4 Stori am Swydd Generation Beth

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-We're between 18 and 34. There

-are 100 million of us in Europe.

-We're a new generation.

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-4 stories about jobs

-My future? No idea.

-Germany

-I can't say what

-I'll do in six months...

-..let alone a year...

-..much less in ten years.

-No plan.

-Poland

-I worked in a company

-and one day they fired me, saying...

-"..Be smart and start

-your own business!"

-There was no need to say that twice!

-And I founded my own company.

-Today, I think I know

-what I want in life.

-When I start something,

-I see it through.

-France

-I really love my job, of course,

-but it's still a job.

-Giving pleasure to others

-I'm Jean-Baptiste.

-I opened a restaurant 14 months ago.

-We received

-a Michelin star this year.

-I've always wanted

-to open my own restaurant.

-My father was part of it.

-We did it together.

-I grew up in a restaurant,

-with my grandparents and father.

-I was used to good

-produce and eating well.

-I always enjoyed

-being in the kitchen.

-Grandfather gave me everything,

-including a jacket and trousers.

-I made pastry with him.

-Good memories!

-I was born in Versailles.

-The city helps me.

-It's good for them to help me

-get established and to do well.

-Touch wood.

-There's a demand

-for somewhere like this.

-I'm very happy, but it has to go on.

-Being true to myself

-I'm Uta and I'm 31.

-I've lived in Munich

-for three years.

-My CV is quite unusual.

-I left school in Leipzig,

-my home town.

-I moved to Passau to study law.

-Then I worked as a junior solicitor

-for an international law firm.

-After a little more than a year,

-I was fed up of the work.

-I do something

-completely different now.

-I do various jobs.

-I'm a hostess

-at big events and festivals...

-..often as chief hostess

-or team leader.

-I work as a restaurant

-receptionist.

-I do modelling jobs, photographs...

-..presentations, sometimes in shows.

-A lot of fairs.

-Anything going.

-A lot of work turns up

-at short notice.

-Sometimes I don't know

-what I'm going to do next.

-When my diary is full,

-I rush from job to job.

-It's very varied and exciting.

-Helping others

-I'm Claudine.

-I'm 30.

-I work and study at the same time.

-I see myself as a real Luxembourger.

-Luxembourgish is my first language.

-I have the typical accent

-in French and German.

-It's often said

-we're a reserved people.

-I don't see myself like that.

-In my pictures, there's a folder,

-"Food and Drink".

-They're my favourite things.

-The other Claudine sits in

-the back and Nathalie in the front.

-We go to Namur, Belgium

-twice a week.

-We do a Special Education course

-to become graduate educators.

-I work in a shelter for girls...

-..who can't live

-at their parents anymore...

-..with priority given

-to young offenders.

-There are a number

-of parallels between them and me.

-I know what it's like

-to run away from home...

-..and how hard it is

-to cope on your own.

-At least the girls

-can talk to the educators.

-I know what abuse is...

-..physical and psychological.

-Building a new world

-PAWEL PLAYS WIND INSTRUMENT

-I'm Pawel.

-I'm 32.

-Once, I covered myself with mud.

-This is Monika, my dear life

-partner, on her favourite beach.

-This is my daughter Zoya.

-I was 30 when she was born.

-This is her three month celebration.

-We've lived as a family

-in Lodz for three years.

-I studied architecture

-and town planning in Lodz.

-I soon realized the studies

-were not for me.

-I decided to quit studying...

-..when I saw it didn't

-let me help people...

-..to live better lives.

-Soon after, two friends and I

-set up an architecture studio.

-We began designing buildings

-from natural materials.

-We think it's one of the best

-technical solutions for humanity.

-Our architecture company...

-..began to grow into

-something much larger.

-People started to come to us.

-We were pioneers in the field.

-We started organizing workshops.

-Here, theory turns into practice.

-This is the answer

-to straw bale load-bearing.

-The straw cubes support

-the entire building load.

-I found out that many

-people think the way I do.

-I started to think

-we could start a movement.

-ALL SHOUT

-This is the lunch menu.

-The starter is crab meat

-with olive oil, honey...

-..Espelette pepper, mustard...

-..coriander and a green apple.

-We roll it in very thin

-slices of cucumber.

-We'll make a sea urchin emulsion

-with an avocado cream.

-I knew I'd be a chef...

-..since doing

-work experience in school.

-I went to L'obergat

-and stayed for two years.

-After a week, I loved the work.

-At home, I cooked

-the dishes I'd learnt.

