"A reckoning at work is imminent Stay at home and call in sick." "Stargazers Virgo 23rd August - 22nd September ... I know it's difficult, but that's how it is." "I have the papers from the lawyer here." "Take a look at them, Georg." "Personnel on the forecourt." "Would you step into the office?" "Read this through and sign it." "We're going to my parents on Saturday and we'll be there until summer." "What?" "Is this what you want, Flemming?" "It would be nice to go to Denmark for a while." "He's 12 years old, Georg." "He has no say in the matter!" "What?" "Are you just going to let her decide everything for you?" "What's up?" "Did you want to have a word with me?" "Yes, she's brought the boy here and is threatening me." "I am not threatening you, Georg!" "She's threatening with a lawyer and all sorts of other things." "Tell her that I do not care for such visits, and that I will not take part in such nonsense." "Well...should I tell her now or what?" "Yes, tell her." "Well, he does not care for..." "I heard what he said." "You don't need to repeat it." "Don't dramatise this, Georg." "Can I go now or what?" "No." "Stay here." "My father has found a good school in Aalborg for Flemming." "He can start next week." "Aalborg..." "We're moving, Georg." "Don't you understand?" "(in Danish) It's about the boy's future." "Will you stop behaving like a small child." "It's difficult enough for Flemming as it is." "He has suffered enough, more than enough." "Think about what's best for him, Georg." "Aren't you going to read it first?" "No, I don't need to." "Well, she should be satisfied now." "You can tell her that." "Yes, you should be satisfied now." "I think it's a shame things should be like this ...a great shame." "I had always hoped that..." "Well, tell her that." "He can fly back any time to visit you." "It's not really any different to us living in the country." "And you can visit him." "Yes, that won't be necessary." "I have nothing else to discuss with him." "Tell her that." "Yes, he..." "Yes, and remind her, too, that I have a BA in pedagogy." "Yes, he..." "Yes, I and seriously doubt that this boy is actually mine." "What do you mean?" "Just what I say..." "What proof do I have?" "Only her word." "Yes, he doubts that..." "Shut up!" "What?" "Aren't you my dad, then?" "No." "You'll have to find yourself a new father." "Your mother has ruined things for you." "Georg!" "(in Danish) Flemming, don't listen to him!" "(In Danish) Come on." "There's nothing for us here." "(In Danish) Come on!" "Say goodbye to your father." "Yes, bye Dad." "See you, mate." "Yes, bye Oli." "Have a good time out there." "Yes thanks, I will." "Don't forget all the things I've taught you, eh?" "No." "And don't let these dodos get you down, man." "They're crazy." "Excuse me, are you a customer here?" "No...just popping in next door." "Ah, then I'll have to ask you to park somewhere else." "This parking spot is only for customers and staff." "It's only for a very Short while." "Out of the question." "Move the car or I'll have it towed away at your expense." "Yes?" "Hello?" "Yes, hello Hafsteinn." "Georg Bjarnfredarson's the name, shift manager at the Shell petrol station on Laugavegur." "Yes, hello." "I'm calling because you are the managing director of the company and my mother taught me when I was a boy that one should always go to the top when a problem arises." "Excuse me, Georg but I'm in a bit of a hurry." "I have some guests with me right now..." "Quite." "For example when a problem arises at school, such as unsatisfactory teaching or something like that then my mother always made an appointment with the Minister of Education." "And that was in the days when Svavar Gestson was..." "Yes, I'm sorry." "I have some guests with me and..." "Yes, the reason I'm calling you is not just to reminisce about some interesting childhood memories." "It is rather that I had quite a shock here tonight." "Really?" "What happened?" "Yes!" "A notice has been put up here, informing our customers" "That from tomorrow morning The night shift at this branch will no longer be in operation." "And that decision was made without consulting the staff." "Excuse me for stopping you there but naturally..." "Look, I want to lodge a complaint over this" "We also want to take the opportunity to complain about the presence of an employee who is here at your request and who has been responsible for an extreme lack of courtesy." "Now, wait a minute..." "Moreover, this snip of a girl who poking her nose into everything around here..." "I have to stop you there, Georg." "Decisions have been made." "I expect that she is at the bottom of this recommendation." "and I strongly protest...as all of us do." "I seriously doubt that this young girl is in a position" "To make such an important recommendation since she has clearly only just finished primary school." "I take it you are talking about Erna Hafsteinsdottir?" "Yes, Erna is her name." "Yes, that's the person." "She is the company's personnel