coming though." "I'll just give it a try." "Like you're delivering good news." "Hello' this is Greta M. from MBW Marketing." "Do you have a moment for me?" "I have a couple of questions that could change your life." "Exactly." "You're absolutely right." "I'd feel   the same way." "Mrs. Zeller?" "Yes' that's me." "Mrs. Zeller, elementary school teacher, at your service." "What can I do for you?" "I'm the mother of Lukas." "You had an appointment with Paul' my husband." "My ex-husband." "well..." "well hello' mother of Lukas." "Do have a seat." "It's nice to meet you." "Is there a place to get a coffee here?" "Uh... no." "Not here at school." "well' go on' tell me..." "How's it going with Lukas?" "Fine." "But I thought you'd tell me something." "Later." "First I have to know how you're doing." "Lukas and I?" "Well' I don't know where  to start." "It's not going well' at any rate." "l'm glad you're so open." "I have an idea..." "So if this here is Lukas..." "Where do you stand?" "No' Mrs. Zeller..." "I really don't feel like playing Gestalt therapy games." "It could help us reach a different level." "all right' then..." "Too bad." "Okay." "Lukas..." "Well' I have only positive feedback." "Very musical, excellent in math." "He could skip a grade there." "Oh yeah' and he's a peer mediator." "No problems at school." "It's all positive." "WeIl' I'm certainly not on the blackboard." "But I'm also not here' or at Alexanderplatz." "basically, you could say:" "Wherever Lukas is' I am not." "There is no "connection"." "Yes..." "That's how it is with parallel lines' they never meet." "Someone has to make it work, and that has to be you." "And how do you do it?" "Poise." "If you love your parents, you stay lower class." "Gameboys, not divorces, mess up the kids." "Want to know the worst part about the job' about the system?" "I can't just go outside with the kids' explain the flowers to them." "They show up immediately." "Quick as a flash!" "Why aren't their kids learning math?" "As if we can't do math outside." "But I really don't care." "I'm a civil servant." "I hereby swear to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic and all the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, and to diligently fulfil my official duty." "So help me God." "Down in one." "Would you like them?" "You sure are cute." "Show me yours." "Some other time." "May I be completely open with you?" "But don't be mad." "Okay." "Lukas  I really don't like him." "He functionalizes everything and everyone." "Thank you' Mrs. ZelIer  that's enough." "So you "are" one of those squares who can't take the truth!" "Hello' this is Greta M. from MBB...." "No' sorry' I mean from ,'MBW" Marketing." "please don't paint your nails at work." "l was wondering, do you have a moment for me?" "all right." "No problem." "You have an interesting approach' on the whole." "Thank you." "l like that." "Very modern." "A little test." "Hello' this is Greta M. from MBW Marketing." "Hello' this is Greta M.' MBW Marketing." "May I have a moment?" "Could I ask you a couple of questions..." "that I have." "Yes?" "Not a good time?" "That's..." "Sorry." "May I?" "Okay?" "Put yourself in the customers' shoes' get a feel for the customer." "Somehow  with a Iittle creativity." "Okay?" "Let me show you." "Hello' is this Mrs. Becker?" "Hello' this is Ann Schoening' from MBW Marketing." "Yes." "I have a tiny little question for you." "No' this will only take five minutes." "I promise." "It's about prefab houses." "My question is:" "Could I send you a brochure?" "No commitment." "At no charge to you." "Wonderful." "all right then' could I have your address?" "Shall we say Tuesday, around 1 20?" "Does that work for you?" "Great' for me too." "What a coincidence." "Okay' good bye." "Something like that." "You just have to..." "You go again." "Go on." "I want to hear you." "I'm curious." "Hi, this is Swantje, MBW Marketing and Consulting." "Have you got a moment?" "I'm not selling anything. I have some questions that could change your life." "Hello' this is Greta M. from MBW Marketing." "If you're home this afternoon' I'd Iike to bring you a brochure." "Prefab houses!" "You've never heard of this before' I promise." "This catalogue just came out yesterday." "MBW Marketing." "all right!" "Sure' l can also come next week' if tomorrow's not good." "No problem." "Not at all." "That's different." "I can understand." "Okay..." "In that case' then' uh  have a nice day." "Are you married?" "Kids?" "Yes' a son." "He lives with you?" "Some of the time." "How long have you been unemployed?" "Six months." "The