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"Bank manager Belinda Braithwaite (Hannah Gordon) wants to retire, but her house husband David (Peter Egan), likes things the way they are, and doesn't want to go back to work. " IMDB Also starring John Bird, Lill Roughley, Ruth Mitchell, Richard Aylen.
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00:35it's perfectly simple why does my heart sink when you say that the whole idea is ridiculous we should
00:42get somebody in to do all this we can't afford to we have to live within our means anybody who
00:46lives within their means most people wouldn't know their means well enough to say hello to
00:50look week one task seven clean bathroom washbasin responsibility red is all this leading up to
01:00something you didn't clean the washbasin did you want to i beg your pardon sheer bloody mindedness
01:08in a subordinate is almost impossible to deal with you are not my subordinate well stop ordering me
01:13around then we both now have important jobs that take us out of the house all day long this is
01:17very
01:18true we have therefore decided to divide the household task into two lots one is the blue
01:22lot the other is the red lot you put it all very clearly well i'm doing all the blue lots
01:26aren't i
01:27yesterday the washing and the ironing the cooking was your responsibility we ate i was there i remember
01:34we ate an indian takeaway from mr rouse you went rummaging in the bin for all the cardboard takeaway
01:39containers it's your own fault you're disillusioned not mine look if you don't do the red tasks who is
01:46going to morning i don't believe it it's true believe it believe it we agreed that we will both
01:57share the household tasks i have contracted out i have engaged a subcontractor and she's going to pay
02:04me in pound notes so as not to bother the vat so if you'll just excuse me i'll go and
02:10make myself
02:10perfect for the rest of the day just a minute now what if i want to go and make myself
02:15perfect
02:16i have equal rights in this household you know you should have started about three months ago
02:20it's only going to take me two minutes i would never have thought that you of all people louise
02:25would have betrayed me like this no neither would i still there you go it just goes to show doesn't
02:30it where shall i start um the uh plug hole in the bathroom wash basins got all bunged up
02:37what with hairs and gunge
02:43i think i'll start down here well who's going to clean the plug hole in the bathroom well whose
02:48hairs are they well what does that matter it's a big responsibility look well they'll probably go
02:52away by themselves no they will not they will weld themselves into an impertable wodge and the the
02:58water won't run away why don't you hook them out as soon as you first saw them
03:02because it's a red responsibility i do the blue tasks look let's face it you're just a little bit
03:08pedantic aren't you well you're supposed to be the cleaner aren't you right where's the steel wall
03:14steel wall you can't you'll take the top of our services belinda she wants to use steel wool on our
03:19surfaces david the time has come to choose either you can stay here and worry about steel wool and
03:26surfaces or you can join the big wide world of business and worry about whether sitting at a
03:32desk all day will give you curvature over the spine right right right to work
03:43bye
04:09i was only manager for a week it's all very well for you and had your expectations dashed from your
04:15lips all my lips can expect ned is to get chapped in winter and of course the occasional nuzzle from
04:22a close friend now don't start all that again so i've got a estelle finding that joke valentine card
04:29what joke valentine card that joke valentine card you sent my house covered in suggestive remarks
04:36don't pretend it wasn't you was you wasn't it ned give over of course it was me
04:43you shouldn't do things like that i told you my wife's got no sense of humor
04:46she threatened to make me sleep in the garage sorry i just couldn't resist the card with all the teddy
04:53bears on it what teddy bears because i'm talking about had a huge fat naked woman on it and it
04:58said
04:58in large red letters do something to me please i didn't send that i've never said please to a man
05:07in
05:07life don't tell me there are two of you on the loose what's the matter i've got a swan i
05:13just saw
05:13barrington ricketts go past the window oh i'd like to talk to you about the small business day later if
05:19i may sure any particular time uh ned uh before lunch ned's free fine um i think he's just seen
05:25a ghost no it's just somebody who looked like him someone who looked like who you don't want to know
05:32what are you doing good lord i wonder if i could have a word with mr braithwaite just stay there
05:43a sexual harasser wants a word with you
05:48what the devil does he want whatever he wants to start his own small business
05:53do it yourself torture chambers if you want a hand give me a ring thank you very much darling
06:03what can i do for you mr ricketts i think we're going to have to let bygones
06:07be bygones david if we're going to have any sort of business relationship
06:11business relationships can we have a word you'd better come this way
06:18it's like somebody walking over your grave isn't it
06:21you've got to admire his cheek you really have i don't see why he's a lout
06:26you used to practically throw yourself at his feet every time he came in you are a fraud i was
06:32just
06:32being polite politeness cost nothing you should try it sometime i have done
06:37i didn't like it come on you two we've got more important things to do with our time
06:40than worry about him ned yes get me the list of small business starts for the next three months
07:05right
07:07What are you doing here? I thought you lived next door. Any chance of a snort?
