I, Daniel Blake Page #2

---

letting your dog sh*t round here.

I'm walking me dog.

I knew it was you bringing your dog

in here, shitting all over the place.

Oh shut your mouth,

you stupid baldy bastard.

Oi! Ye, if I come down there,

I'll rub your bloody face in it, man!

Take it to your own place

and let it sh*t round there.

- Go and get a bag and clean that up.

- Aye, I'm gonna get a bag

I tell you what, ye talk shite!

Here, look, you just get a bag!

- Come back here and bloody clean that up.

- Oh, shut up, man, will you!

Hey! I'll come and shite

in your garden, shall I?

Shut up.

Hello?

Thank you for waiting.

Please continue to hold and we will answer

your call as soon as possible.

Morning, mate.

Got a package for Mr Max Million.

- "Mr Max Million"?

- Yeah. Mr Max Million.

My address?

Yeah, definitely this address.

- Where's it from?

- China.

Oh. Give it here.

D'you know how long

I've been on this phone?

One hour, forty-eight minutes.

Jesus Christ, that's longer than

a football match. It'll cost a fortune.

I'm sorry, sir, but it's been very busy.

There must be some mistake.

I've got a serious heart condition.

I'm in rehab and the doctor's

told us I cannae go back to work.

Now, I was getting the benefits

fine until that bloody assessment.

I see you've only

scored twelve points, er,

and you need 15 to obtain benefits.

Oh, points, that's your game?

I'm sorry, sir,

but according to our health, er,

health care professional,

you've been deemed fit for work.

So she knows better than my doctor,

a consultant surgeon and a physio team?

Well, I wanna appeal.

Well, that's fine, but you'll have to first

request a mandatory reconsideration.

What the bloody hell does that mean?

It means the decision

maker will reconsider it

and if he comes to the same

decision, you can then appeal.

Right, well put us down for that, then.

Okay, sir, but you must wait

to get a call from the decision maker.

Why?

To tell you what the decision is.

But that's already been decided.

It is, but you're supposed to get the call,

before the letter.

Well, is he gonna change his mind?

No, the call's just to discuss the decision.

Well, I know what the decision is,

I've got the letter here in front of us.

D'you want us to read it to you?

But he should have called you first.

But he didn't.

But he should have.

Well unless we've got a time machine,

we're pretty much knackered,

divvent you agree?

Er, he has to call you first, sir.

Listen,

can you not just put him on now,

so I don't have to waste any more time?

I can't do that, sir.

Where is he?

He'll give you a call back when he, er,

- he gets the chance.

- When?

I don't know, sir.

Rate this script:3.7 / 3 votes