On Falling

If you've just been sent this by someone...

Well, I like yellow and grey...

Oh, my God! I like...

What's your name

and how do you rate yourself, one to ten?

You wouldn't believe what we found inside this box.

I'm watching this really good series.

Golden Chain. Have you seen it?

Er, no. But I heard it's good.

It's really good. You should watch it.

I'll try to see it.

Are you just having cereal tonight?

Hmm. I can't be bothered cooking.

- If you want, I... - All right, enjoy your food.

Thank you. You too.

- Hi, darling. All good? - Hey.

- Yes, all good. And you? - Yeah, good.

- How was your weekend? - It was fine, and yours?

Ah, just the same. Just, er, got this new dog.

A cockapoo. It's a wee puppy.

So, most of my weekend's taken up with him.

His name's, er, Coba.

Got a wee picture here. I'll show you.

Yeah, he took up most of my weekend.

That's him.

- Hmm, cute! - No, he's no cute.

- No? - No, he's a wee nuisance!

He's always following you about. Sticking to you.

They call him the Velcro dog. Always sticking to you.

Cannae go to the toilet or nothing without him.

He's there, he's there...

Everywhere you go in the house, he's following me about.

You go to the toilet, come out, he's there.

Right in front of you. So.

What did you do for the weekend?

I had to do a couple of things at home, so...

Boring. What is it with your generation?

I'm 65, and I'm out and about,

giving it that, giving it a bevvy, having a good time.

No? There's an old saying in Scotland, by the way.

You're here for a good time, not a long time.

- - So get yourself out there.

Enjoy yourself.

That's what I was saying to your colleagues.

- -

Hi.

I didnae recognise the number.

Give me two minutes, I'm on my way down.

Bro. Are those your steps?

Yeah.

- Done all this today? - Aye.

- Smashing it out the park. - That's good for you, bro.

I know, that's my personal best.

- You're a machine. - I know, mate. Aye.

- Keep it up. - You too.

Do you have 50p I can borrow?

I might.

I wanna get a chocolate.

I've just got coppers.

- It's OK. - How much does she need?

Er, 20p.

Here.

- Oh, thank you. - You're welcome.

I'll give it back next time I see you.

- It's fine, don't worry. - No, I will.

Is... Is that good?

Yeah, yeah, it's good.

It... looks all right.

I'm having the chicken curry today.

The chicken looks nice too.

It's good.

Are you a picker?

Yeah.

And you as well?

Yeah, me too.

We're out there on our own for too long, hm?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I need to find something else.

That's smart. I should do that as well.

Um, but you are looking for something else?

I don't really know what I could do, to be honest.

Like, most of the other jobs I had were pretty shit too.

- Yeah, same. - Yeah. I don't know.

What do you do outside here?

- Um, after work? - Yeah.

Not much, really.

And you?

I'm quite a busy guy.

I, er... do the laundry.

You know, like, wash clothes,

- hang them, fold them. - OK.

- Exciting stuff. -

Yeah, um... I do that too.

You do that too? Wow.

- What a coincidence. - Yeah. Strange.

- Um, I need to go. - Cool, have a good one.

- You too. - Cheers.

- Yeah, bye. - Bye.

Bye.

Was it raining?

- Huh? - Was it raining?

Nae, nah, not yet, but looks like it might.

The weather's been mental recently.

My bins blew over last night and everything.

I couldn't sleep cos of the wind.

Are any of youse watching that, er, Golden Chain?

- I heard a lot about it. - Nah.

- Are you watching it? - Yeah.

It's good, isn't it?

I just couldn't really get into it.

I've been watching, um, the new season

of The Dark Road at the moment.

- There's a new one out? - Season two?

Yeah. Came out last week.

Ah, I didn't like the first one.

- What's it about? - It's about this guy

who travels through America on an RV.

His RV breaks down and he gets lost in the woods.

- Oh, hey! - Hi.

All moved?

- Hmm? - Is that all moved?

Yeah, I think so.

Er, sorry, do you know which, er, cupboard is mine?

Um...

That one.

- Hm, so... - Hm-hmm?

You're living in the room next to mine?

I'm the first floor... um, door.

Um...

Your room is nice.

- It's... It's big. - Yeah, I like it.

Yeah.

I think it was the, um, the living room, before.

Um, it has a good window.

I like it. I...

I like when the... space is bright.

Where are you from?

I'm from Poland.

Nice.

And, er, you?

I'm from Portugal.

Oh, nice.

I've never been to Portugal.