07:13Charles, this isn't my house. I can't go giving people's gin away.
07:16No, no. Lucinda wouldn't mind.
07:18I don't know where they keep it.
07:19Ah. Ah, this sounds like gin.
07:22But at least it'll do until we find the proper stuff.
07:27Alden, are you having one?
07:29No, I am not.
07:32Can't say the Queen.
07:35Charles, you are awful.
07:37I know, I know, but at my age you're stuck with it.
07:41At least we might as well enjoy oneself while one's still capable.
07:44What do you think?
07:46Not just at the moment, thank you, Charles.
07:48No, no, no, maybe you're all right.
07:49Of course, we'd have to draw the curtains, which may cause unnecessary comment.
07:55Charles.
07:57Where were we?
07:59Well, so far you've knocked on the door,
08:01drunk about half a pint of gin and propositioned me for the sixth time this week.
08:05Oh, my stamina must be going.
08:06I'm normally up to ten by now.
08:09Charles.
08:10Yes, my dear?
08:11Why are you here?
08:13Letter.
08:14Oh.
08:15Who from?
08:16Bean, Bean, Bean and Godfrey.
08:19Ex-husband's righteousness.
08:21Have they made an offer?
08:22Lump some, no less.
08:23How much?
08:24Ah!
08:26Can't save the Queen.
08:28What are they going to do with all this lovely money?
08:32Well, to be perfectly frank, Mr. Ricketts, I don't like you and I never have.
08:35And the less time I spend talking to you, the happier my day will be.
08:39That was a bit blunt.
08:41Well, bluntness is one of the things I am good at.
08:43Punching people who make passes on my wife is another.
08:46I admit I was incautious enough to admire your wife.
08:50Come on, don't pretend you were paying her a compliment.
08:53I apologise.
08:54And I withdrew with as much dignity as I could muster under the circumstances.
08:59I also apologise to you, sincerely.
09:01Is that why you've come here today, to apologise?
09:04Not exactly, no.
09:06Well, get on with it, will you?
09:06I wouldn't trust you as far as I could throw you.
09:09Good.
09:11What do you mean, good?
09:13I have a proposition to make.
09:16And I would like you to examine it with care.
09:20Anything I get from you, Mr. Ricketts, I will examine with extreme care.
09:23I may even send out for a Geiger counter.
09:27So, what else is in my diary?
09:30You've got a dinner date with some Americans.
09:32When?
09:33Er, tonight.
09:36Don't look at me like that.
09:37It wasn't my idea.
09:38But whose idea was it?
09:42What?
09:44She's found out.
09:45Oh, found out about what?
09:47It's not that payroll thing, was it?
09:49No, I can explain about the payroll thing.
09:50No, no, no.
09:51It wasn't my fault.
09:52She's found out about dinner tonight.
09:54Oh.
09:56Let me see.
09:59I mean, why am I having dinner with them?
10:00When did all this happen?
10:01It happened when you were away, when I was manager of the bank.
10:04And then may you want to open a new account here?
10:06Well, is it a small business start?
10:07Could be.
10:08What do you mean it could be?
10:09What's their projected turnover?