firm went bankrupt. do temp work." "What kind of work?" "I've been at a call center a month now." "Great!" "I don't know what's great about that." "Define your strengths for me." "tell me what you're really good at." "Nothing comes to mind now." "Well' what are you good at?" "Drinking." "Oh' a cynic!" "I'm all alone!" "I don't have anyone who..." "That's awful." "You have to work on your performance." "Define goals." "Learn to come across the right way." "For homework' define your goals' concretely." "Not "l want a job"' but rather..." ""I want a job in a good office with a decent salary."" "Okay?" "Write that down at home." "Unless you change your attitude' I can't help you." "Together we can do it." "My success rate is 97 percent." "And you don't look like 3 percent." "Hi Dear' it's Mom." "Call me about Thursday' okay?" "Bye." "What are you doing?" "Ouch!" "Damn it." "I'm taking pictures." "I can see that." "Do you have permission?" "Why?" "This is public space." "No' this is private property." "You need a permit to even be here." "You could be taking pictures of the children here' of house numbers' of license plate numbers." "I'm doing architectural research." ""Townhouses in Berlin:" "Urban Ghettoisation or Modern Residential Culture?"" "What do you think?" "Well' we aren't a ghetto." "We're open to everyone." "But I can imagine the stuff you'll be writing:" ""The gated communities of the rich."" "Nonsense!" "I'm not interested in that." "I'm interested in the psychography of space." "A private road' in the middle of Berlin." "With surveillance." "That's paranoid." "And symptomatic of the new German mainstream." "It speaks of security psychosis, cleanliness and uniformity." "And ecologically correct at the same time." "Go ahead and call the police." "Is Max there?" "No." "Is he coming in today?" "Maybe." "Did you have an appointment?" "No." "l'm making coffee." "Would you like one?" "Sure." "I've never seen you here before." "I haven't been in town for long." "And you?" "Have you known Max for long?" "We studied together." "See you Sunday." "Have fun." "Say hi to Lukas." "Hey." "Have you eaten yet?" "No." "Feel like getting a bite with me?" "Sure." "Why not?" "I've been meaning to tell you..." "You have to follow the conversation guideline more closely." "Yes... well'" "I..." "I know we're not making enough appointments." "Yes..." "No' l don't know." "I'm not sure I want that." "Sorry' l have to..." "I'm going to Oberhausen this weekend' want to join me?" "Nah, I don't feel like it." "You could visit Grandma." "What are you doing there?" "I have a job interview." "Oberhausen?" "No' l don't want to go there." "What do you think I should do?" "I don't care." "But I'm not going anywhere." "You need to act professional." "No one's interested in your private side." "They want to see someone who is effective." "Someone who is reliable." "That's the only person- they're looking for." "What are you doing here?" "How are you?" "Good' very good." "I made it from Oberhausen to Schmachtendorf." "A house' a horse." "And you?" "Divorced." "One son." "Lukas." "He's 1 20." "That's how long it's been." "You look good." "You haven't changed a bit." "Yeah' sure." "Because nothing happens here." "And you?" "You look exhausted." "Are you crazy?" "What the hell?" "I come in here and you tell me how shitty I look?" "That's not what I said!" "Nothing's changed." "I say something and you scream at me." "You come into my store..." "l didn't know it was your store!" "Yeah' right." "So it's a coincidence?" "l'm leaving." "Then leave' just like you always did." "Leave!" "Is this really your store?" "Yes' I bought it." "When?" "A year ago." "It's going great." "Really?" "congratulations." "Everything's good?" "Yes." "And?" "Are you unemployed now?" "I told you, I work in a call center." "In a call center?" "How trashy!" "Says who?" "Everyone says so." "So who's Emily?" "Why?" "ls she a girlfriend of yours?" "I'm just interested." "Since when are you interested in my friends?" "What is my child up to?" "What is my doe up to?" "Work is worthless if it is done by women, work is worthless because it is done by women." "Poorly paid service jobs are plentiful' while productive' highly paid jobs are becoming scarcer." "The male so-called elite distributes those jobs among each other." "Clearly' not much has changed." "Female workers are now female service employees." "This is the Federal Finance Ministry." "I repeat:" "On October 4, at 1 0 am, Stuttgarter St. 7." "Yes?" "Okay." "Good bye' and have a nice day." "Yeah!" "Number four." "Yesterday I had