manager and--my daughter." "Yes, quite..." "And it was not her decision to close down the night shift." "That decision was firmly based on economising operations." "I think it would be more intelligent..." "Yes, I see..." "I understand." "Excuse me but I am speaking." "I think it would be more intelligent for you, my friend" "To call at a more appropriate moment." "What do you say to that?" "I have sent you a letter." "I have written a number of letters, some of them to you and not received a single answer to my suggestions." "Really?" "Well, naturally, I have not been directly involved in the area of daily operations." "Look, Hafsteinn, I'm er...." "I'm... er..." "I have a university education!" "More than that!" "I have five individual university degrees!" "Your education has nothing to do with this matter." "That is absolutely typical of the behaviour of those in power with working people in this country!" "Georg, my friend." "I happen to know that Erna has personally presented you the proposal to discontinue the night shift." "No, she hasn't brought any such proposal." "None at all." "Yes, she did." "I happen to know that she did that two weeks ago." "No." "Yes, I know she did." "Hi?" "Hi?" "Hello?" "I'm sorry." "Georg, are you still there?" "I thought that the girl was merely messing about." "No, it was entirely the decision of the board and first and foremost a business decision." "Yes, I..." "I remember now." "Oh, you do, do you?" "Er, I offer my sincere apologies for disturbing you." "There has clearly been a misunderstanding." "Let's say that, Georg, my friend." "Is there anything else you want to bring up before..." "Yes, of course, I want to..." "No, no, no." "We can discuss that at a more appropriate time, face to face." "Yes, I'd like to..." "No, until then I think we can count this conversation over." "Well...that's the last night shift." "No." "Are you serious?" "Will we just be transferred to some other branch?" "No, I don't think so." "Really?" "Do you reckon we're going to be fired, then?" "Yes, I expect so." "Yes, then we'll just do something else." "Not the end of the world even though the night shift is over." "Right!" "Georg's screwed up really badly here." "Yes, but I mean, you're not Georg." "You've done your very best, here, see?" "Haven't you?" "Yes..." "It would be great if I had all that money I was supposed to get the other day, man." "Olafur, it was a scam." "Benjamin?" "Yes." "It wasn't a scam." "Not necessarily, see?" "Oh?" "Just an international misunderstanding." "Maybe I can concentrate on the band full time now." "Really?" "Can you make enough income out of that?" "Right!" "Yes, it's all coming together now, man." "One major hit at FM and the money will start pouring in." "Georg?" "It's...this pump isn't working." "Number 4." "Georg?" "Do whatever you want." "Go home or go back to that strip club or set fire to the whole bloody place." "I don't give a damn." "Yes." "I'll work it out." "(in Danish) My old mate." "Hi.!" "How's the golden boys?" "Just great, bitch." "OK." "Hey, I changed the front spindle on the motor," "So she should be good until the end of the month, good enough for the gig at Valaskjalf, anyway." "Yes, good." "We were talking about that, me and the boys." "Where have you come from?" "We were playing last night and after the gig we went to American Style and had a band meeting." "Really?" "OK." "Gig you say?" "Where did you play?" "Olver." "Olver?" "OK?" "Who set that up?" "The boys and me wanted to tell you in person, see' so that you didn't hear about it from some other source." "Yes, well the thing is, I'm stopping here," "So I can, you know, concentrate on the band full time." "Yes, er...actually we decided to get a new agent." "Nothing personal, man." "Purely a business decision." "You've really screwed up." "You don't have enough time to manage the band." "You're always working when we're playing, like tonight." "That thing with the posters still pissing you off?" "No Oli, you know we want to thank you for all you've done for us." "We really appreciate it." "And are you...you know...have you hired a new agent?" "Sonja, the mother of my baby." "She's taking over." "No hard feelings, man." "You know, we're not going to open a bottle of champagne or light fireworks or anything." "It's just that she has the time and we thought the job would suit her much better than you." "Also, she knows what it's all about." "What what's all about?" "Her?" "Come on, Oli." "She lives at Sandgerdi..." "Yes and she's on partial disability benefits..." "Yes, exactly." "...so she has plenty of time, always home and all that." "But I could...you know...if you..." "No, sorry." "We think it's really boring and who thinks it's most boring?" "Your cousin, yours truly." "Hey, Oli." "Of course, you're always welcome to come to a gig whenever you want." "Absolutely, man." "You know, you've got a lifetime backstage pass, signed by Kiddi Casio." "Right." "This dude here, guys, he's a VIP at all