10:10More than a million pounds a year in the first year.
10:14Well, I suppose I'd better see them.
10:16Anyway, women are natural hostesses.
10:18That's true, yes, exactly.
10:19And Ned can't go, because it's Estelle's Bridge night tonight,
10:22and he's got to hand around the peanuts.
10:24We don't have peanuts anymore.
10:25We have pistachios.
10:28Oh, very yuppie.
10:29Except that people keep throwing the shells into the fire.
10:32What's wrong with that?
10:33It's a gas effect fire with imitation logs.
10:37Well, at least Estelle can't blame you for that.
10:40Well, I bet she says that if I was more successful,
10:42we'd live out in the country and have a rear log phone.
10:44It wouldn't matter.
10:45Give us some information on these American dinner people tonight.
10:50Bye, Belinda.
10:51Bye, Jessica.
10:54That man has got more neck than a herd of giraffes.
10:58It's your own fault you shouldn't have encouraged him.
11:00I did not encourage him.
11:02You went to Brighton with him.
11:04You can't argue with that.
11:05Look, just get on with some work, you two,
11:07or I will give you both a final warning.
11:09I suppose one of you has booked a table for tonight.
11:11Er, not exactly.
11:13I don't believe it.
11:14I mean, we didn't know you'd go, did we?
11:16No, that's true, we didn't.
11:17Ah, we couldn't presume you'd go, could we?
11:18No.
11:19Do you know, I think I preferred it when you two hated each other.
11:22Book a table.
11:23Book a table.
11:26Er, can you spare a minute?
11:28I'd spare a decade if it'll get me away from these two.
11:31I only need a minute.
11:32Hey, if it's intimate, you've got to go in a smaller interview room.
11:35Jessica, it's only a joke.
11:38So what did Ratface Ricketts want?
11:40That's what I came to tell you.
11:41He wanted to see me about his new job.
11:43How can you even speak to him?
11:44That's what I'm paid to do.
11:46So what's he going to be doing?
11:48Well, I'll give you details later, but don't worry about it.
11:51I took care of him.
11:51Look, you should at least tell me what happened.
11:53I am not only your wife and your bank manager,
11:55I also control the finance of your small business bureau.
11:58Well, don't get all power mad again.
12:00Makes your forehead go all spotty.
12:03Mrs Carr for you.
12:04I'll catch up with you later.
12:05Hello, Louise.
12:07Can I come and see you?
12:08I've just come into a lot of money.
12:09Er, fine.
12:10When?
12:11When did I come into the money?
12:13About half an hour ago.
12:15I put it in the client's account.
12:17About half an hour ago.
12:18No, Louise.
12:19When do you want to come and see me?
12:21Er, early afternoon.
12:23Right.
12:24Er, and your washer's broken.
12:27What?
12:27He just went bang and then stopped.
12:29And, er, I've broken some china.
12:31Oh!
12:33With the hoover when Charles came in.
12:35Oh, and you're going to need some more gin.
12:38And by the way, I don't want to be your cleaner anymore.
12:42I've got some money now and cleaning's menial.
12:45You can just pay me up till 11 o'clock.
12:48It's half past 11 now.
12:50Well, I did break a few things.
12:52You can have half an hour for nothing.
12:54See you later.
12:56I can hardly wait, Louise.
12:58Bye.
13:00You don't want a job cleaning on Saturday mornings, do you?
13:03No, I've got one.
13:05The mess in my flat reaches your waist by Saturday.
13:08Why?
13:10Louise has come into some money and resigned.
13:13Look here, Louise.
13:14Has a divorce settlement come through?
13:16It looks like it.
13:17Hmm.
13:18I wouldn't mind getting married for a bit
13:20if it means I could get a good divorce settlement.
13:23Here are the papers for those foreigners.
13:25He's lovely, isn't he?
13:26All English and riddled with prejudices.
13:30I know.
13:31What?
13:32I'll marry Ned next time.
13:34That way it won't matter when we get divorced.