three." "That's 1 40 big ones." "Yes' hello." "mueller's my name'" "Anuschka Mueller from MBW Marketing..." "Would you step inside for a moment?" "Have a seat." "What is it?" "I'm sorry' but I have the feeling we have to part ways." "What do you think?" "What I think?" "well' you know..." "Let me think..." "Could it be that you're firing me?" "From the start' you haven't reached your potential." "As a call center agent' you have to be a bit more flexible." "But I wish you the best of luck." "I'll keep you in our agent pool, if you like." "Where?" "In our agent pool?" "Sure." "Thanks." "Bye." "And the agency' Fabio?" "Is it still..." "Is it still going well?" "Man' it's just awful!" "Let me tell you." "My boss is so stupid." "Now she's into art PR' even though she has no clue." "Then there's this underwear fag who sits across from me." "The other day he came in talking about how he was in Milan' at the Cavalli party' in the lounge at the party for the CavalIi credit card." "all day he talked about how great that was' and, oh, how he misses his Cavalli world." "Unbearable." "That went on all day." "Awful' l'm telling you." "Why?" "You're like that too." "What?" "What do you mean?" "Like' Cavalli and all that." "That's not my world!" "This is my world." "Greta!" "So great that you're here!" "Lovely!" "How are you?" "This is how you should fall." "Look..." "Exactly." "But you should hold it here more." "Your center should go like this..." "And then come up quickly." "Try it." "And then fall." "No' not like that!" "Hold on' l'm coming." "Try it." "You have to do it like this..." "Bowlegs, and then' sink down' and hold' hold' hold!" "And there you play the pathos." "It's coming' it's coming  coming." "Brace yourselves." "I can't do the bowlegs." "Push it forward more." "Got a light?" "Want some more?" "Hey' I have to go to work." "Yes' it's about the application I sent you, on the recommendation of Mrs. Sabine Klein." "Thanks." "Oh' I see!" "Yes." "No' she didn't..." "No, it's' uh..." "No' of course." "Of course." "No..." "Exactly." "Exactly." "That's right." "Well' then thanks, thank you." "And' could you perhaps send my documents back?" "please?" "Okay?" "all right." "Okay." "Yes' you too." "All right, yes..." "Good bye' good bye." "Bye' bye." "Hello?" "Yes?" "And how did you get my name?" "Oh' from Max." "What would be my task in the project?" "I see." "That sounds quite interesting." "Yes' l'm on board." "all right' good bye." "Hello' l'm Greta." "Hi' I'm Saskia." "This is it." "It looks good." "I'm happy to be able to show you this old factory site." "Yesterday' there were workers and comrades here." "Tomorrow' this could be the center of the Chinese fashion scene." "This is our architect, Mrs. Greta M..." "Hello." "Nice to meet you." "The future belongs to the service sector' the free market and the modern woman." "They would Iike to know if you have initial ideas for this area." "The delegation has trouble envisioning the City of the Dragon here." "Could you improvise a bit and lay out a vision for our guests." "I think that's what is expected." "This place here  is like a laboratory to me  in which we will develop new urban residential forms." "Where there is nothing  everything is possible." "What interests me  is pragmatic'" "utopian architecture  that realises pragmatic' concrete ideas." "On this site  here  we will create a social and financial oasis." "An oasis  in which the possibility  of urbanity  is contained." "Well' that was an interesting excursion." "But I think they need something else' more like corrugated steel shacks." "The seamstresses come on three-month tourist visas." "Maybe the administrative building could have some glass and steel." "What would be my job in all of this?" "Or was this all just for show?" "No' you'd mediate between building inspectors and the Chinese client." "We obviously need a pro there." "And why should I do it?" "Maybe because you need the money?" "Is that what Max told you?" "What's so hard about it?" "Why can't you ask your friends?" "What could happen if you ask your friends for a job?" "Nothing." "Have you asked yet?" "No." "Not really." "All right." "I give you an assignment." "Okay?" "You have a daily routine' don't you?" "lf you say so." "I don't see your problem." "It's great that you finally have time." "Especially for Lukas." "At his age." "He doesn't need me." "That's puberty." "Of course he needs you." "Still. I'm an architect." "I have to work." "You should enter a competition." "That's part of the job." "l can't afford competitions." "I need a paid job in a firm." "I need