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Christmas period in Brighton. So, I

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we go.

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>> How did it go?

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>> It was good. Excuse me. Productive.

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Yeah, it was actually

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>> Oh, sorry.

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>> Hello.

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>> Oh, hi.

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>> Hi. [laughter] How's it going?

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>> Yeah, not bad, thanks. You okay?

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>> Yeah, very good. Thank you. Hi.

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[laughter]

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>> Uh, how are you? What you doing?

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>> Oh, yeah. We're doing really doing

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really well, thanks. Yeah. Yeah, we've

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been through aquarium.

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>> How are you?

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>> Uh, yeah, I'm actually really good. Um,

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even though I'm a bit cold, I'm I'm all

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right.

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>> Yeah, it is quite cold today.

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>> Yeah. And what what are you up to today?

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>> Oh, we've been to the aquarium today.

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>> Really?

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>> Yeah.

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>> Excuse me.

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>> Hey. [laughter] Hi. How are you?

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right.

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>> How's it going? You're all right?

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>> Yeah, not too bad. Not too bad. Nice to

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see you.

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>> Nice to see you. How's your day going so

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far?

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>> It's going really well, actually. Yeah.

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Just uh out doing a bit of shopping for

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Christmas, but

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>> struggling with ideas at the moment. How

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about you? How's your day?

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>> Uh, it's going okay. I'm a bit cold.

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Been out here for a while now. Uh, and

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but I finished my Christmas shopping.

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Thank God.

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>> Nice. Well, and prepared.

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>> Yeah, it's a nerve-wracking thing, isn't

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it?

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>> It is. It really is. And it gets harder

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and harder as you get older, I swear.

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>> Hi.

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>> Hi. Hi. [laughter]

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>> How's it going?

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>> Uh, well, we've had a lovely day so far.

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We've been down on the beach along there

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on the pier. And it's not raining and

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it's sunny and it's the end of November.

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How lovely is that?

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>> How's it going? How are you?

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>> I'm okay. How are you?

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>> Yeah, I'm good. It's getting a bit cold

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though, right?

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>> It's a bit chilly if you ask me. Yeah, I

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might have to go home soon. Uh, so how's

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your day been today?

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>> It's been okay, actually. I really hung

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over. My friend yesterday I went out

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with my friends.

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>> Big night.

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>> It was not really a big night. It was

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half price. So I was like, "Oh, well."

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Yeah,

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>> like happy hour.

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>> It was a happy hour. I work there.

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Barbara, guys. Bunch of barbers. This

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guy happy hour 4 to8. Perfect.

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>> Hold on. Is this German bar?

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>> And they get promotion here. Wait, what?

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>> Yeah,

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>> it's the German bar.

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>> Yeah, the German bar. Yeah, the one that

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goes like bum.

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>> Hi.

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>> All right. How you doing?

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>> How's it going?

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>> Yeah, not too bad, man. Not too bad.

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>> Yeah. How's your day going today?

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>> Really well, actually. Got very early.

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Way too early. [laughter]

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>> Um, drove all the way down to Brighton

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in one go. So, that was fun.

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>> Okay.

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>> Um, and yeah, we're just enjoying the

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sights, enjoying the views.

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>> Okay. I guess where have you come from?

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>> Swansea.

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>> Really?

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>> Yeah. Wow.

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>> All the way down from Swansea.

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>> And are you a Welshman?

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>> I am. I am a Welsh man even though my my

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name is Matteo. So, I'm I'm half

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Italian, half Welsh. But that's a thing

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in Wales, isn't it?

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>> Yeah, there's uh there's quite a lot of

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Italians down in South Wales.

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>> I'm not sure. A lot came down in after

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the First World War and after the

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Second. Um I think they were just

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migrating to be honest and

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>> Okay.

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>> enjoying different parts of the world

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and they brought uh cafes, ice cream,

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gelato, stuff like that down. And yeah.

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>> How's your day going today?

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>> It's really good. Yeah. My daughter's

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getting married on Sunday, so we're just

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getting the last few bits of stuff that

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we need before we uh before we get ready

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for the final the final countdown.

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>> Wow. Is it a bit stressful or you

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getting to the end of that?

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>> I don't know. Is it stressful? It's

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quite [laughter] stressful. Good

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>> question.

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>> Okay.

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>> It is quite stressful.

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>> Okay. So, what's the last things you

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have to buy? What are you looking for?

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>> Pull in pants.

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[laughter]

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>> Okay.

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>> We're honest.

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>> Yeah. Okay. You asked.

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>> I'm from Sandwich in Kent.

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>> I'm from Sandwich.

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>> Yeah. So, a long way. [laughter] A long

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way. So, I came down this morning on the

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922 train.

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>> Okay.

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>> So, not far really on the train. It was

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3 hours. So, it's not bad.

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>> I've never been, but Sandwich would be

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lovely. No.

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>> Oh, Sandwich is really nice.

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>> Okay.

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>> Medieval town, a small town.

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>> Um, near a castle.

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>> No, that's Deal and Warmer, the castle

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there. And of course, Dover

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>> of course,

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>> but Sandwich is more in in land a little

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bit.

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>> Okay.

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>> So, yeah, medieval town. It's very

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quaint,

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>> bit like this sort of thing all around

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there. So, yeah, very nice.

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>> I was going to say, how does it compare

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to Brighton?

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>> Oh, it's tiny. So, it is tiny.

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>> Hi.

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>> Hi. [laughter]

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>> How's it going?

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>> Good. How are you?

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>> Yeah, I'm bit cold, but I'm all right.

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Thank you.