13:36I'd have to get divorced from Estelle before I could marry you
13:38and she wouldn't leave me enough for a flea to live on, let alone you.
13:41I've seen you eat, remember?
13:44I could go on a diet.
13:46We could manage.
13:48He'd marry me if he could, wouldn't you?
13:51I might.
13:52At least we could have all the nasty surprises first, not like last time.
13:59Well, that's done it.
14:01Let one word of this reach aerobics
14:03and Estella be down here with blood in her eye.
14:08Jessica.
14:09What?
14:10I hope you're not thinking about what I think you are thinking about.
14:14You get half each in a divorce settlement, don't you?
14:17It would almost be worth it.
14:20I bet he's a tiger in bed.
14:25Wow.
14:28You shouldn't laugh at me when I'm talking to a customer.
14:31It undermines the authority of the bank.
14:34Ned, we weren't laughing at you.
14:35Yes, we were.
14:37Well, I was, anyway.
14:39I mean, they say if you can laugh at someone,
14:41you're halfway to falling in love with them.
14:43April 1st was last week.
14:45I think it's more to do with some Valentine's Day, if the truth be told.
14:49I'm warning you, Estelle won't stand for it.
14:52Well, if you were serious, you'd be in with a chance.
14:55Hmm.
14:57I said if you were serious.
15:00Hello.
15:01I've heard you.
15:06Yes, yes, absolutely.
15:09Come in.
15:10Well, we're handling about ten new starts a week at the moment.
15:12Sit down.
15:14Fine, I'll send you the information.
15:16Right.
15:17Well, thanks for calling.
15:19Bye.
15:21Well, how very nice to see you.
15:25This is nice.
15:26Yeah.
15:27Oh, it's a bit better than the town hall, isn't it?
15:29Does the door lock?
15:33What?
15:35I just wondered if the door locked.
15:37Um, yes.
15:38Why?
15:39Oh, I was just wondering.
15:44Sorry?
15:45Well, I mean, with all these confidential papers lying around, I suppose it would have to lock,
15:50wouldn't it?
15:52Is my clock that easy to wind?
15:54Pretty easy.
15:55But I haven't actually come to wind your clock.
15:58Ah.
16:00Why have you come here?
16:01Well, I was directed here, as a matter of fact.
16:03Really?
16:04Hmm.
16:05I'm thinking of leaving the council and becoming a small business.
16:08Oh.
16:10Don't forget you're seeing Louise in half an hour.
16:12Hmm?
16:13Oh, right.
16:14Um, well, what time did you book the table for tonight?
16:16Oh, shoot!
16:17Oh, I couldn't book anywhere.
16:19Everywhere was booked up.
16:20There's a conference meeting somewhere, and I've left it too late.
16:22What am I going to do with these Americans?
16:25Well, maybe you could get them to sample your wonderful British home cookery.
16:30Or get David to help out.
16:32So, the, uh, bureau seems to be taking off then, does it?
16:35Well, I'm a fully-fledged businessman now, you know.
16:36I don't do any housework, I don't do any ironing.
16:38I don't even do any...
16:39Oh, excuse me.
16:41Hello?
16:43Oh, hello, darling.
16:44Um, David, I wonder if you could be a real angel tonight.
16:49Cooked dinner for how many?
16:53Oh, I can't.
16:54Why not?
16:55Um, I have a business meeting.
16:57I'm seeing a client.
16:58Awfully sorry.
17:02He's got a business meeting.
17:04I'm going to have to do it all by myself.
17:09It's that madwoman and her deranged lawyer.
17:12You have a real empathy with customers, don't you, Nate?
17:16Not particularly.
17:17You can just see trouble coming a mile off.
17:22Hello, Lucinda.
17:23Hi.
17:24Uh, you're a bit early.
17:26Well, we've just come to tell you we're not coming to see you.
17:29Pardon?
17:30No, we're going to see David instead.
17:32We're going to start a small business.
17:34What kind of small business?
17:36We're going to do catering in people's houses.
17:38We're really excited, aren't we, Charles?