our future gigs." "Yes, I mean...if I have the time... you know there's a lot of bands who want me as their agent but I've always turned them down  I always wanted to concentrate on Solinn, man." "Solin..." "Jesus Christ, man." "I can always buy some new posters and pay for them out of my own pocket..." "No, no, no, no.." "...if that's the problem." "Hey, come on Oli." "It's just not right for you, is it?" "Why don't you find something that you're good at, eh?" "Exactly." "Good point." "No point in living with delusions." "That's your thing, here, at a garage." "You're good at what you do here." "Here, you're king." "The king." "Who knows, maybe one day you'll get promoted and become a big shot." "What do you say?" "...the night and no one here..." "I sit alone by myself." "Everything seems so empty." "All seems so empty..." "Time passes slowly I feel nothing." "I'm more than excited at the prospect of you  I just want to spend one night with you..." "Though the wind blows against me I stand here." "Well, I'd like to book a flight to Stockholm." "Er.., for three...preferably tomorrow morning." "Is it OK if it's my mother's credit card number?" "Personnel on the forecourt and trainee personnel meeting at the shop table." "This is our last staff meeting." "What's going on?" "After all that's happened, I have decided to book a flight for us to Sweden." "What?" "For me too?" "You are in the club." "For me, too?" "Yes, we're leaving tomorrow morning." "I've told you." "I'm not going to Sweden." "We take off at 8:45." "But I thought we were going to...you know...do Paintball or go to Benidorm...we didn't decide to go to Sweden." "I have decided." "I've paid for the tickets and that can't be changed now." "But, anyway, I..." "The idea of the two of us going doesn't do anything for me." "There aren't two of us." "There's a whole community there." "I have packed either or..." "Everything we need will be there." "Eh?" "They have everything there." "The community looks after its own." "I'm doing this for us and for out benefit." "And besides, we'll enjoy relaxing in a caring atmosphere" "Surrounded by companions, alongside reasonable people." "Yes, why don't you invite you mother along instead of me?" "You don't have to come!" "But Olafur is coming and that's settled." "Reasonable people...who are sensitive to each other's needs" "And where there is no animosity!" "It'll be good to get some sunshine and all that." "It will be great." "We'll get ourselves a cold beer" "At the airport tomorrow morning, and Daniel..." "Daniel?" "What do you say to that?" "No." "Don't be silly, Daniel." "No, really." "You're coming with us." "Georg has put a lot of time and effort into organising this." "Reasonable people, Olafur." "No." "Daniel, please!" "They're really nice people there!" "Hi." "What?" "You didn't call me yesterday?" "No." "I was just sleeping, straight after my shift." "No, I couldn't sleep, see?" "I was so tensed up." "Yes..." "They're closing down the night shift." "Yes and I was thinking about quitting at the shop too." "Why?" "Just...to see what you were going to do." "What." "Me?" "Yes, wanted to see what you were going to do and then what I am going to do." "Hold on, I, er..." "listen..." "I er...what?" "I don't understand...are you going decide what to do based on what I decided to do?" "What do you mean?" "I don't know." "It's just." "It's up to you." "Wait..." "Why?" "Er.. yeah.." "OK." "I've got a really small bed." "You have?" "I was wondering whether we should maybe go to IKEA after work and look at some beds together" "(In Swedish) Well, Pelle Lundgren!" "You old devil!" "Hey, lads, it's Pelle!" " (in Swedish) Long time no see!" "Have you got a new car?" "(In Swedish) You bet!" "(In Swedish) So what needs to be done?" "(In Swedish) We need to do some digging." "(In Swedish) We need to go deeper leading from the house so it doesn't freeze up." "(In Swedish) Yes, quite." "Excellent." "(In Swedish)I have some sturdy boys here. eager to work" "(In Swedish) You do?" "(In Swedish) Great workers." "(In Swedish) That's good." "(In Swedish) And I can be their supervisor." "(In Swedish) Yes, that's cool." "(In Swedish) Fine." "(In Swedish) Yes." "Pelle Lundgren, my friend." "(In Swedish) You and me, Pelle." "You and me." "Can't you even get a cold beer here or what?" "Yes, yes, there will be a special reception tonight in our honour." "The you can get a cold Large ale." "I haven't slept a wink, see?" "I didn't get to sleep on the flight." "Well, let's get a move on." "The ditch isn't going to dig itself!" "You said that there was a beach here and..." "Yes." "But first, we have to do a little work." "Why am I the only person working?" "Because, as you so rightly said once, Olafur, you are a "doer"." "I am just a "thinker"." "Look at that body move, man" "Like a ripe fruit." "(In Swedish) Like some ripe fruit that you take a bite of and eat all up..." "Well, that's really beautiful, my boy." "Yes." "Hello!" "Hddg!" "What?" "Need hddg."