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>> This is so cold today.

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>> It is. But you're wearing less clothes

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than me, so you've got no excuse.

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[laughter] I'm wrapped up nicely.

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>> Yeah.

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>> How's your day been going so far?

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>> Yeah, good. A little bit stressful.

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>> Oh, really?

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>> Yeah.

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>> Christmas period stress.

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>> Yeah, just work's been kind of crazy

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busy.

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>> Okay. Where do you work?

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>> In IKEA.

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>> Oh, really? That can be stressful, I

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guess.

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>> Yeah. So, it could just be very busy.

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>> Yeah. Right. And um what what part of

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IKEA? What's your kind of job role? I

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just do customer service, so I just talk

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to people all day.

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>> And how are people today?

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>> Uh, people today are okay, actually. All

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right.

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>> It's just it's just that there's a lot

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of them.

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>> Okay. What's your like typical kind of

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customer complaint or customer call that

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you get?

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>> Um, at the moment it's that it's way too

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hot in the building, which is the one.

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>> Oh, really? People who are shopping in

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>> Yes. [laughter]

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And the second one we get a lot is that

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they hate self-service machines.

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[laughter]

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>> So, what have you got planned tonight

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then? Friday night.

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>> Well, you're probably pretty chill to be

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honest. Um, we said we'd throw the

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option of maybe going out

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>> as an option potentially. Might consider

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it. See where our energy levels are.

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>> We've got some plans repotting. So,

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>> we got some plans to repotting.

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>> Maybe some monsteras.

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>> We do have some monot.

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>> We're going to get some hot chocolate.

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>> Yeah. It's a nice and cozy time.

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>> Yeah. Nice and wholesome evening.

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> What's your plan for later? Are you

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heading back to Sandwich?

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>> Uh, no. I'm going on to the aisle of

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white tomorrow.

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>> Bloody hell. So, you stay staying the

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night here?

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>> Uh, staying the night here with with

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family [snorts] and then the ferry

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tomorrow to the aisle of white to see my

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sister-in-law and then back again and

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back to Sandwich. That's great.

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>> So, it's all packed into a weekend.

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>> And how's your Friday night going so

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far? It's just beginning, right?

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>> Friday's today, right? I've got work

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today.

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10 to 4.

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>> Wow. What time do you finish?

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>> Uh, not till 7:45.

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>> No. And then what happens Friday night

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at 7:45? Well, later on tonight. Friday.

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>> Um, probably sleep, to be [laughter]

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honest.

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>> Do you enjoy the Christmas period? Is

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that something?

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>> I do. Yeah. I'm very much a Christmasy

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person.

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>> Oh, really?

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>> Yeah. Yeah. I love Christmas.

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>> What in particular do you like about it?

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>> It's just the almost the magic of it

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all. I mean, it loses it a lot when you

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get older, but

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>> it still feels like such a

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>> There's no other word for it. Just a

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magical time.

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>> It's going to be time off work is going

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to be my [laughter] favorite bit. And

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then um Christmas dinner. Love Christmas

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dinner.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Yeah.

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>> What's your best bit of Christmas

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dinner?

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>> Um well, my mom has now started making

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her own stuffing and it's it's the bees.

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>> Are you uh are you looking forward to

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the Christmas period?

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>> Yes.

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>> You are?

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>> Yes.

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>> You enjoy Christmas?

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>> Yeah. It's nice. It's especially like

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since I moved out, it's nice to like see

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my family and spend time with them.

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>> That's nice.

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>> And stuff like that. So, yeah.

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>> Okay. What's the best thing about

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Christmas in your opinion?

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>> Um, I think the food's pretty great,

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right? Like,

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>> do you enjoy Christmas?

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>> Yeah.

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>> You love Christmas.

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>> What's your favorite thing about

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Christmas?

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>> Just being all together with my family.

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>> That's sweet. Watching movies.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Watching movies. Movies. Food. Yeah.

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>> What's your favorite thing about

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Christmas?

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>> If I was a kid, I would have told you

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the presents, but [laughter]

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but now I'd say it's being with my

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family and my friends.

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>> It's definitely spending time with

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family.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Cute. That's so wholesome.

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>> The Christmas dinner. [laughter]

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>> Yeah. And the dinner. Yeah.

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>> Well, everyone's mentioned the the

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Christmas dinner.

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>> Always. Always.

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>> You looking forward to Christmas festive

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periods?

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>> Oh my gosh. 100%. I love Christmas. My

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parents already like put everything

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outside the door. So, it's got like all

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of the lights like the Christmas tree.

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>> They put like a deer and stuff.

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>> Really?

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>> Like a Santa Claus in a How do you call

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that? The in the stairs.

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>> Do you know the stairs to the window?

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There's Santa Claus in my house. Yeah.

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Listen, I'm pretty scared. I don't want

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to go back. [laughter]

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>> But it's it's

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>> Your parents are into it.

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>> Oh, they're so into it. Same thing. I

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love it. I just I don't care about I'm

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going to let them like if I do.

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>> Hopefully they won't see this cuz

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[laughter] things are going to ruin the

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festive.

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>> Yeah. Hopefully not. It's like when they

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told me the Santa Claus was fake by so

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much that day.

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>> Nice. Well, thanks for speaking to me.

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>> Absolutely. Thank you.

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>> Have a nice rest of your evening.

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>> Thank you so much. You too. [laughter]

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>> Well, it was nice speaking to you too.

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Nice speaking to you as well.

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>> Well, thanks for that. Thank you very

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much.

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>> All right. Thank you.

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>> Thank you so much. I really appreciate

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your time.

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