17:40Excited, yes.
17:43Well, when you've sorted everything out,
17:45why don't you sit down with Mr Race and, uh,
17:47you know, talk about finance?
17:48Oh, yes.
17:49He handled my dicky hip nicely.
17:52Mm.
17:52Thank you, Lucinda.
17:53Bye.
17:54Right.
17:55Well, it's very nice to see you again.
17:57If you have any problems, just give me a ring.
17:58Thank you, David.
17:59I will.
18:00Bye.
18:02David.
18:03Oh.
18:04Hello, Teresa.
18:05Hello, Louise.
18:06I'll, um, catch up with you later.
18:08Lovely.
18:09Bye.
18:10What are you doing with Teresa?
18:12She's not a small business.
18:14I don't think it's fair.
18:15I thought you said you weren't having an affair with her.
18:17Don't be ridiculous, Louise.
18:20Uh, come in, Charles.
18:21Hello, we're in, Meredith.
18:22We're in.
18:23Right, uh, take a seat.
18:26Now, what can I do for you?
18:28Well, we want to start a small business that does catering, you know, in people's houses.
18:34Charles is going to be the expert on fine wines.
18:40What are you laughing at?
18:41You're going to go to people's, to people's houses, and they're going to pay you to cook
18:45for them, aren't they?
18:46Yes.
18:48And, uh, Charles is going to be the wine waiter.
18:51Yes, I shall stand at the door and offer people drinks when they arrive.
18:56Oh.
18:57Sherry or pink gin?
18:59The one with the angora bitters in it?
19:01I think you'll find it's angostura bitters, Louise.
19:05But it was angora bitters.
19:07Like the rabbits.
19:08They've got pink eyes.
19:09But I'll not have pink eyes in a minute, if you don't pay attention, Louise.
19:13Now, you can't go into business without the proper grounding.
19:16You go bankrupt in two months.
19:18Are you putting any money into this, Charles?
19:19Not money as such, dear boy.
19:21No, just, just years of expertise.
19:26But, Charles, um, you are a very good lawyer with a liking for pink gin and pretty ladies.
19:32But, uh, they're not the proper credentials for being the next business tycoon, are they?
19:37Will you stop making faces when I'm talking, Louise?
19:41Now, who is going to be the senior partner?
19:43I am.
19:46Right, well, we'll have to sort that one out.
19:48Uh, now, what about cash flow?
19:50Well, I've got cash.
19:51Why do I have to worry about cash flow?
19:53Right, right.
19:54Well, if you don't worry about cash flow, Louise, all your cash will flow out, won't it?
20:00You're such a downer, David.
20:02They should have got someone cheerful to run this advice bureau,
20:05not someone who keeps talking about losing money.
20:08I really don't think you're in the right job.
20:10Honestly, I don't.
20:12Come on, Charles.
20:13Charles, he's just jealous because we're going to be a success, and he's not.
20:19Hello, Mr. Boar.
20:21Great, wait, how are you?
20:22Fine, fine, can I come through?
20:24Jessica, a cup of coffee for Mr. Boar.
20:27Uh, this is Ned Race, the assistant manager.
20:29Ah, so this is Mr. Race.
20:31How do you do?
20:32I was wondering if you could spare a couple of moments.
20:35Yes, yes, of course.
20:35I'm sure Mr. Race can look after the bank for a little while.
20:38Can't you, Mr. Race?
20:39Of course he can.
20:40Mr. Race is, uh, very capable.
20:43Uh, would you like to come through?
20:48What's the matter with you?
20:50You're doing your sardine impression again.
20:52Who's that?
20:54Boar.
20:55Personnel.
20:55Took over from Ricketts.
20:57Hmm.
20:57Straight into the small office.
20:58Here we go again.
21:00Why don't you just take the coffee in?
21:01Then you can be sure of what's going on.
21:03Oh, no.
21:04I don't want Mr. Boar to think that I'm the sort of assistant manager who rushes round trying
21:08to get into people's good books.