-I don't know why, but I felt good.

-I liked the produce, the seasoning.

-I felt it was for me.

-That's when I decided.

-For Friday or Saturday night?

-It's full.

-It was full last night.

-The terrine is missing.

-We have everything else.

-Thanks. Have a good day.

-Thanks. Have a good day.

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-Thanks, you too.

-They didn't want me to be a chef.

-It's been in our family since 1926.

-They knew how much time it meant...

-..the compromises, everything.

-They'd have preferred me

-to choose something calmer.

-I had to...

-..insist on becoming a chef.

-They finally said it was OK.

-I was rejected in hotel management

-courses, so they had to help me.

-That helped me become a chef.

-When Jean-Baptiste said

-that was what he wanted to do...

-..I hit the roof.

-I was totally against

-him doing this mad job.

-But he still insisted...

-..and proved that maybe I was wrong.

-He was passionate. If you don't

-have passion, forget this job.

-It's not worth it. It can be hell.

-Amazing.

-It's not too floury.

-Not too sweet, well balanced.

-When we create menus...

-..we ask suppliers

-what new things they have...

-..that just came out.

-This is new.

-Sweet potato hasn't

-been used in France.

-It's good produce!

-It's French, it's great.

-But it's ten euros per kilo!

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-4 stories about jobs

-Some jobs are just boring.

-Then there's this job.

-If no customers order coffee soon...

-..I think I'll die!

-Germany

-Oh!

-Two coffees!

-Right away. I finally have work!

-I have other jobs,

-projects and customers.

-I had to free myself

-from everything!

-Being a hostess felt

-like the right thing to do.

-I said to myself, "I'm responsible

-for something, I do something."

-I have a specific task.

-But I don't have

-to deal with things...

-..as regards to content and so on.

-There's not much time left.

-Where did I park? There!

-Off we go.

-This is one of my main workplaces.

-I mainly get jobs through agencies.

-But I've worked here

-regularly since...

-..about April, last year.

-In a law firm,

-you start on a high salary.

-Working for a company like that...

-..you earn a lot from the start.

-You don't know

-what to do with all the money.

-Lately, I reached a certain point.

-I have regular clients now.

-I can ask for more money

-to make ends meet.

-I was adopted

-when I was two and a half.

-I come originally from South Korea.

-Things didn't go too well.

-I'm not a psychologist.

-I can't make a correct analysis.

-I wasn't the child my adoptive

-parents really wanted...

-..or how they imagined

-a child would be.

-So very soon, I was

-rejected and humiliated.

-I decided...

-..when I was 19,

-to leave and live my own life.

-How are things going?

-Is the pasta ready?

-Almost. A bit more.

-"Cordon bleu", please.

-We'll leave early.

-But you can sleep in the van, OK?

-To use a pleasant image...

-..they want to be free like birds.

-But when a child

-or teenager runs away...

-..there's always a reason.

-The school system doesn't work for

-them. It's too strict, too rigid.

-Often, the problem

-is they can't adapt.

-They're perceived

-as a problem for society...

-..and something has to happen.

-They've experienced physical

-or psychological violence at home.

-We increasingly see

-people with cultural shock.

-When young people

-arrive from other countries...

-..without really being prepared...

-..the differences can be huge.

-I've always wanted to work

-in a young people's shelter.

-It's important to give people

-with no place in society...

-..or those who have

-lost that place...

-..an opportunity

-to recover their dignity.

-What are you doing?

-They've so often heard

-they're nobodies, they're useless...

-...they're pieces of shit,

-and it's not true.

-That's where our work comes in.

-Of course, they do stuff

-that isn't good. But don't we all?

-Nobody can say they're perfect,

-obeying every law or moral standard.

-Hi, Jana.

-Hi, Jana.

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-Hi.

-Since when have you been here?

-Since when have you been here?

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-A year and a half.

-Who drew that?

-It was in Lloret de Mar. It's me.

-These girls have more

-than earned the chance...

-..to live their own lives.

-Poland

-Hi, I'm Pawel and this is Zoya.

-We've worked as a team for a year.

-I want to talk to you

-about an important subject.

-Has anyone seen a sparrow's nest?

-Raise your hand.

-The sparrow is free

-because it builds its own house.

-It can build a house

-for itself or someone else.

-It can do this because

-it doesn't have to buy materials.

-It finds them for free all around.

-Has anyone here been

-out in the countryside?

-Have you seen rye fields and straw?

-Everyone knows

-what straw looks like.