money. I don't have a guy who takes care of everything." "You all don't seem to understand that." "Who is "you all"?" "Us?" "The mommies, this binky-winky world, this  perfect mommy world' this supplemental wage society." "Finished?" "Are you actually truly satisfied?" "Olaf builds hideous things' and you're in charge of the kids." "Hey' I'm your friend. I don't care if you win a competition." "And besides'" "Olaf and I, we're a team." "Sorry." "You know' sometimes you have to cope with not having a task." "I scour catalogues for tiles' doors and windows." "That's part of it too." "Couldn't I work in your office?" "Hey' Greta  don't take it the wrong way' but," "I don't think that's a good idea." "I thought we were friends." "Don't use that against me." "I mean..." "Olaf..." "I'm not the only one in the office." "It was just a question." "It's okay." "It's all right." "Don't take it the wrong way  but I have things to do." "I want to stay over at Tim's tonight." "We haven't seen each other for so long." "l know." "I still want to stay at Tim's." "Just tonight." "Then we'lI go to soccer and you can pick me up." "But that's when Dad picks you up." "That's better anyway." "So what'Il it be?" "Too bad." "I don't know." "Mom' honestly  I don't feel like going with you." "Why not?" "Just accept it." "Because I don't feel like it, okay?" "Tell me the reason' and then you can go with Tim." "I don't feel like hanging around with losers' spending time with losers." "Okay?" "Say that again." "You're getting on my nerves!" "I said I don't feel like it." "That's just typical." "Chill out!" "all right' we'll talk later!" "Bye' Timmy!" "Say hi to your mom." "l will." "Bye!" "Don't take it the wrong way  but it's not going to happen." "I mean' you were once a very talented woman." "But that was ten years ago." "You don't have to pay me a Iot, I can work as construction supervisor." "What have you done in recent years?" "Name one big project of yours." "I'd be fine with that." "Even as construction supervisor' it won't work out." "You know that as well as I do." "Why?" "Because it never worked out!" "Did Francesca ever pay you your money?" "She doesn't have any money." "You are a square after all." "You do chase after the others." "Make sure you stay close on their heels." "Hello?" "hello." "Have a seat." "So you're a journalist and an architect." "Can you use a computer?" "Yes." "Can you speak English?" "Yes." "Marketing communication?" "Yes." "Good." "We sometimes get requests from call centers' etc." "So..." "Do you have debts?" "How much?" "5'000... 1 0,000... 200'000?" "Fine' I'll write 200'000." "Next question..." "Do you have any addiction issues?" "Oh' it's you." "How funny!" "What brings you here?" "You know what?" "Lock the door." "Key's in the lock." "Let's have a drink." "Everyone needs a break." "What a surprise!" "It's almost like we know each other." "You know what' sit down, get comfortable." "Got to have a break every now and then." "Freedom." "I wouldn't have expected you..." "I know' only outcasts work here." "You can't imagine what goes on here." "I hate this job so often." "Curse it!" "And it's my own fault, but..." "The system is all screwed up' it's ridiculous how it's organised." "I just administer bureaucratic measures' but it doesn't help people at all." "You think there are jobs?" "All I can do is dispense some petty cash." "Orientation?" "A perspective?" "It no longer exists for a lot of people." "And I get paid to..." "It's depressing." "They're people too." "They need money." "Sure." "Sure." "Me too, right?" "That's how I make a living." "Know what?" "I'll fill out your form and in a week you'll have money in the bank." "Okay?" "Then we go out for a drink." "I wish I could do something useful' actually help people." "I'm interested in stuff like palm reading." "That's what I like!" "May I see your hands?" "You have such dainty hands!" "But with such strong lines." "A clear fate line!" "You have no business here," "I don't see any problems." "Communication' everything's great." "Vital." "Look how clear it is, how pronounced." "And this..." "Erotic charisma." "Uh oh." "Uh oh." "I see snakes." "Snakes are the incarnation of evil." "They lie coiled in dark places." "The snake is deceitful." "It sneaks up to administer its poison... lt has multipIied' and has despoiled the face of the earth." "You can go now." "Excuse me..." "Where does this anti-feminism come from?" "Whoever says women have equal rights is clearly blind to reality." "You see' the privatisation and femininization of housework and care for children and the