21:09Ned, you'd only have to take one look at you to realise what sort of a person you are.
21:14Oh, yeah.
21:16Why are you here, Mr. Boar?
21:17Are you really happy here, Mrs. Brathwaite?
21:20Sorry?
21:21Well, let me put it another way.
21:23Do you want to stay in this town as the manager of this branch?
21:27Do I have an alternative?
21:29Well, that depends on you.
21:30You've had enough messing about from this bank and its previous offices.
21:34So you're offering me a choice?
21:36Yes, we are.
21:39Your coffee.
21:40Ah, Mr. Boar.
21:41There you are.
21:44Hello?
21:46Oh, hello, Mr. Ricketts.
21:49Yes, your proposal was perfectly clear.
21:51I hope my response was just as clear.
21:54I'll ring you tomorrow, yes?
21:56Goodbye.
21:59Mr. Rex?
22:00Yes?
22:01I want you to do me a favour.
22:02Gladly, gladly.
22:03Mrs. Brathwaite's going to be busy this evening,
22:05so I'd be pleased if you'd take over her social duties.
22:09Now, this means that your wife may probably need to be involved.
22:12I assume that won't be a problem.
22:15That's fine, then, fine.
22:17You can charge anything you spend to the bank, of course.
22:20Good.
22:21I'll see you soon, then.
22:23Fine.
22:23Bye-bye, Mr. Moore.
22:24Bye-bye.
22:27Ned, I've got a few things to do,
22:29so I'm going to leave you in charge of the bank.
22:33Um, enjoy yourself tonight, won't you?
22:35Bye.
22:38What am I going to do?
22:39It's Estelle's bridge night.
22:41Well, you'll just have to take the bull by the horns
22:42and tell Estelle to cancel the bridge night.
22:44That would be very like taking the bull by the horns.
22:46I'd end up squashed against the wall.
22:49What are you going to do?
22:50I haven't decided yet.
22:52I might kill myself.
22:54Or alternatively, I might just burst into tears.
22:56I mean, where am I going to take them?
22:58I suppose you've got any suggestions, have you?
23:02I'll be your wife, if you like.
23:04I'll still find out.
23:05Tell me you're having a trial divorce.
23:09Where's Belinda?
23:10Uh, nipped off early.
23:12Oh, sugar.
23:16So?
23:16All right.
23:17Oh, well, um, what will I do about a wedding ring?
23:20I'm not going to buy you a wedding ring.
23:22It's all right.
23:23I can wait.
23:25This is a race.
23:26It's got a nice ring to it, hasn't it?
23:28Sounds more like a bell tolling to me.
23:33Hello.
23:35I got the shopping.
23:37Ah, ah, good, right.
23:39And, uh, I wanted to apologise.
23:43What for?
23:43Well, I behaved like a prized prat earlier.
23:46I, uh, of course I'll do the cooking.
23:48I, uh, I didn't have a business meeting.
23:50I was just...
23:50You were just exerting your independence.
23:53Exactly.
23:53I'm sorry.
23:55Now, how many people are we cooking for?
23:58Uh, well, there's nobody coming, actually.
24:01What do you mean?
24:03Oh, there was a change of plan.
24:04Uh, Ned's going to deal with them.
24:06You're kidding.
24:06I've just spent 50 quid on grub.
24:08Well, what about Louise?
24:09Maybe she could use it for her catering business.
24:12I think we're going to say the return, you know.
24:15Water, drink.
24:16Yes, thanks.
24:17How was your date?
24:19Um, I wanted to talk to you about that.
24:21Oh.
24:22Louise, I've got a present for you.
24:25Lovely.
24:26What about you?
24:27What was your date?
24:28Really?
24:29Bitter, hmm.
24:33That was quick.
24:36There you are, Louise.
24:38Your present.
24:40This is meat.
24:42Yes.
24:43Why are you giving me meat as a present?
24:45Well, the butcher had run out of sapphires and diamonds.
24:49Okay.
24:50Bye.
24:56I like meat.