-Architecture didn't

-interest me before.

-Pawel Sroczynski, our boss,

-will do the official opening.

-This was the beginning of our first

-straw bale and clay construction.

-I always felt

-I was a bit of a slacker...

-..with no idea what

-to do with my life.

-It was only at the end

-of my youth...

-..I felt compelled to do something.

-So much happened

-on that construction site.

-This place is still

-very important to me.

-There's a bend in this one.

-The building is still there.

-Recently, I went to see the owners.

-The house's name is "doughnut"

-and it belongs to Marta.

-I have a good relationship

-with Marta.

-Now, I'd have persuaded you

-to have a compost toilet.

-Inside?

-Inside?

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-That would be very luxurious.

-I had to stop being a lawyer.

-I couldn't carry on.

-I felt exhausted.

-I didn't like what I had to do.

-I liked some things,

-obviously, but overall...

-..I felt dissatisfied,

-I didn't know myself.

-I had to stop. I stopped completely.

-I still mark exam papers

-for my former university...

-..whatever is needed.

-It wasn't all bad.

-Some things were fun, quite cool.

-Doing some activities, I thought...

-"..Hey, what a great project!"

-But most of it...

-..was something

-I struggled with ethically.

-When I read stuff

-about war weapons...

-..or a plug that I was working on...

-..would end up

-in a nuclear power station...

-..I thought, "What am I doing here?

-"Was this my intention?

-"Is this why I started

-studying this subject...

-"..and went in this direction?"

-It wasn't. Definitely not.

-And it won't any more.

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-France

-It's often very stressful,

-always an adrenalin rush.

-Lunchtime is always hyper busy.

-You have to be attentive

-every moment.

-That's the game...

-..especially since

-we got the Michelin star.

-We can't fail even once.

-Everything has to be perfect.

-It's all in the detail.

-Here, JB.

-Two meals, two crabs,

-then two chickens.

-Receiving the star

-isn't the only way to succeed.

-But I've always worked

-in restaurants with stars.

-I've always been strict

-on myself, working long hours.

-When you're trained

-in places with stars...

-..you soon find out

-if you're meant to be a chef.

-There's so much pressure.

-You're always on edge

-and exhausted after working so much.

-Too much vinegar. Remove it.

-If you're serious about work,

-you're serious about your food.

-Two chickens and two yellow fish!

-Now, two asparagus. Let's move!

-Is the wine alright at table six?

-When you work like us...

-..you put your guts, your soul, your

-thoughts on the table, each time.

-People don't always understand

-all the work behind a dish.

-I don't want to exaggerate,

-but it's like elite athletes.

-It's tough to maintain the standard.

-If it drops, they're criticized...

-..however passionate

-they are about their work.

-There are a lot of good

-things about the job.

-You give people pleasure.

-Not every job does that!

-That is... we hope we please them.

-I really love my job, of course.

-But it's still a job.

-That can be a trap.

-Your job takes over

-your personal life.

-It has for me, but not too much.

-If you didn't have

-the opportunity...

-..to forge a loving relationship

-when you were a child...

-..it'll create problems.

-You have to learn

-to trust yourself...

-..and then you can trust others.

-I found it difficult

-to cope with so much freedom.

-I didn't have a goal in life.

-I didn't know which path to take.

-That's when problems start.

-But I have to say, all my life...

-..people have supported me...

-..with practical help or love.

-It's important.

-Very, very important.

-Family is important.

-But friends, or people

-who are there for you, are crucial.

-I don't believe anyone who says

-they can survive on their own.

-Germany

-I was small and cute.

-I was about a year and a half.

-My first state exam.

-My sister came to stay with me.

-I studied in Passau.

-I was busy working as a law clerk,

-and doing other part-time jobs.

-I was there for ten years.

-I met my first real love

-when I was 18.

-You go to university, and think

-to yourself, "Have a look round".

-But I met someone in freshers' week,

-a week before my first lecture.

-And then - classic,

-a month later we were an item.

-I didn't experience

-the usual student "fun"...

-..and a "carefree" life.

-I had a stable

-and secure background.

-I enjoyed it. It was lovely

-to come home to someone.

-We did a lot together as a couple.

-Yes...

-Relationships are for other people.

-Not for me, now.

-It's been a while. I'm all alone.

-Oh, well. Relationships, yes...

-It was so nice to spend two nights

-with friends in Berlin.

-They stayed home in the evening.

-When I woke up,

-they were having breakfast...

-..at the table, talking...