needy' as weIl as the care for husbands by their wives' which is taken for granted, although these activities are socially undervalued' are the source of their specific risk of poverty." "The sad thing is that the entire feminist revolution of the 200th century did not change that." "Sister, oh sister" "When do we go home?" "In the morning when the cocks crow" "That's when we want to go" "Brother, oh brother That's when we'll go home" "Sister, oh sister When will we go home?" "In the morning when day breaks" "The joy does not end any sooner" "Brother, oh brother That's when we'll go home" "Sister, oh sister The time has come" "My Darling dances with me lf l'm gone he'll dance with her Brother, oh brother" "Will you allow me today?" "Sister, oh sister" "Why are you so pale?" "That is the morning light" "Shining on my little cheeks" "Brother, oh brother They are moist from the dew" "Sister, oh sister" "You seem so weary" "Look for the chamber door" "Find me that bed of mine" "Brother, things will be fine" "Below the earth" "Why isn't your mobile turned on?" "It's your Mom calling." "Bye." "I'm interested in the fleeting, in the relationship to non-places, to vacant lots." "How can I utilise those places?" "Without functionalizing them, in an amusement park' for example." "It's about grasping cities' periphery as urban space' as chance' and not always as a void which I drive through to get to the supermarket." "It's about finding images for the uniqueness of these places." "Very interesting." "But..." "why should we hire you' of all people?" "I  could imagine that I'm a real  challenge." "... asset to your team." "I am." "What kind of answer is that?" "It sounds like just some phrase." "lt is just some phrase." "You're looking for a job." "And in this world' there are rules and formulas." "What we're trying to do is put some life into these formulas." "Your life." "You have to look at it positively." "Positively." "There's nothing positive about it." "200'000 euros debt." "That's what there is." "Even that's a growing experience." "You have to learn  well' to deal constructively with your experiences." "If you're not interested in your life' who else will be?" "Nowadays' job experience is only worth this much..." "You have to fit into a team." "Yes  that's what I'm trying to do." "We're not getting anywhere." "Under these circumstances' I can no longer work with you." "I suggest that you get professional help." "is 'professional' the only word you know?" "'Loser'?" "'Loser'?" "Did he get that from you?" "You reek of alcohol!" "l'm talking to you!" "I'm talking to you!" "Can't you two be normal for once?" "So what?" "So what?" "Okay." "Then we'lI talk on Thursday." "Okay' talk to you Thursday morning." "Thanks." "Bye." "What brings you here?" "I wanted to congratulate you." "What an achievement!" "I want my money." "Everyone needs money." "I don't have any myself." "That's not what I heard." "From whom?" "A friend." "Since when do you believe him?" "He just spews the bullshit that suits him." "You think you're the only one who's been harmed?" "I'm struggling too." "I feel sorry for you." "Now I know what kind of person you are." "Still, congratulations." "1 1 :59 am." "Hi Mom. I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday." "Happy blrthdayl" "And I wanted to say that I'm not coming today." "I'm..." "I'm sick." "Big Max  comes to my favourite restaurant without even congratulating me." "Greta' is this necessary?" "I'm in a business meeting." "Won't you introduce me?" "Okay' one drink." "You'll finish your drink." "I'll count to three." "One  two, three." "The bill' please." "Three glasses of champagne!" "Greta' finish your drink and get out of here." "That's enough." "We'll have two..." "Come with me!" "... glasses of champagne!" "I don't want to come with you." "You're coming with me." "No. I don't want to." "You're coming with me." "No, I'm not." "Hey' what?" "I just said I'm an architect' I lost my job, and it's my birthday!" "What's wrong with that?" "Give me another boilermaker!" "well' then." "I have nothing" "Which I would call my own" "My business on earth is over I set to work full of will I bled over my labor" "And made the world not a penny richer lnglorious and lonely l return" "And wander through my fatherland" "That lies all around me Llke a garden of the dead" "And perhaps awaiting me ls the knife of the hunter" "I enjoyed my time in Hamburg' but unfortunately' my job there ended." "Otherwise..." "At which theatre?" "The Schauspielhaus." "I started under Grundgens' and then worked for Oscar Fritz Schuh..."