24:57Bye, Louise.
24:59Poor Louise.
25:01Now, I am prepared to take over red responsibility just for this evening.
25:04What, you mean you will do the cooking?
25:06Absolutely.
25:07Mwah.
25:08I've got time for a quick bath.
25:09Yes.
25:09Oh, and, um, put on your heart-to-heart outfit, will you, Belle?
25:16You know, God has found a new and very irritating way of plaguing the life out of me.
25:22Boils.
25:24No.
25:25Locusts.
25:25No.
25:27I give up.
25:28Well, it's a combination plague, actually.
25:30It's a community charge combined with bloody-mindedness.
25:35Well, we're lucky.
25:36We gain.
25:36We don't lose.
25:37I'm not talking as a householder.
25:38I am talking as a bank manager.
25:40Some people, who shall remain nameless, have taken to paying their annual bills with about
25:45300 separate cheques or for different abouts.
25:48It's not funny.
25:49Sorry.
25:50Sorry.
25:50It's beginning to make life as a bank manager very interesting.
25:53You're not finding it as enchanting as you used to?
25:55Is that what you're trying to say?
25:56Yes.
25:59So, what did the Lord High Barrington of Ricketts want?
26:03Oh, yes.
26:05Did you hit him?
26:06Well, I was going to, Belle, but something he said made me change my mind.
26:11He must have said something very powerful to stop you pounding him into a pulp, which
26:15is what you said you were going to do the next time you saw him.
26:17I was.
26:18I admitted I was.
26:19But, you know, pulp is very difficult to get out of the office carpet, Belle.
26:23Well, I yield to your superior household knowledge.
26:25So, what did he say?
26:27Well, he offered me a job, actually.
26:30Which you, of course, immediately turned down.
26:34I see.
26:35Well, it is a very good job, Belle.
26:37There's no such thing as a good job working for that toad.
26:40I agree.
26:42What?
26:42I wouldn't actually be working for him.
26:44He's a management consultant now and, um, he headhunted me.
26:49Are you serious?
26:50And I've got till tomorrow to make up my mind.
26:53What's the job?
26:55Well, it's running a new housing association.
26:56They buy land and buildings and rebuild and renovate where necessary.
27:00And it would be about twice the salary that I'd get if I stayed here.
27:07You cannot go to work for Barrington Ricketts.
27:10I'm glad you said that.
27:11What?
27:12That's exactly what I told him.
27:15I am going to stay at the Small Business Bureau where I think there is a job that needs to
27:19be done.
27:20And anyway, I rather like working next to you.
27:26Want another drink?
27:27Uh, yes.
27:30Uh, by the way, Mr Ball came to see me today.
27:33Mr Ball from Personnel.
27:34Oh, yeah?
27:35Uh, he said that he thought that the bank had messed me about quite enough
27:39and that the least they could do was offer me a better job with better money.
27:44Well, that's perfect.
27:45Well, it's not that perfect, actually.
27:48Why?
27:48What do you mean?
27:49Well, it might mean a move.
27:51Oh, don't be such a downer, Belle.
27:52I don't mind travelling if it's a better job and more money.
27:54Really?
27:55Sure.
27:55Ah.
27:56Okay.
27:57So, what have they offered you?
27:59Well, it's a new project for 1992 for our entry into Europe.
28:05That sounds interesting.
28:07Oh, it doesn't mean a move to head office London, does it?
28:10Of course not.
28:11Hmm, good.
28:12So, where do they want you to go?
28:15Brussels.
28:20Brussels.
28:21So, what will you do?
28:22Buy a boat or wait till they finish the Channel Tunnel?
28:29I'll...iking.
28:45While they
28:45are the best. You want them?
28:48Well, if you
28:50If you go to,
28:51you came to the place of optimism, tell me why you do it. I think we can do
28:51it. Come to, you know
28:52what? I know you do.
28:52I know you do.
28:53Keep up here. So,
28:54you're right.
28:55Actually, you're right.
28:55Well, I've been here.
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