-..with two plates,

-two bowls and two coffees.

-That was so nice to see.

-Poland

-I want to taste some.

-I used to live to work.

-I didn't like working with

-people who were family orientated.

-I wanted everyone to give 100%.

-It was a rather idealistic attitude.

-Since starting a family...

-..I realize

-there's more to life than work.

-My viewpoint has changed.

-I want to cut down my working hours

-so I can enjoy life.

-I owe the change to Zoya...

-..and Monika, too.

-SLOW MUSIC

-The Vadrja dance

-is a chance to relax.

-When I dance...

-..I also contemplate

-important issues.

-I try to relax in my spare time.

-Always running!

-On a normal day,

-I arrive at 7.30am with the team.

-Service begins at 12.30pm

-until about 3.30pm.

-We start again

-at five until midnight.

-They're long days.

-My sister did

-the restaurant Facebook page.

-She's in charge of social media.

-That's her specialist area.

-I give her the photos

-and tell her what to do.

-It's great and it's gone viral -

-the likes and comments.

-I'm delighted. I read it every day.

-I really love it.

-My sister!

-This post celebrated

-the restaurant's first year.

-All the team is there,

-even Marpo, our dog.

-My father!

-People say it must be tricky

-to work with my father.

-It's not. He's fine.

-I enjoy myself. I'm confident.

-We understand each other.

-He knows how I work

-and I know how he works.

-There are tensions,

-but nothing major.

-Family time is important to me.

-We were in Richer,

-a superb Paris restaurant.

-Good wine and good food.

-With Diana.

-My parents, sister, and Diana.

-Diana understands.

-She knows how hard I work.

-We see each other every Sunday.

-It's important to enjoy

-our time together.

-She understands.

-I do what I want,

-she lets me live my life.

-She knows what my priorities are.

-Not everyone could accept

-the lifestyle.

-It's bad if your partner

-holds you back.

-We're too young

-to ask so many questions.

-I'm young. I'm 24.

-I have time to have a lot of fun.

-Cheers.

-Looking at people my age...

-..I know I had

-a privileged upbringing.

-We holidayed twice a year.

-We'd eat out with all the family

-three times a month.

-I'm used to a high standard of

-living, and I want it to continue.

-When you have a lot,

-you want to keep it. It's normal.

-I'm 30.

-I went back to university

-when I was 28, and shared a flat.

-I didn't buy a flat or a big car.

-I know people think it's odd.

-Here in Luxembourg,

-it's still about what you possess.

-"You are what you own".

-That's how it is.

-No chance, not in those

-swimming trunks, no way.

-He doesn't have a photo.

-Most people dream of being married.

-I can't see why people marry.

-I don't have a boyfriend.

-Who knows? We're going out tonight.

-Listen, three dates in five days...

-..and none of them meant anything.

-One started talking

-about sex straightaway.

-Another didn't stop complaining,

-and I can't stand that.

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-My bike and I have

-a special relationship.

-How can anyone live without a bike?

-The future is a big, blank page.

-I used to think that I knew

-what I wanted to do, what I'd be...

-..where I'd be, how I'd look.

-My future? No idea.

-I can't say

-what I'll do in six months...

-..let alone a year,

-much less in ten years.

-No plan.

-Poland

-Sharing information

-is as important as technology.

-We're publishing a guide

-to building with clay...

-..and a magazine called "Inventors".

-I'm under pressure financially.

-We're running out of money.

-And because I'm not sure...

-..how well the book will do...

-..I'd rather not over-invest.

-That's what I thought.

-"Inventors" isn't bringing money

-in yet. The cover costs 350!

-Exactly.

-The guide lets me pay

-for what I want to do.

-It'll help anyone who wants

-to build a straw bale house.

-It has all

-the technical information.

-Professor Minke researched

-all over the world.

-He's the author.

-All the contributors

-are named here...

-..their full names.

-There are almost 1000 names.

-The end!

-The work is finished!

-On a professional level...

-..I aim to be

-the head of department.

-My field is shelters.

-Another goal is

-to always improve myself.

-As an educator, you can never

-say you know enough.

-My fears about work?

-I see a lot through my work.

-There is a lot to take in.

-I'm worried it'll eat me alive

-one day.

-Any other fears?

-There isn't much.

-I'm a strong personality.

-When I think about something,

-I stick to it.

-A lot has to happen

-before I change my mind.

-When I start something, I see

-it through. That's the way it is.

-France

-Is it tasty? Is it very tasty?

-Yes. It's very, very good.

