The Navigators Page #2

All right. We've had a bit of fun, lads ,

but now come on, get serious now.

Look, deaths have got to be kept

to an acceptable level.

(Laughter)

Oi! Hang on! Shut up. Shut up .

- What's an acceptable level?

- Er,... two a year.

- But nobody's been killed for past 1 8 month.

- (Laughter)

- Any volunteers ?

- (Laughter)

- That's daft.

- If you're third one, you're sacked.

Look, I'm just bloody telling you

what it says here, right?

Listen. Now then, the final thing is...

there's a letter here for each of you.

I want you to read it carefully.

- What's it for, that, then?

- It's about redundancy. If...

- You're going to make it compulsory.

- No, it's not compulsory.

- It... It's up to you whether you accept it.

- Have you got one, an' all?

Gonna buy us off, then. Gonna buy us off.

- That's it. Sell us down the river again.

- Aye.

Are we all getting one of these?

Should do, aye. There's one for each of you.

(Muttering)

Are you getting one?

- Michael.

- I don't need one, lad.

- Why, has he got sack?

- John.

- Is this what they call f***ing hand-outs ?

- Eh?

(Chatter)

- Paul.

- I ain't been here long enough to cop for that.

Come on then, let's be having you!

- Come on, lads .

- We can't do owwt in this, Len. It's wet.

- Easy on them brakes, mate.

- It's raining on me, as well.

Come on. Let's get for'ard

and have a look at job. Come on!

He's a bloody nutcase.

Oh, for Christ's sake!

- Morning, ganger, what's job?

- Bloody ballast tamper's packed up again.

- Tamper's broken down?

- Yeah, so it seems .

- What are you having to do? Lay it all by hand?

- All by hand. Sorry.

- There's nowwt we can be doing, then?

- No, no, we gotta hand-pack it.

- How long?

- About an hour. Go and get a cup of tea.

About an hour. Righto. See you in a bit.

- That's it. You got it. There you go.

- Screw it on, then.

- Eh up, lads. Harpic's here, look.

- Ah.

- Oh, there's summat on horizon, anyway.

- (Chatter)

Refit? What've they found?

Right. Right, I want a word. I just want...

I'd just like to know what's going on.

What d'you mean, "What's going on?"

We're getting on with job.

Oh, good, l... I'm glad that.

But, er, what's he doing here?

- Working.

- What d'you think I'm doing?

Working? But he shouldn't, should he?

Because he's not in our company now.

Don't you remember? We are now

East Midlands... er, lnfrastructure.

He... He's Northern lnfrastructure.

Completely different unit. He shouldn't...

He's one of lads. Been wi' us four month.

- Get your... Get your tackle. You've got to go.

- He can't go.

- What d'you mean, "He can't go"?

- Why d'you think he can't go?

- I've signed for this, so I take it. It's mine.

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