Touch (Snerting)

Takahashi. Taka...

...hashi.

Kristofer. Hi.

Hmm.

Kristofer.

The Remaking of Socialist Politics.

-"The whole of..." -Shh.

Engstrom out, out, out, out!

Hear us, LSE!

-No gates! No police! -Leave!

-Just leave! -Engstrom out, Engstrom out!

Out, out, out!

This is not going to help your cause!

No gates! No police!

Their suspensions will not be lifted if this continues.

-Is that a threat? -Leave! Just leave!

Engstrom out! Engstrom out!

Out, out, out!

Engstrom out! Engstrom out!

Out, out, out! No gates! No police!

Excuse me. Hi.

English, please.

The old building-- some of us got in.

They locked me and Markús out,

but, uh, there's enough people inside.

What? What?

There were plenty of other places to meet,

but they chose the Old Theater...

-Don't listen to him. -...just because they were told not to.

So you're with the administration on this one?

-"With the administration." -Come on.

He's just pulling your leg.

-Afternoon, sir. -Good afternoon, sir.

My name is Kristofer Hannesson.

Yes.

I should warn you that there is talk of a lockdown

as early as tomorrow,

which would require us to close down the hotel.

That's too bad.

I plan to stay.

Well, on the plus side,

you're staying for half the price, aren't you?

Of course. Thank you.

Hello.

Shh.

Excuse me, sir.

Talking on the phone is not allowed in the dining room.

Kristofer.

I'm wondering if we're dealing with

the remaking of socialist politics

or the remaking of Kristofer Hannesson.

Jónas, do you think supply and demand curves

are gonna help us make a difference?

Mm, yes.

-Is he really gonna quit? -I don't know, man.

He's been talking about it for a while.

"Staff wanted."

Hey, Kristofer wants to join the proletariat.

Go on. Get a job with the Japs.

Okay.

Hey, Kristofer.

Hello?

-What an idiot. -Hi.

We open at 6:00.

Oh, no. Uh, I was just actually here for the job vacancy.

Huh?

The j-- There's a sign outside your door.

You want to wash dishes?

Yeah. I mean, if that's what it is.

You come tomorrow morning at 10:00 for interview.

Thank you.

Sorry.

Oh.

Um...

-Uh, sorry. Yeah. -Excuse me.

So, how did it go? Did you get the job?

Come on. You're not serious about this, are you?

Yes, I am.

That's going to make a difference.

Hi.

-I'm sorry. I thought, um... -Uh, we don't open

till lunchtime.

No, I'm-I'm actually here for the job interview.

-Interview? -Yeah.

Oh. Uh, o-okay.

-Uh, you wait there, please. -Okay. Thank you.

-Please. -Thank you.

So, where do you work? What restaurant?

Uh, I've never worked in a restaurant before.

So, what do you do?

I am, uh, currently a student,

uh, at London School of Economics.

This is not part-time job.

I'm not looking for a part-time job.

You want to quit studying? Why?

It's just, um, I lost interest.

Great school. Very respected.

You know how to cook?

Even dishwasher need to know something.

Uh, yeah. Well, I know how to boil cod and potatoes.

I used to work on, uh, fishing boats in the summer.

-Fishing boats? -Yeah.

You worked on fishing boats?

Yeah, back home, uh, in Iceland.

Huh. Iceland?

-Yeah. -Iceland.

-Volcanoes like Japan? -Yeah. Exactly.

Oh.

-Come with me. -Yeah.

This used to be a bakery.

Really?

Big space, cheap rent.

-Hello. Hi. -Hi.

Hi.

What do you fish in Iceland?

-Um, mostly flatfish. -Huh?

-Like, uh, halibut. -Ah.

And sometimes we also got monkfish.

-Monkfish? -Yeah, monkfish.

-Oh. -But, uh, no one wants it.

-Oh, pity. -Huh?

Good fish, monkfish.

-But so ugly. -Oh, but tasty.

Iceland. Iceland.

-Uh, here. That's it. -Oh.

Oh.

I used to live here in, uh, Snaefellsnes.

-Huh? -Snaefellsnes.

Snaefellsnes.

-Oh, you from there. -Yeah.

How long were you out for fishing?

-Uh, overnight. -Uh-huh.

But sometimes a little bit longer

if we went, uh, up here to Látrabjarg.

-Ooh. What did you say? -Látrabjarg.

-Látrabjarg. Látrabjarg. -Látrabjarg.

-Sit down. -Thank you.

Uh...

Any other type of fish in Lotor... Lotor...

-L-- In Látrabjarg? -Látrabjarg.

Uh, yeah, we... Sometimes, we got cod

and, uh, haddock, as well.

Ah, good for fish and chips.

Exactly.

-I grew up by the sea, too. -Really?

-Mm. -Hmm.

May I see your hands?

Yeah.

The scars.

From fishing?

Yeah.

When can you start?

Uh, tonkatsu is breaded pork.

Yes.

Uh, soba?

-Buckwheat noodles. -Right.

Yakitori?

Uh... chicken.

-Cured chicken. -Mm.

Right, Goto-san?

Let me help you.

Saba no shioyaki?

-Saba no... -Saba is a mackerel.

-Saba no shioyaki. -Yeah. Saba no shioyaki.

Uh, you're-you're too tall for me.

I'm so sorry.

For you.

It's much better than London School of Economics.

Good morning.

So far, so good. Smart boy don't break anything yet.

When you're finished cleaning up,

you have a break until 6:00.

I take nap.

You leave if you want. Fresh air.

But first, finish.

Thank you, Takahashi.

Uh, san.

Hello, mate. You all right there?

Yeah.

I was wondering if...

Yeah, yeah. Come and have a look. Come.

Yeah.

An accident waiting to happen,

at the back there. What you quite often have

is teams want to play like Man City,

but, uh... but asking National South players to do that,

the young goalkeeper there struggling...

What do you reckon?

Do you know what this stands for?

I'm not that good at Chinese.

It's actually kanji.

Hi.

So you're the gaijin

my father has been talking about.

Uh... nice to see you again.

Hi.

-Kristofer. -Kristofer-san. -Kristofer.

-Nice to meet you. -Ah. Nice to meet you.

Uh, Goto-san usually has weekends off.

Arai-san, very experienced.