I often notice the little group of young men sitting at their usual table in the cafe, or outside the cafe. Sometimes there’s only a few, but other times it is quit a big group. But always these’s these three. As usual I got curious to know more about them, and invited myself to their table at a time when only the three of them were sitting there.
They were very polite to me, and we were sitting for a couple of hours talking. Hassan and Yusef were from the Middle East, and Ali from Afghanistan. They all had been here for about two years, but when I asked what work they were doing, they suddenly became quiet. After a while they admitted that they had no work, and I asked why. Hassan had been a bus driver, Yusef had worked in a food store and Ali had been a mechanic. But now they were not doing this kind of work. They were living onwelfare money, and were unhappy about this.
When I asked them more about this, they answered that they were skeptical about „social welfare ladies“ and wanted to find jobs themselves.
I had something to think about when I left them. Why haven’t they found any jobs here in their new country? I think I will post a new article about this tomorrow. PATSY
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