-I'm not 100% sure

-because I have a cold.

-The orange paste is good.

-When Jean-Francois tastes

-the food and we disagree...

-..it doesn't go on the menu.

-We have to agree.

-FOOD ORDERS CALLED OUT

-I've just opened the restaurant.

-I'm 24. I took a risk by starting

-a company. It's a risk in France.

-There's no time to wait.

-In the first month, there were

-a lot of taxes and charges to pay.

-The boys that were with me

-in the cookery school...

-..are all working abroad.

-They're in New Zealand, Australia,

-Japan. To me, it's a big problem.

-At "La Table du 11", I didn't

-draw wages in the first year.

-I made sure we had money.

-I had enough to avoid

-charging the company.

-It's not because it's going

-well that I'm taking a wage.

-The restaurant is working,

-I'm happy.

-But I won't be driving

-a Ferrari for a long time.

-Diana earns good money now.

-She's a solicitor.

-But I was the main breadwinner

-in the past.

-This is my future.

-I bought my freedom.

-I don't owe any money.

-It's my business.

-If I close tomorrow,

-I don't owe a thing.

-You can't put a price on that.

-At the end of the night...

-..I have a smoke before going in.

-I go round the tables,

-and hear customer feedback.

-I always try, it's important.

-I hope people come back. There's

-no reason why they shouldn't.

-My dream?

-I'd like to move out

-of "La Table du 11"...

-..to open

-a more successful business...

-..more elegant,

-to make people feel good...

-..with nice tables and more room,

-a hotel-restaurant maybe.

-A more beautiful place.

-Then I'll go for my second star,

-and then a third, hopefully.

-That would be good. It's my dream.

-It's for my grandfather,

-if he was still here.

-He would love to see the star.

-Thank you for coming. See you soon.

-I tested my limits when I was young.

-I know my boundaries.

-Everything changes all the time.

-If I feel low one day...

-..I know I'll get better...

-..if not tomorrow, next week.

-Being optimistic

-is better for my health.

-Being pessimistic drags you down.

-That's true.

-I can't be doing with that.

-Look at what you have,

-not what you don't have.

-That's important.

-It's not about technology.

-It's to reach something

-more important.

-I'd like to settle down with

-my family and a group of friends.

-I'm looking for people...

-..who will create

-a community with me.

-People say that an autonomous house

-is a lifetime project.

-You will always adapt.

-I already feel that this

-is a lifetime project.

-I have another idea.

-Everyone who suggested a subject...

-..must state

-if they want to discuss it today.

-In the next three years...

-..we'll decide on a location.

-If circumstances allow...

-..we'll split in two...

-..like a cell,

-and build a second home.

-Then it'll grow even bigger!

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-Our parents' old answers...

-..are wrong.

-It's hard to create

-a community like this one...

-..to help people who are sick...

-..or suffering.

-Life is one big adventure.

-"That was one hell of an adventure!"

-I want to live to say...

-..that I wasn't scared

-of a challenge.

-I always went forward.

-I grabbed life by the horns.

-I had the confidence...

-..and I never failed.

-CHANTS

-I only had four hours' sleep.

-I have a photo shoot.

-I'm going on my bike to get

-there quickly. I'm looking forward.

-Off we go to marry!

-Drop everything? I'm not sure.

-I'll try to find a direction...

-..and a plan to follow.

-Unexpected things happen.

-You are part of a project,

-and you think...

-"..Hey, that's brilliant!

-I didn't think about that."

-Can I keep the make-up? I love it.

-I've put more into this

-than a lot of things I've done...

-..where I've just stood around.

-We all play a role

-every day and everywhere.

-There have been times

-when I've been happier.

-I've swapped things

-that are negative in my life...

-..for something new and better.

-But now I'm back...

-..where, after two years,

-everything has settled.

-It's going in a certain direction.

-I think that point in time is over.

-The point where I have to go

-somewhere else, do something else.

-It will happen before long.

-Because I've noticed that I do

-things without the same energy...

-..and joy...

-..than in the beginning...

-..especially

-when it comes to customer handling.

-Everyone said, "You're always happy.

-You smile at everyone."

-I've noticed now...

-..that this can't go on.

-People say, "You look stressed.

-"You're not as happy and friendly

-as usual."

-Yes, there are things

-that have to change.

-PAWEL PLAYS WIND INSTRUMENT

-It's hard to leave

-your comfortable world...

-..and start to create

-the world of your dreams.

-S4C Subtitles by Gwead

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